“You never know what to expect, but right when I got to town, it was so pretty,” said Carissa Sison, line producer for the show. Months on-site is nothing new for them, but like Young’s shock at that initial phone call, many were surprised by what they found when they arrived in Wetumpka. Producers, directors, camera operators, audio and lighting specialists and others spent six months in Wetumpka, not just working but living there from August 2020 through January. The experience was special for the film crew, too. It’s such a win for everyone in Wetumpka,” she said. I believe it will boost our business, but it’s not just good for us. “To know our hard work was really going to be on TV for everyone to see was so awesome and so special. Things got surreal when cameras began showing up. The next morning, we were getting going, and I thought, ‘This is real.’” “I didn’t let myself get too excited,” Young said, “but it hit me the night before demolition Day One.
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Getting the HGTV call was a marketer’s dream, but she tried not to get carried away. While she grew up around the business, she’s been working as marketing director with her dad at Russell Construction the past four years. “We’ve been doing residential and commercial work since it started,” she said. It was a big job, but Young said the company her father, Steve Russell, founded in 1983 was up to the task. Russell Construction’s team of contractors and subcontractors worked with the Napiers to give makeovers to six commercial structures, six homes and several public spaces.
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#Hometown takeover upgrade#
When it airs later this spring, “Home Town Takeover” will showcase 12 renovation and upgrade projects in and around Wetumpka’s downtown and historic district.