2025 Readers' Choice Award Winners

A

 

Accountant – Grizzle, Glenn, Adams & Martin P.C.

Assisted Living Facility – Brookdale

Senior Living

Attorney – Gordon Law Firm

Auto Body Shop – Wilhite’s Body & Paint

Auto Parts Store – Jane Holmes Oil Co. & Auto Parts

Auto Repair Shop – Smith Automotive Service, LLC.

 

B

 

Baby Store – Wild Child Market

Bank – Pinnacle Bank

Bank Teller – Sara Beth Eaves (Synovus Bank)

Barbecue – Backstreet BBQ

Beauty Shop/Salon – Blush Hair Studio

Best Dressed in Hartwell – Scarlett Lewis

Best Hair in Hartwell – Breanna Parker

Biscuit – Dairy Queen Grill & Chill

Boat/Dock Repair – Dock Depot &

Marine Supply Co

Boutique/Gift Shop – G’s Southern

Traditions

Breakfast – Huddle House

Building Supplies Store – The Home Depot

Bus Driver – Tammy Weaver

 

C

 

Car Wash – Daddy O’s Car Wash

Carpet/Floor Installation – Bowers

Flooring Company

Chicken – Guthrie’s Of Hartwell

Cigars – Paps Tobacco Outlet

Civic Club – Hartwell Service League

Coach – Hunter Barton (Baseball)

Consignment/Thrift Store – Goodwill Thrift Store & Donation Center

Craft/Art Store – Elsiebee Originals

Cup of Coffee – Common Ground

 

D

 

Dance Studio – Ta Dah! Performing Arts

Dentist – Lake Hartwell Dentistry

 

E

 

Elected Official – Frankie Gray (Clerk of Court)

Electrician – Roger Harris

EMT – Jess Eaton

 

F

 

Fast Food Restaurant – Arby’s

Feed Store – Beggs Farm Supply

Financial Advisor – John G. Osley, CFP (Edward Jones – Financial Advisor)

Firearm/Ammo Dealer – Hartwell Gun & Supply

Firefighter – Kevin Norris

Flooring Store – Bowers Flooring

Company

Florist – Hartwell Florals

French Fries – McDonald’s

Funeral Home – Coile and Hall Funeral Directors

 

G

 

Garden Center – The Home Depot

Grocery Store – ALDI

Gym/Fitness Location – Bell Family YMCA

 

H

 

Hamburger – Market 50

Hardware Store – Ace Hardware of

Northeast Georgia

Health Care Provider – Dr. Wade Walker (Hartwell Family Practice)

HVAC Service – McGee Heating & Air Inc.

 

I

 

Ice Cream – Dairy Queen Grill & Chill

Insurance Agency/Agent – Holly

Thomason (State Farm)

 

L

 

Law Enforcement Officer – Sheriff Chris Carroll

Lawn Service – Tallent Lawn Services, LLC

Loan Company – Security Finance

 

M

 

Margarita – Casa Rica Family Mexican Restaurant

Massage – Spa by Laura and Serenity Salon and Day Spa

Mexican Restaurant – La Cabana

 

N

 

Nail Salon – Savvy Nails Hartwell

Nurse – Lisa Walters (Hartwell Family Practice)

 

P

 

Pastor – Derrick Brown (Impact Church)

Performance Theatre – Hart County Community Theatre

Pest Control Service – American Pest Control

Pet Groomer – Hartwell Happy Hounds

Personal Trainer – Candace Dorsey (From the Roots)

Pizza – Pizza Hut

Place to Buy Meat – Hometown Butcher

Place to Buy Produce – ALDI

Place to Get Lunch – Market 50

Plumber – Darrin Phillips (Phillips

Appliance and Plumbing Services, LLC)

Principal – Marion Hanahan (South Hart Elementary School)

 

R

 

Real Estate Agent – Parker Gibbs

(Coldwell Banker Fort Realty)

Restaurant – 329 Bar and Grill

 

S

 

Screen Printing – Karew Sports &

Imprinting

Secretary/Bookkeeper – Courtney

Williams (State Farm)

Self Storage Facility – Hartwell

Self-Storage Mini Warehouses

Septic Service – Darrin Phillips (Phillips Appliance and Plumbing Services, LLC)

Small Engine Repair/Sales – Gagnon’s Small Engine Repair

Sporting Goods – Karew Sports &

Imprinting

Sushi – Little Japan Restaurant

Sweet Tea – McDonald’s

 

T

 

Tax Preparer – Kendall Jordan (Jordans Tax & Financial Services, LLC)

Teacher – Shelby Shattles (North Hart

Elementary School)

Tire Store – Modern Tire and All Terrain Inc.

Towing Service – Wicker’s Towing & Roadside

Tractor/Lawn Equipment – Tractor

Supply Co.

Tree Service – Clean Cut Tree Care LLC

 

U

 

Used Auto Sales – Thompson’s Auto & Truck Recycling

 

V

 

Veterinarian – Lake Hartwell Veterinary Clinic

 

W

 

Wedding Venue – Cateechee

Wings – Blazers Hot Wings of Hartwell