Welcome to A Great Story to Tell, a website that highlights how the progressive community of Gainesville and Hall County, Georgia, stands out in so many ways compared to the rest of the United States.
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- Gainesville's Riverside Military Academy has invested over $80 million in its facilities and technology.
- Gainesville-Hall County ranked among the Top 20 "Best Performing Cities" in America in 2007.
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center operates the third busiest Emergency Room in Georgia.
- Gainesville-Hall County hosted rowing, canoeing and kayaking for the 1996 Centennial Atlanta Olympics.
- Gainesville is one of "America's Best Low-Tax Retirement Towns," according to Where to Retire (Jan/Feb 2008).
- Vision 2030 provides an ambitious long-term plan for the community's future.
- Hall County is home to the Atlanta Falcons with a world-class training facility in Flowery Branch.
- Smithgall Woodland Garden is poised to become one of the largest woodland gardens in the country.
- Gainesville-Hall County serves nearby manufacturing plants for BMW, Volvo, Mercedes and others.
- Lanier Tech is Georgia's state-of-the-art center for manufacturing technologies.
