Corey Faucon

Executive Chef

Corey grew up in Athens and studied culinary arts at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago. Corey owned and operated Long Nine Junction with his wife Emily from 2017 to 2021. Prior to Long Nine Junction, Corey was Chef de Cuisine at Augies' Front Burner in Springfield.

Emily Faucon

General Manager

Emily grew up in New Berlin and co-owned and operated Long Nine Junction from 2017 to 2021, running all front of the house, marketing, and business operations.

Loren Ray

Event Manager and Guest Liaison

Loren grew up in Petersburg. He joined the hospitality industry in 2008 working for the Springfield Hilton. He specialized in Event Management and Wedding Coordination for the Hilton and later the Wyndham Springfield City Centre.

Douglas Pope

Developer and Owner

Douglas grew up in Petersburg, a few blocks from Broadgauge. His first venture was HotPads, an apartment search engine he started in 2005, now owned by Zillow. Douglas currently manages the software development team that builds Zillow's rental products for Zillow, Trulia, and HotPads. Douglas moved back to Petersburg during the summer of 2020 and nearly immediately started dreaming about and working on restoring and redeveloping Broadgauge.