HGTV Hometown Takeover helped bring Ft. Morgan, Colorado native Andrew Stieb to Wetumpka.
Wetumpka Area Chamber of Commerce executive director Shellie Whitfield met Stieb in Ft. Morgan as she was speaking to members of the community about the HGTV effect prior to the airing of Season 2, which is based there.
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