A special welcome to our 2012-2013 Chamber Board Members:

Tim Shanks, President-Commercial Bank

Todd Petty, President Elect-Terry Petty Chevrolet

Keisha Hooper, Bus/Mem Development Vice President-JD Distributors

Jeff Vowell, Community Development Vice President-Commercial Bank

Jod Ed Powers, Agriculture Vice President-Final Flight Outfitters

Joe Ward, Education Vice President-First Citizens Bank

John Miles, Government & Legislation Vice President-Miles Law Firm

Mimi DuBois, Secretary/Treasurer-Savant Learning Systems

Chuck Doss, Ex-Officio-First Citizens Financial Plus

Billy Jack Cranford-City of Union City

Bill Harrison-City of Union City

Tommy Gurley-Reelfoot Bank

Kevin Herrell-Higher Ground Coffee Company

Mark McBride-Cox Oil Company

Keith Riley-Tyson Foods

Larry Baker

Kathy Dillon-City of Union City

Jo Ann Speer-Everett Stewart Regional Airport

*If you are interested in joining the Chamber Board contact Lindsay Frilling at 731-885-0211 or at lfrilling@obioncounty.org

Free "How Facebook Can Help Your Business" Guide

Even with Facebook's popularity and reach, thousands of business owners are yet to leverage the power of Facebook to grow their business. This guide provides step-by-step instruction to business owners to begin harnessing the reach of Facebook to grow their business. Included in the guide:

1. How to create a Facebook page for your business

2. Invite your contacts to become your Facebook fans

3. Attract more customers to your company'sFacebook page

4. Use your Facebook page to increase traffic to your company's website

www.statestats.org/facebook-for-your-business/

August Business Matters

August Business Matters was sponsored by Ameriprise Financial and the guest speaker was Randy Thetford from Ameriprise Financial. Topicsincluded the different types of retirement plans available to small businesses and the situations that they may apply and also how retirement plan sponsorship benefits the business, the owner and the employees.

For many employees, a primary driver for saving is the ability to save through a plan sponsored by an employer. According to the Investment Company Institute (Retirement Saving in Wake of Financial Market Volatility, December 2008), among households that have a defined contribution plan, 88% say that payroll deduction makes it easier to save. And 43% agree with the statement, "I probably wouldn't save for retirement if I didn't have a retirement plan at work."However, the majority of employees working for small businesses don't have this opportunity. There is a real need for employers to provide an opportunity for their workers to save.

Archived Obion County Chamber of Commerce Newsletters

Obion County

Chamber of Commerce

Upcoming

Business Matters

Guest Speaker:

State Representative Candidates

Districts 76 and 77

State Senate Candidates

District 24

Sponsored by:

First Citizens National Bank

September 18, 2012 at the Obion County Public Library

7:45am-9:00am

List Your Available Commercial Property With Us

Let us help you spread the word about your available commercial property by listing it at www.obioncounty.org. If you have commercial property you would like to list, please contact Lindsay Frilling, Economic Development Director.

lfrilling@obioncounty.org

Northwest TN Disaster Services

NTDS will be organizing volunteers to be sent to Baton Rouge, LA this week with comfort kits for disaster victims. 

The comfort kits contain basic necessities like soap, shampoo, toothpaste, wash rags, mini first aid kits, razors, shaving cream, deodorant...etc.

NTDS will also send blankets and water.

NTDS is preparing for possible severe weather here in Northwest Tennessee, since even tropical storm remnants can produce tornadoes and localized flooding.

If the community would like to donate to our Hurricane Isaac Relief Fund, you can visit our website at:togetherforall.org for easy online donation methods. Your donation is 100% tax deductible.

Here is a list of approved supplies that may be collected by the community also:

http://www.togetherforall.org/references/disasterrelief.pdf