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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: Wyoma Newman
Meet Wyoma Newman! Wyoma has been an educator in Hall County for her entire career. She spent 40 years teaching at Gainesville High School before retiring and now she teaches part time [...]
Faces of Hall County: Gracie Caudell
Meet Gracie Caudell! Gracie is a senior at Lakeview Academy and her favorite restaurant in Hall County is Blue Fin. Gracie plays volleyball, works at Jaemor Farms and her parents are Chan and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Nicolle Pierce
Meet Nicolle Pierce! Nicolle is a lifelong Gainesville resident, a senior at Gainesville High School and the daughter of Chad and Annie. Among many activities, Nicolle is a cheerleader and president of [...]
Faces of Hall County: Sumner Pirkle
Meet Sumner Pirkle! Sumner is a senior at Gainesville High School, lifelong Gainesville resident and is representing the Gainesville Jaycees in this weekend's 2017 Gainesville-Hall Junior League Charity Ball. Sumner is the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Abby Gopfert
Meet Abby Gopfert! Abby is the daughter of Arthur and Bridget Gopfert, has one sister, Alexis, and is a senior at Lakeview Academy. Abby will be representing the South Hall Rotary in [...]
Faces of Hall County: Madeleine Cook
Meet Madeleine Cook! Madeleine is a senior at North Hall High School and the daughter of Matthew and Kate Cook. She has a sister, Carol and brother, Ethan. Madeleine is a mid-fielder and [...]
Faces of Hall County: Matt Magnus
Meet Matt Magnus! Matt is the owner of Lanier HVAC Services and is married to Bethany and the couple has two children; Mary Beth, 4, and Mark, 6. After working for many [...]
Faces of Hall County: Ashley Filson
Meet Ashley Filson! Ashley is representing the Braselton Rotary in the 2017 Gainesville- Hall County Charity Ball. Ashley is the daughter of John and Beverly Filson, has triplet siblings and is a [...]
Faces of Hall County: Abby Alexander
Meet Abby Alexander! Abby is a senior at Gainesville High School and is currently a Charity Ball Belle representing Kiwanis Club. John and Kristine Alexander are Abby’s parents and Abby has three [...]
Faces of Hall County: Breanna Golden
Meet Breanna Golden! Breanna is a lifelong Gainesville resident, attended Chestatee and Gainesville High, College of Charleston and now runs heavy equipment for her family's business. "As a child I always looked [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kate Lovell
Meet Kate Lovell! Kate is wife, mother of two and foster mother of two. Recently, Kate received the Community Impact Award for her work with CASA (Hall-Dawson Court Appointed Special Advocate). "I've [...]
Faces of Hall County: Scotty Ball
Meet Scotty Ball! Scotty has been a real estate lawyer in Gainesville for the past 24 years. He is married to Angie and the couple has four children. Scotty says the best [...]
Faces of Hall County: Keith Guernsey
Meet Keith Guernsey! Keith moved to the area with his wife Susan and dog Harley nearly four years ago. He spends his time writing books, volunteering with ITN Lanier (a local organization [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kelley Robertson
Meet Kelley Robertson! Kelley is a local lawyer and Senior Assistant District Attorney at the Northeastern Judicial Circuit in Gainesville. She is a longtime Gainesville resident, wife and mother. She said her favorite thing about [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jeremy Williams
Meet Jeremy Williams! Jeremy is the new superintendent of the Gainesville City School district. Jeremy and his wife, Jenny and two children; Molly, 9 and Rhett, 5 moved to Gainesville four months [...]
Faces of Hall County: Leslie Frierson
Meet Leslie Frierson! Leslie is the principle at Centennial Arts Academy and longtime Gainesville resident. "I moved to Gainesville in 1992 when I was a student at the University of Georgia. My [...]
Faces of Hall County: Shannon O'Carroll
Meet Shannon O’Carroll, the girl's minister at Lakewood Baptist Church and a soccer referee for collegiate teams like University of Georgia and Auburn University. Shannon was born and raised in the Classic [...]
Faces of Hall County: Jeff Jenkins
Meet Jeff Jenkins, the associate principal at Lanier College and Career Academy. Jeff has lived in Hall County most of his life and truly believes in impacting students and loving his community. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Kent Tench
Meet Kent Tench! Kent is a longtime Gainesville resident and co-owner of Imperial Salon, just off the downtown Gainesville square. He has lived in Hall County since 1979 and said he became [...]
Faces of Hall County: Riley Johnson
Meet Riley Johnson! Riley is 6 years old and is in the first grade at Lakeview Academy. His parents are J.R. and Molly Johnson and he has a sister; Emma Claire. Riley [...]
Faces of Hall County: Christina White
Meet Dr. Christina White! She works at Brenau University in Gainesville and handles the adult and graduate admissions and recruitment for the university. Christina is a longtime Hall County citizen and loves [...]
Faces of Hall County: Bob Norton
Meet Bob Norton! President of the insurance division for the Norton Agency, who has lived in Hall County his entire life. Bob graduated from Georgia Tech and came back to Gainesville to [...]
Faces of Hall County: Tim Broxton
Meet Chef Tim Broxton! Tim is a longtime Gainesville resident own's local catering company: Easy B’s Kitchen. You may have tried his tasty creations at a wedding or celebration, the Junior League, [...]
Faces of Hall County: Diego Sanchez
Meet Diego Sanchez! Diego, also known as “Coach Diego” by his players, is a soccer coach for the Lanier Soccer Association Sharks and a recent University of North Georgia graduate. Diego was [...]