Hall County- The county seat is Gainesville, which may have been named for early settlers in the area, or for General Edmund P. Gaines, who arrested Aaron Burr for treason. Other cities in Hall County include Clermont, Flowery Branch, Lula and Oakwood. Gainesville was the first southern city to have electric streetlights.
Gainesville is often referred to as the "Poultry Capital of the World."
 
 
Sumter County-The county seat is Americus. Other cities in Sumter include Andersonville, Leslie and Plains. Americus is home to Habitat for Humanity International, a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating substandard housing around the world. It is now one of the top ten home builders in the country.
Other attractions in Sumter County include the newly restored Rylander Theater, the Windsor Hotel and the Georgia Rural Telephone Museum.
The National Park Service has recently completed restoration of President Carter's boyhood home in Archery, outside of Plains, and has designated it a National Historic Site.
Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States and former Governor of Georgia, is from Plains.
Festivals in Sumter County include the Andersonville Fair and the Plains Peanut Festival. [1]
 
Premier Academy in Atlanta is a non-profit corporation organized for the primary purpose of providing a comprehensive developmentally appropriate pre-school program for young children, as well as needed additional services. The children enrolled at the Angier Avenue Child Development Center are sponsored by the Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club.
 

Thank you for all you do in your community to help us grow a more literate Georgia! Imagine the Possibilities!

 

 
Tera Cochran, Community Action Team Coordinator 
Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy