Small Business of the Month
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Card Control Systems, Inc. Bill Fortune Post Office Box 1304 Oakwood, GA 30566 (770) 538-0008 Business Service cardcontrolsystems.com Choice Maintenance Jim Rizqallah Post Office Box 6766 Gainesville, GA 30503 (678) 858-5105 Maintenance Service Provider choicemaintenance.com Comfort Inn & Suites Husein Khimani 4951 Bristol Industrial Way Buford, GA 30518 (678) 730-5050 Hotel choicehotels.com E'arrs Michael Bow Post Office Box 1375 Gainesville, GA 30503 (770) 532-3468 Manufacturer & Processor earrs.com
Gary Whitaker, Attorney 3810 Greenside Court Dacula, GA 30019 (678) 889-2715 Individual Member Global Manufacturing Lonnie Pope 5018 Bristol Industrial Way Suite 209 Buford, GA 30518 (770) 831-2024 Manufacturer & Processor Kona Ice Gwinnett Kathy Schrader 340 Sharon Industrial Way Suite B Duluth, GA 30096 (678) 480-1213 Catering gwinnett.kon-ice.com Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - Brian Shaw Phipps Tower, Suite 1200 3438 Peachtree Road NE Atlanta, GA 30326 (706) 839-5161 Insurance-Financial Services brianshaw.nmfn.com Sponsor: Phip Wilheit Our Neighbor, Inc. Mary Margaret Calvert Post Office Box 908483 Gainesville, GA 30503 (770) 530-7353 Non-Profit ourneighbor.org Sponsor: Kay Blackstock
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. Jim Grier Post Office Box 612 Lula, GA 30554 (770) 256-9200 Legal Services prepaidlegal.com SunCrest Home Health Daryl Williams 906 Interstate Ridge Drive Suite A Gainesville, GA 30501 (770) 297-0041 Medical - Home Health suncresthealth.com Sweet Monkey Frozen Yogurt Aileen Paskoff 821 Dawsonville Highway Gainesville, GA 30501 (770) 710-1417 Restaurant & Catering sweetmonkeyfrozenyogurt.com Sponsor: Melissa Sizemore Cheryl West 1151 East Lake Drive Gainesville, GA 30506 (770) 531-4404 Individual Member To join the Greater Hall Chamber or for details on membership benefits, contact Michelle Wiley at 770-532-6206. Email: mwiley@ghcc.com. Join online: greaterhallchamber.com
Montara Farm in Clermont
Leadership Hall County participates in a team building exercise at Montara Farm in Clermont.
Trish Stump and Larry Becker, owners of Montara Farm.
Founded in 1995, Montara Farm is the Chamber's Small Business of the Month. Montara Farm is a center for equine-assisted learning and team development. Larry Becker and Trish Stump used a combined 30 years of corporate experience to develop the innovative outdoor learning program. With an MBA, Larry retired to the farm after many years as an executive in sales for information technology companies. Trish also has an MBA and a career in social work, civil rights enforcement, training and development. With a love for horses and wide-open spaces, Trish began to plan Montara Farm, an experience that would combine her love of horses, country life and unique solutions for organizations. With hundreds of acres of mountain view land in Clermont, the program helps build better organization teams and discover leaders. Montara is a working farm growing blueberries, fruit, and hay. The saddle club has 24 horses with miles of trail rides. Montara Farm, 6749 Stringer Road, Clermont, GA 30527. 770-983-0503. montarafarm.com
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Alpaca 4 Baby, Inc. Caroline Mixon 5166 Union Church Road Flowery Branch, GA 30542 (770) 967-4041 Farmer - Alpacas alpaca4babynetwork.com Sponsor: Philip Wilheit
Partners in Education
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Amanda Kroll McClure (left), Executive Director of the Quinlan Visual Arts Center with Merrye Watts (back) and students from her Enota Elementary School 3rd grade class, winners of the “Come Play with Clay! Mud and Ice Cream Party" at the Quinlan. In collaboration with the Greater Hall Chamber, the Quinlan Visual Arts Center is now part of the Partners in Education program as a partner-at-large with Gainesville City Schools. The Quinlan is providing free, incentive-based field trips to the class from each of the city elementary schools that has the best attendance in the first semester of the year. The class selected from each elementary school receives an “Arty Attendance Party.” Students are instructed by a group of Quinlan teachers and complete an art project with ice cream treats donated by Truelove Dairy. “It was such a neat surprise to see that we had won the attendance award, and all 25 of my students were so excited," said Watts. We are so grateful to the Quinlan, its staff, wonderful volunteers and donors who all helped make this happen for us.”
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