Faces of Hall County: Brett Copeland
Brett Copeland is a Gainesville native who was raised in Pine Lake and is the owner of the popular lunch and smoothie restaurant, Natural Juice Cafe.
Brett is a former high school all star wrestler and football player who played college ball at The Citadel; where he was a member of the 1992 Southern Conference Championship team. He graduated with a degree in Business Administration.
“Almost all of my family lives in Hall County, both my parents went to East Hall,” he said. “We have a string of entrepreneurs in the family. Both my grandfathers had their own business, my father owns Neil Copeland Photography, my aunt is a owner of Hair Artistry, and my cousin owns the Double D Burger in Rabbit Town.”
Brett is married to Jeannie and describes their relationship “like peas and carrots.” The couple has one son, Evan.

Prior to owning the restaurant, Brett worked for the Atlanta Braves from as the parking operations manager and also oversaw parking operations during the inaugural season for the Atlanta Thrasher and Atlanta Hawks at Philips Arena.
We recently caught up with Brett to find out a little more about his interests and love of Hall County.
Question: Who are the most interesting people you have met in Hall County?
Answer: “My wife is one the most interesting people I have met in hall county she is such a well rounded, intelligent and loving person she wants help everyone she meets and is so giving. Also the boys at Tap It; Councilman Zack, his brother Ryan and partner Brad. I am always fascinated by other entrepreneurs and hearing their stories of success.”
Q: If you could give a piece of advice to a crowd of people, what would you say?
A: “I would give this piece of advice to a crowd…Trust your instincts, work hard and do what you love. Who knew that a small juice bar and healthy cafe would thrive in Gainesville? But Jeannie and I trusted our instincts, worked hard and we love what we do.”
Q: What is your favorite thing about Hall County?
A: “My favorite thing about Hall county is the sense of community that exists here; it has a small town feel where everbody knows each other and is willing to lend a helping hand. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.”
Q: What is your favorite restaurant in Hall County?
A: “My favorite restaurant in Hall County is the Natural Juice Cafe, of course, but I might be a little biased. It is hard for me to nail down just one so I will give you my top five: 1. Recess 2. Atlas Pizza 3. Blue Fin 4. Fajitas 5. Double D.  I like all of these because the are locally owned and their food is fresh and delicious. There is just something about the food at small local restaurants to me, it just tastes better.”
Read our blog on Natural Juice Cafe here.
The Faces of Hall County is a project to showcase the amazing people that live or work in our community. If you would like to nominate an interesting person to be featured please email babernathy@gonorton.com.