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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: Katie Bruner
Meet Katie Bruner! Katie was nominated to be a Face Of Hall County by Jill Abernathy and in the nomination, Jill said this about her, “Katie is a true fighter. She will defend [...]
Faces of Hall County: Christopher (Topher) Phillips
Meet Christopher (Topher) Phillips! He is the marketing manager at the new NoFo Brew Co. on the Midland Greenway in Gainesville. Topher is a native of the area and graduated from Kennesaw [...]
Faces of Hall County: Principal Jamie Green
Meet Jamie Green! Jamie is the principal at Gainesville High School, he is married to Glaucimone and was born in Portsmouth, England. Jamie and Glaucimone have two children. "I was born in Portsmouth, [...]
Faces of Hall County All Stars: Noe Covarrubias
Meet Noe Covarrubias! Noe will be a senior this year at Gainesville High School and plays center for the Red Elephants. Noe was born and raised in Gainesville and his parents are [...]
Faces of Hall County: Brittany Chadwick
Meet Brittany Chadwick! Brittany is the Operational Manager at the new Puzzle Piece Pastries on Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville. Puzzle Piece is set to open in August and is a bakery [...]
Faces of Hall County: Maricela Del Rio
Meet Maricela Del Rio! Maricela is a School Resource Officer with the Gainesville Police Department. She has been a lifelong Gainesville resident and graduated from West Hall High School. We want to [...]
Faces of Hall County: Micah Owings
Meet Micah Owings! Micah is the new director of baseball operations with Gainesville High School baseball and the head coach of the Gainesville Gol' Diggers, a team that is a member of [...]
Faces of Hall County Class of 2023: Jorge Sandoval
Meet Jorge Sandoval! Jorge recently graduated from Johnson High School and will be attending the University of North Georgia in the fall. Jorge was a part of the Johnson High School boys [...]
Faces of Hall County: Roll On In, Carey and Melanie Hollman
Meet Carey & Melanie Hollman! Carey and Melanie are longtime Gainesville residents and love their community. To be even more involved in the community, they decided to open two eateries, in one [...]
The Faces of Hall County: Lori Murray
Interview by Brad Abernathy Meet Lori Murray! It is my pleasure today to introduce you or reintroduce you to Lori. Lori Murray is one of the happiest people you will ever meet. [...]
Faces of Hall County: The Egg Chicks, Julie Gossett and Julie Floyd
 Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High School seniors John Jessup & Anna Kate Embry Meet Julie Gosset and Julie Floyd! Julie Gosset and Julie Floyd run a business called [...]
Faces of Hall County: Erin Williamson
Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High School seniors John Jessup and Anna Kate Embry Meet Erin Williamson! Erin is a Senior Account Manager at Forum Communications in Gainesville and a [...]
Faces of Hall County All Stars: Darius Cannon
Interview by Gainesville High School Senior and Abernathy Cochran Intern John Jessup Meet Darius Cannon! Darius is a senior at Gainesville High School and a wide receiver on the football team. He [...]
Faces of Hall County: Andrew Greene, head brewer at NoFo Brew Co-Gainesville
 Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High School seniors John Jessup and Anna Kate Embry Meet Andrew Greene! Andrew is the head brewer at NoFo Brew Co-Gainesville, which is now [...]
Faces of Hall County: JP McKenzie
Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High School seniors John Jessup and Anna Kate Embry Meet JP McKenzie! JP is the owner of Meadowlark Coffee on Bradford Street in downtown Gainesville. [...]
Faces of Hall County: Phil Bonelli
Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High School seniors John Jessup and Anna Kate Embry Meet Phil Bonelli! Phil owns Hopewell Church Farms in Gainesville and also is the Senior Vice [...]
Faces of Hall County: Peyton Bolling and Stephanie Zohouri
Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High School seniors John Jessup and Anna Kate Embry Meet Peyton Bolling and Stephanie Zohouri! Peyton and Stephanie own an event planning company called Platinum [...]
Faces of Hall County: Zack Tatum
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior Anna Kate Embry Meet Zack Tatum! Zack is a longtime Hall County resident, a business owner, husband and father. He loves the [...]
Faces of Hall County: Sterling Embry
Interview by Abernathy Cochran interns and Gainesville High School seniors Anna Kate Embry and John Jessup Meet Sterling Embry! Sterling was a longtime Gainesville resident before retiring to Sautee Nacoochee. He was [...]
Faces of Hall County: Mary Margaret Godley
Interview by Gainesville High School seniors and Abernathy Cochran interns: John Jessup and Anna Kate Embry Meet Mary Margaret Godley! Mary Margaret is the area director for Young Life in Gainesville. She [...]
Top 10 Faces of Hall County 2022
Since we began the Faces of Hall County project, we have had the chance to interview over 600 of Hall County residents. In 2022, we again were honored to interview even more [...]
Faces of Hall County: Adrian Niles
Interview by Abernathy Cochran intern and Gainesville High School senior John Jessup Meet Adrian Niles! Adrian is the Chief Operations Officer for Gainesville City School System and has been living in the [...]
Faces Of Hall County: Clarissa Brown
I do not remember the first time I met Clarissa Brown but I do remember she made me feel as if I was an old friend. With her warmth and approachability, Clarissa [...]
Faces of Hall County: Christopher Wimberly
Meet the Rev. Christopher Wimberly Sr.! Christopher is the owner of Wimberly Funeral Home, which is located on Summit St. in downtown Gainesville. He also is the pastor at Hunter Hill First [...]