The Corner of Change: Stories from the Fastest Growing City in America

Lorin Martin, a proud Georgetown native, serves as Bear's Pharmacist-in-Charge. With a B.S. in Kinesiology from Texas A&M and a Doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Texas, she has honed her compounding skills at PCCA's core training conference.
Lorin is passionate about lifelong learning, attending hormone replacement therapy conferences, and pursuing an A4M Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Metabolic Medicine.

US Navy veteran Les Wollam was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and lived overseas in Spain and Japan. A graduate of The Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California., with a BFA in photography. He has enjoyed a nearly 50 year career as a professional photographer, nine years in NYC and 36 years in Dallas, Texas. Mostly in corporate photography for many clients, including Halliburton, IBM & American Airlines, and Fortune magazines, Forbes and Business Week, and has lived in Georgetown, Texas since January of 2015.

Aaron was born in Commerce, Tx but relocated to North Louisiana at age fifteen. Graduated high school and college there, then moved back to TX shortly after. Raised in a home without television, read a LOT, and spent most of the days outside, in the woods.
With the move to LA, he negotiated a skateboard ramp in the backyard with my father - furthering his passion for fun on wheels. He ran cross country and got into competitive golf, and traveled the gulf coast playing junior tournaments. He always had an affinity for trails, the outdoors, and challenging the limits of the brain/body.
He was a Psychology major in college, which fostered his drive for understanding others and mental wellness. After college, he took a job with an insurance company and spent the next eight years traveling all over the US, responding to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and other weather-related events. During this time bought his first mountain bike and has been hooked ever since. He has traveled all over riding trails and discovered it was the best release from work/travel stress out there and has since led me to my role with trails foundation.
Married to wife Dana and three kids who are in multiple sports/activities. Dana is also an avid mountain biker - won state series in 2016.
Trails Foundation was founded by several residents of GTX while around a backyard fire pit. All passionate about the outdoors and trails, recognized the opportunity in GTX and understood we'd need to take the initiative.
He currently has a parkland improvement agreement with the city of Georgetown and a similar agreement with Southwestern University. He has helped built natural surface trails in multiple areas on their properties. GTF owns 7 acres behind Tractor Supply, and we have built trails there, too (Limestone Cowboy is the highlight). To date have added about 7 miles of natural surface trails in GTX city limits with a goal of about 30 more.

Rev. Dr. Jeff Smith, Senior Pastor at Wellspring UMC, reflects on the implications of Georgetown's growth for faith communities. As well, he shares the importance of radical welcome, the central gift of brokenness, and the unique hope that a "yes and" posture can be in Georgetown - and throughout the world.
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Jeff serves as the senior pastor of Wellspring United Methodist Church on Williams Drive in Georgetown. He has been in ministry for 43 years, having begun pastoring small congregations while he was still in college. He holds a bachelors degree from Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, a Master of Divinity degree from Southern Methodist University, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City. He is also a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and is certified as both an End-of-Life Coach and a Discipleship Coach.
Jeff, and his wife, Leah, moved to Georgetown in 2013, and they have made their home in the River Ridge neighborhood. They are the proud parents of a son, Philip (whom most will know as the Director of Music and Worship at FPC), and their daughter, Layne, along with their incredible spouses. They are also proud grandparents to five beautiful grandchildren.

David grew up in Georgetown and played tennis in High School and at Tyler Junior College. He later graduated from Southwestern University with a business degree and served as county commissioner from 1992-2004. He was the former chair of the YMCA Metro Board and Round Rock Chamber of Commerce. He is currently on the board of the TX Baptist Children's Home, Y Metro Board, Southwestern Board of Visitors and is the Regional Vice President of First American Title.
"As commissioner, I think my two most significant contributions to the county were helping create the Williamson County Conservation Foundation ( which is a mitigation bank for the protection of endangered species) and helping create the Williamson County Park System, which we acquired and developed into several thousand acres of parks, including Berry Springs Park and the Williamson County Regional Park."