In case you missed it last week, ProNova Solutions held it official groundbreaking at Pellissippi Place. What a great addition to the community. Here's the
Facebook photo gallery.
AWARD SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE AND NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS
A limited number of award sponsorships are available for the Business Excellence Awards held on Nov. 7. Click here if you're interested in sponsoring.
Nominations are now open for the 17 Business Excellence Awards. So please nominate yourself or any person or business you think is worthy. They need not be a Chamber member to nominate.
GETTING READY TO GO TO THE BANK
The
Tennessee Small Business Development Center is hosting a FREE business planning workshop covering the essential elements of a business plan including organization, market research, costs, cash flow, financing and projections, Thursday, Aug. 22 from 8 a.m.-noon at the Chamber office.
Learn where to find the information and how to incorporate it into your business plan. The class includes a workbook and is a non-PowerPoint class.
Register here.
TICKETS ON SALE FOR TASTE OF BLOUNT
Tickets are now on sale for the
12th Annual Taste of Blount set for Thursday, Sept. 12 from 6-8 p.m. at the Theater in the Park next to the Blount County Courthouse in Maryville. Participants are still being lined up, but as always, it will be delicious. Additionally,
The Royal Hounds are performing live. Check out the
participating food vendors here.
Tickets are $25 for Chamber members, $30 for non-members, $15 for students with ID and available by calling 865.983.2241 or
online.
HEATHER RIPLEY TO PRESENT AT "LUNCH BOX SERIES"
The cost is $15 and includes a box lunch. Contact
Vicky to register.
CITY OF ALCOA LEGISLATIVE BRIEFING
This will be the third in a summer series of local legislative briefings, "What's Happening in Your Own Back Yard," hosted by the Blount Partnership.
Please RSVP to
Vicky if you plan to attend.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GOLF TOURNAMENT
Anderson Lumber Company is hosting a golf outing benefiting Blount County Habitat for Humanity on Oct. 3, and they need your help!
If you're a golfer, they'd love for you to get a team together and play in this exciting event. Register here:
http://bit.ly/15ROagC
HIGHLAND HAPPENING
It's short notice, but your business is cordially invited to Maryville College's annual Highland Happening. Please join us as we welcome our incoming Freshmen to campus and our community. Held on the beautiful Maryville Campus lawn, this outdoor fair gives your business an opportunity to make a connection with these new MC students. We would love for you to join us for this fun event!
Thursday, August 22 | 5-7 p.m. | Maryville College
REGISTRATION: Free of charge and includes one table, and two chairs
Please bring coupons, samples, and giveaways!
HOLIDAY PARTY PLANNING IN AUGUST?
Yes, it's not too early to plan your business's holiday party. Treat your employees to an unforgettable holiday gathering in Dollywood's Country Christmas Pavilion where they will enjoy an all-you-care-to-eat Holiday Feast! Click
here for more info.
COUNTRY MANOR ACRES OPEN HOUSE
April Jopling and her son, Country Music Artist Jeff Jopling, will be hosting an open house on their beautiful 50 Acre Estate, Country Manor Acres, in Townsend, Tenn., on Sunday, September 8, 2013 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. The open house will be hosted in conjunction with the Blount County Wedding Professionals Association, with a brief showcase concert by the Jeff Jopling Band, followed by a drawing for valuable prizes at the end of the evening, with the grand prize worth $1000. Read more:
http://bit.ly/189XXfH
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BLOUNT COUNTY NEEDS YOUR HELP FOR KaBOOM!
We need excited and eager volunteers to help prepare the playground site and/or participate in the playground Build Day. We need volunteers for various levels of work, ranging from working the registration booth to installing the playground itself.
We will need the most volunteers on Build Day, Sept. 21. But, we also need volunteers on a Site Prep Day, Sept. 19, and some standby volunteers for Sept. 20, if a second Site Prep Day is needed.
REMEMBER WHEN
We venture back to the week of Aug. 19, 1978 when the Commodores topped the Billboard No. 1 singles chart with "Three Times a Lady." I bet you didn't know that the members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972.
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