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WE LOVE OUR HOMETOWN
We are ambassadors for our community and we thought we should introduce our community, one person at a time, to each other and to the world. We are telling the story of our community through the terrific people that live and work here, one voice and one face at a time.
If you know of someone that you would like to nominate for this project, please let us know!
Faces of Hall County: Matt Smith
Meet Matt Smith!! Matt has lived in Hall County his entire life, graduated from North Hall High School and North Georgia College and State University. Matt is married to Jessica and works [...]
Faces of Hall County: Rentavious Buffington
Meet Rentavious Buffington! Rentavious has lived in Hall County his entire life and is so thankful for the community and all it has to offer. Rentavious attends Gainesville High School and is [...]
Best Bartenders of Hall County: Brooke Borders
Mellow Mushroom: Brooke Borders Meet Brooke Borders! Brooke is a bartender at Mellow Mushroom in Gainesville and loved by, well...everybody! Brooke is a longtime Gainesville resident and in her spare time, she [...]
Faces of Hall County: Cris Carpenter
Thirty four years ago Cris Carpenter was on the Gainesville High boys basketball team that won back-to-back state titles ('83 and '84) for the Red Elephants. Those back-to-back wins inspired and shaped [...]
Faces of Hall County: Heidi Ferguson
Meet Heidi Ferguson. Heidi moved to Hall County when she was 13 years old and has loved it ever since. She met her husband Todd, who was born and raised in Gainesville [...]
Faces of Hall County: Mayor Danny Dunagan
Meet Mayor Danny Dunagan! Danny was born and raised in Hall County and is currently serving a second term as the mayor of Gainesville. He is married to MaryLee and the couple [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jose Figueroa
Meet Jose Figueroa! Twenty six years ago Jose moved to the United States with big hopes and dreams of being successful. “I started working at El Maguey on Browns Bridge Road about [...]
Faces of Hall County: Scott Dixon
Meet Scott Dixon! Scott is the owner and founder of Scott’s Downtown and The Loft, just off the downtown Gainesville square. Recently, Scott won six Best of Hall County awards including Best [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jessica Butler
Meet Jessica Butler! Jessica is married to Jeff and the couple has one daughter; Mae, 9. She is the director of the Gateway Domestic Violence Center in Gainesville. She is a lifelong resident [...]
Faces of Hall County: Abigail Guzman
Meet Abigail Guzman! Abigail is a paralegal at Hasty Pope in Gainesville and she just recently started her own business: Pristine Clean! "I've been at Hasty Pope now for three and a [...]
Faces of Hall County: Dr. Jeffrey Shelley
Meet Dr. Jeffrey Shelley! Jeffrey is one of the orthodontist at Smile Doctors Braces by Wilson. Dr. Shelley and his wife Shea recently moved to Hall County from Alabama and say they [...]
Faces of Hall County: JR Johnson
Meet JR Johnson! Many around Gainesville know JR through his help with local youth sports or from his contracting business JOMCO, that he co-founded in 2011. JR is married to Molly and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Tracy McDaniel
Meet Tracy McDaniel! Tracy is a wife, mother and owner of Southern Grace, a boutique that specializes in floral design with an event space, in Flowery Branch. "Southern Grace began officially March [...]
Faces of Hall County: Brent Drury
Meet Brent Drury! Brent is Lakeview Academy’s Lower School Director, is married to Laura Drury and the couple have three boys together; Tom, Nick and Will. Brent is originally from Kentucky but [...]
Faces of Hall County: Angel Retana
Meet Angel Retana! Angel is the owner of several local eateries including Fajitas, Gainesville Seafood Market and El Carreton in Hall County. Angel moved to New York City from Mexcio City when he [...]
Faces of Hall County: Leigh Cumiskey
Meet Leigh Cumiskey! Leigh has been a counselor at East Hall High School for 30 years and 2018 is her last! She was a teacher for special education for five years before [...]
Faces of Hall County: Alex Haynes
Meet Alex Haynes! Alex has lived in Hall County for a little over two years and is a Bail Recovery Agent with Fenrir Recovery in Gainesville! If that isn't cool enough, her [...]
Faces of Hall County: John Driskell Hopkins
Photos courtesy John Hopkins Meet John Hopkins! John plays bass guitar and is a vocalist with the Zac Brown Band! John grew up in Gainesville and graduated from Gainesville High [...]
Faces of Hall County: Margie Braff
Meet Margie Braff! Margie was born and raised in Minnesota and came to Hall County with high hopes of raising a well rounded family and finding success in the petroleum business with [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jada Harrison
Meet Jada Harrison! Jada is a senior at Gainesville High School and recently was crowned Homecoming Queen during football season. Jada also runs track and her specialty is the hurdles. "College is [...]
Faces of Hall County: Scott Glover
Meet Scott Glover, the owner of Mountain Fresh Creamery in Clermont. Scott is a fourth generation dairy farmer and grew up working alongside his grandfather and father on the dairy farm. Scott [...]
Top 10 Faces of Hall County in 2017
Since we began the Faces of Hall County project, we have had the chance to profile hundreds of Hall County residents! From doctors to students, small business owners, chefs, pharmacists, coaches and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Amy Miller and Karen Bowling
Meet Amy Miller and Karen Bowling! Both are Hall County natives and pharmacists with a combined experience of 66 years. Friends since 2002 and business partners since 2008, they use their experience [...]
Faces of Hall County: Chad Payne
Meet Chad Payne! Chad is a father of five and married to Tiffany. Chad is a lifelong Hall County resident and attends Free Chapel. He is a Farmer's Insurance agent in Gainesville, graduate [...]