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Amissville Market celebrates one year in business

by | Jan 27, 2026

Jessica Hall, owner of the Amissville Market, poses with her fresh-made jam among her many other goods. (Photo/Ireland Hayes)

The Amissville Market celebrated its one year anniversary in December, and seems to be thriving.

Owner Jessica Hall said her market, housed in the historic Hackley’s General Store in “downtown” Amissville, has evolved over the last year into a community hub. 

Hall, who grew up in nearby Viewtown, attributes the market’s success to listening closely to the community and shaping the space into what they said they needed. 

“What sets me apart is that it’s not just a deli or market, but it’s a place for people to meet … When I first started, I had, like, one table, I didn’t think I was going to have seating, and it became really apparent very quickly that that’s what the community wanted,” Hall said. “I think that the community itself is evolving, and I think that you just have to listen to what the community needs. And I think having lived out here and knowing that need helped me answer that.”

Jessica Hall preparing the market’s signature chicken salad in the kitchen Tuesday. (Photo/Ireland Hayes)

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  • Ireland Hayes

    Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner.
    Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.
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Ireland joined Foothills Forum as a full-time reporter in 2023 after graduating from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication with a degree in journalism and minor in music. As a student, she gained valuable experience in reporter and editor positions at The Red & Black, an award-winning student newspaper, and contributed to Grady Newsource and the Athens Banner-Herald. She spent three years as an editorial assistant at Georgia Magazine, UGA’s quarterly alumni publication, and interned with The Bitter Southerner. Growing up in a small town in Southeast Georgia, Ireland developed a deep appreciation for rural communities and the unique stories they have to tell. She completed undergraduate research on news deserts, ghost papers and the ways rural communities in Georgia are being forced to adapt to a lack of local news. This research further sparked her interest in a career contributing to the preservation of local and rural news.