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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- North Georgia's healthcare headquarters: 2.5 million square feet of medical offices.
- Gainesville-Hall County has more than 25 million square feet of industrial space.
- Gainesville-Hall County hosted rowing, canoeing and kayaking for the 1996 Centennial Atlanta Olympics.
- Gainesville-Hall County is home to 67 Fortune 500 companies.
- Gainesville-Hall County ranked among the Top 20 "Best Performing Cities" in America in 2007.
- Gainesville-Hall County serves a trade area of 16 counties and more than 1 million people.
- Lake Lanier is one of the most visited U.S. Corps of Engineers-operated lakes in the country.
- The Good News Clinics and Health Access are national healthcare models for indigent care.
- Hall County has lowest property taxes of any ex-urban county in the Atlanta area.
- Northeast Georgia Medical Center is the No. 1 hospital for cardiac care in Georgia.
