Woodall Orthodontics & Villa Rica Trick or Treat

We had a great time on Saturday at Villa Rica’s Annual Downtown Trick or Treat Event! Here are some pictures from the day….Dr. Woodall handed out a ton of candy and we even saw a few patients!

Dr. Woodall with one of our favorite patients.

Two of the Hyneman guys Pose for the camera

Even Mario came to Villa Rica's Trick or Treat event!

Dr. Woodall had a great time too!

So Cute!

Dr. Woodall & The Cast from The Wizard of Oz....our neighbors at J. Best Hair Salon

Bear Bryant made an appearance!

Someone help this kid, the gorilla caught him! An Ingenious costume!!

Mr. Incredible and Dash pose for a picture

Dr. Woodall's sister and nephews stopped by to say "hi"

We even spotted a Georgia Tech football player taking the afternoon off.

Sarah gets some help with the candy from Woodall Orthodontic's littlest fan...her nephew.

Dr. Woodall meets a search and rescue trained bloodhound.

We love the help of family! Kate, Will & Parker got in on the action.

What a great crowd we had!!

We had a great time meeting new people and saying hello to our friends!

Beach Blanket Theater at “The Mill” on Saturday!!

We hope to see everyone out at The Mill Amphitheater this Saturday night for the move starting at 8 PM! We are looking forward to it! Woodall Orthodontics is happy to sponsor the misting tent to help keep everyone cool!! Our new Amphitheater in Villa Rica rocks! Here is the info about Beach Blanket Theater!

Movie: “Alvin and the Chipmunks (The Squeakquel)”
Location: The Mill amphitheater @ 106 Temple Street

Bring your family and enjoy a movie under the stars at The Mill — historic downtown Villa Rica’s new amphitheater. Come early and enjoy beach music and a picnic on the grounds of this beautiful new venue, or have dinner at one of our quaint, family-owned eateries within walking distance of this park. While we’re waiting for the sun to go down, kids can enjoy “Kids Corner” inflatables, glitter tattoos hula hoop competitions. Local food vendors will be on-hand. Enjoy a slideshow staring “YOU” at the beginning of the movie. Along with bringing your lawn chairs and beach blankets, dads and moms wear your Hawaiian shirts and sarongs and dress your kids in festive island ware so everyone will match the theme of the evening. This movie will be shown on a gigantic, inflatable screen at the Thomas A. Dorsey stage.

**Aubrey Gilbert Marine Corps. League Detachment supported Toys for Tots program of West Georgia will be present at this event to raise awareness and accept toys and/or monetary donations to help the kids of West Georgia this year for Christmas.**

Villa Rica July Fireworks Celebration! Woodall Orthodontics was There!!

We had a great time seeing everyone at our booth at the Fireworks at the V-Plex in Villa Rica! We saw folks from Villa Rica, Douglasville, Temple, Bremen, Carrollton, pretty much everywhere in West Georgia! But, we also saw a few from as far away as Birmingham and even Florida!! We gave out helium balloons at our booth, and they were a hit!! We also did a few other give aways! One being for an Ipod Touch! Congrats to Jordan M. For winning the Ipod!

The Woodall Orthodontics Balloon Filling Dream Team!!

Jordan M. was the winner of our Ipod Touch give away!! She guessed closest to the number of gumballs in the jar! Enjoy the Ipod Jordan!!

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Woodall Orthodontics at Special Smiles 2010!

Woodall Orthodontics @ 2010 Special Olympics

June 21, 2010

The Special Olympics has become a favorite event of ours. We love volunteering with the Special Smiles program in conjunction with the Special Olympics. This year’s event was a blast! Hosted by Emory University, athletes from all over the state of Georgia convened to compete in everything from soccer and softball to track and swimming events. The athletes are so much fun to work with, we loved learning about their events and a little about them as we visited with them for a few minutes while checking their teeth.

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Career Day @ Bay Springs Middle School

May 17, 2010

Last Thursday we had the privilege of spending the morning with the 8th graders at Bay Springs Middle School during their annual Career Day event. We answered questions about being an orthodontist, straightening teeth and anything else they felt like talking about. We spend a large portion of our days with middle school aged kids in our office, it was fun to be on their “turf” for once! We passed out water bottles and did demonstrations with the “NASA wire” we use here at Woodall Orthodontics. The middle-schoolers liked seeing cooled, bent wire straighten out with the heat from warm water. Here are some photos from the day….

Thanks Bay Springs Bobcats for letting us spend the morning with y’all!

A Little Weekend Fun

Last weekend Villa Rica was host to an annual event “Prance Your Paws for a Cause”. Being the dog lovers that we are, we had to check it out and donate to Race for the Cure.

Here are some of the local doggie celebrities…..

Our very own Woodall Orthodontics celebrity/mascot, Bailey, enjoyed the day in the sun too!

Are you enjoying the spring time weather? Where have your Woodall Orthodontics shirts been spotted?

Woodall Orthodontics in the newspaper!

The Times Georgian did a great article about hometown folks opening businesses at "home."  We like to think of South Carroll Road as the happenin' street in Villa Rica and are proud to make the Woodall Orthodontics home on a street with such history.  {The home we purchased and remodeled into the office stayed in the same family until we purchased it.  Joe's dad built the house in the 1950's with his own hands, Joe grew up under it's roof and when he married he and his wife chose to live under the very same roof.  We are proud to be a part of it's lineage.}

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A new generation of entrepreneurs converge on South Carroll Road
by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican 

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Mac Pilgrim, a 1992 graduate of Villa Rica High, set up his office on South Carroll Road three years ago after commuting to Atlanta for law school and to work for a variety of law firms. He said there was never any question that he would one day come back to Villa Rica to open his own practice.

“I’m from here and I never planned on living somewhere else,” he said.

Villa Rica’s growth the past 10 years has brought in a variety of national shopping chains and restaurants, but on South Carroll Road many of the businesses are owned by Villa Rica High School graduates who are trying to make their way in their hometown.

Villa Rica is no stranger to the family-run businesses being passed from one generation to another, but many of those on South Carroll Road have made their own professional mark and, like Pilgrim, say they wouldn’t have done it anywhere else.

“For years and years, a lot of businesses in our city have enjoyed being able to be passed down from one generation to another, which is a wonderful thing to have in the city,” said Mayor J. Collins, a 1995 graduate of VRHS and owner of J. Collins Funeral Home on South Carroll Road. “There are a lot of great, well-known businesses that have been passed down from generation to generation, but it’s refreshing to me to see people my age, my generation — all these people we’re talking about are under 40 years old and most are not much over 30 — to step out and hang their shingle to be able to serve the people of the community they grew up in. That makes me feel good about where our town’s going.”

Pilgrim said at the time he opened his law practice in Villa Rica there were just a handful of attorneys operating in the city and those were mainly concentrating on real estate law. He used his experience in criminal law, worker’s compensation and personal injury law to fill a need that wasn’t being met in the city.

“I felt like the city could support another lawyer who could fill that niche and being from here that name recognition could go a very long way,” he said. “It’s been a very good experience. The city has grown tremendously since I was growing up and being from here I get a lot of business from people who know me, but the new people moving in aren’t tied to any local attorney and I get business there as well.”

Jaime Best, a 1994 graduate of Villa Rica High, opened her own hair salon, J. Best Hair Co., on South Carroll Road a few months ago. After working for others in Atlanta and Temple, she said she always knew when she opened her own salon it would be in Villa Rica.

“I bleed purple and gold,” Best said, referring to the Villa Rica High School colors. “I’m a big Villa Rica supporter, the city, the school, everything. I’m just a hometown girl.”

Best, like Pilgrim, said she benefits from name recognition and it’s more convenient for her customers who were coming to her when she worked in Temple to set appointments now that she’s in Villa Rica. Best also employs another Villa Rica graduate, Jaime Perry, who graduated in 1998.

Businesses locate in a particular city for a variety of reasons, but, like Pilgrim, they approach it from a practical business standpoint. If you offer services no one else in town does, it will usually bode well for your success.

For Karen Fountain, owner of The Perfect Poppy Florist and 1995 graduate of Villa Rica High, opening her shop in Villa Rica was a practical business decision. Though she lives in Carrollton now, she said the nature of her business dictated that she locate in Villa Rica so she’d be close to the interstate and thus more mobile to serve not only Villa Rica, but the entire region.

“Villa Rica is centralized,” she said. “I do a lot of full-service jobs, but I specialize in weddings and being here it makes it a lot easier to get jobs in Dallas, Carrollton, Buchanan, all over really.”

Niles Woodall was born and raised in Villa Rica, though he graduated from Oak Mountain Academy in Carrollton in 1996. His father, Steve Woodall, is a prominent dentist in the city and his son worked by his side for three years. However, he too saw that he could fill a need so he went back to school to become an orthodontist.

Woodall opened his orthodontics office on South Carroll Road late last year and has benefited from the family name, as well as the fact that he’s the only orthodontist in the city.

“Villa Rica is home,” Woodall said. “There was never a question that I would come back to Villa Rica after I finished school because I knew that’s where I wanted to be.”

Collins said the opportunity for local graduates to open businesses locally is directly related to the growth the city has felt in recent years, jumping from a population of just a few thousand people to one that has far surpassed 10,000 people.

“I love Villa Rica, it’s my home,” Collins said. “There are a lot of things I miss about the 3,500 population we used to have, but the one good thing I see about growth and new people in our community is the need for these services that our hometown people are providing.

“There’s a lot said about preserving history and preserving the hometown feel, but nothing makes your hometown even better than having hometown folks going into business for themselves.”

Snow at Woodall Orthodontics

West Georgia got a little snow on Thursday night and Friday. Here At Woodall Orthodontics in Villa Rica it made for some slick roads, but mostly made for a lot of fun. It was great to see everyone out and about braving the cold to play in the snow! Here is a picture of our new office with the snow!! We have been open for almost 2 months now and are having a blast and the snow just added a little more excitement!

We love giving people the smiles that they want. If you would like to know what can be done to improve the alignment of your teeth and the appearance of your smile, we would love to sit down during a complimentary consultation and discuss the treatment options for you!

Thanks again for all of the support! We appreciate it!