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FRANKLIN COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

FRANKLIN TIMES Volume 56 Issue 4

CHAMBER LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President

Gerardo Leon Nissan North America, Decherd Vice-President

Doug Pearson National aerospace solutions secretary

Kevin Lockmiller V.R. Williams & Company

YOUR BUSINESS LINK

July 2018

Please join us for a Chamber Connection sponsored by:

Southern TN Regional Health System

Treasurer

Kip Commons Walmart Supercenter Past President

Troy Martin FirstBank

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Susan Askew The University of the South

Alex Barnett Russell Barnett Automotive Family

Mike Bowden Concur Technologies Retired

Josh Cole

Thursday August 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

First Choice Health

2118 Cowan Highway Winchester, TN 37398

RSVP: 931.967.6788 or info@franklincountychamber.com

Franklin farmers cooperative

Holly Cortner Moore Cortner funeral home

Daryl Doney Middle tn respiratory

Amy Foster Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Bill Green Lynch-Rigsby Realty & Auction LLC

Jonas Harmond Edward Jones

Penny Morris Jack Daniel’s distillery

David Stewart Stewart & Stewart attorneys at law

Brian Sullivan Nissan North America, Decherd

Casino Night!!

Sandra Thomas Exchange Media Group

Cliff Wilson Southern TN Regional Health System

Dave Van Buskirk County Commissioner

STAFF Judy D. Taylor, IOM Executive Director

Delores Janush

Park @ Welcome Center to ride the shuttle to the hill, shuttles begin @ 4:15

Membership Manager

Kayla Doney

Administrative Assistant

Karlie warren Marketing

Nuria Andreu Website—Facebook

Sterling Hubbard It director

1784 SHARP SPRINGS ROAD, WINCHESTER, TN

Greetings...

Proud to introduce you to your new executive director, Susan Wallace. Susan joined the chamber staff on Monday July 2nd and will assume the role of executive Director on August 1st. and my last day as your executive director will be July 31, 2018.

Susan’s full press release is included in this edition for you to get

familiar with her

background and goals Make a special effort to drop by the Chamber and meet Susan.

After 26 years of serving as your Executive Director, I am retiring and want to express my gratitude for the opportunity to work with amazing staff, prestigious board members from all walks of life, volunteers and most of all the business community. The journey has been full of opportunities. I have been honored to meet members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, flown to Knoxville to meet with Coach Phillip Fulmer, driven a race car at the Bristol Speedway and attended a Readiness and Preparedness Conference in Washington, DC after 911. I met amazing Police & Fire Chiefs, that actually experienced the horrific events on that tragic day in New York when the Twin Towers collapsed.

Chamber directors wear many hats, experience all types of personalities, connecting the dots, and watching great things happen. As I embark on a new path, I take with me so many treasured memories, experiences, and relationships that will live in my heart forever.

I encourage each Chamber member that the next time you need a business service, to call or email your Franklin County Chamber of Commerce staff.

You will receive quality service, referrals and interconnectivity that we all share. Members working together promote a strong voice with our elected officials. By shopping Chamber members first, we build a stronger business community.

Welcome your new executive director, Susan Wallace.

Please support and encourage Susan in her new role as the Executive Director of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce.

Thank you Big D! Thank you for your friendship, loyalty, strong work ethic, amazing skills and the ability to sell anything to anyone. Most of all for your friendship. Delores, Kayla and Karlie are colleagues I respect and love as if they were family. Working together for 8 hours a day, five day a week, we become extended family. Delores has been the voice you heard all these years asking for your support financially, the past 19 years. With Delores we have been blessed to have Jerry, who consistently, picks up the mail, empties the garbage, vacuums the entire Chamber and hangs flags on holidays! He is a tremendous asset for each of us and a true gentleman! We are never allowed to carry anything or open a door in his presence!

He worked every event with the staff, selling tickets, set up, clean up, whatever needed. You both, will be missed.

Warmest regards,

Judy D. Taylor

Your friends forever,

Kayla, Karlie and Judy

RIBBON CUTTINGS American Legion Post 44 104 North Vine St. Winchester, TN 37398 Tom Furman and Dennis Kurtz 931.962.1311 Dennis Kurtz cutting the ribbon with, David Stewart FCCoC Board Member, James Cantrell F.C. Sherriff Dept., John Zielke, Tom Furman, Jean Zielke, Bradley Sherman, Sonya Robinson, Blaine Maxwell F.C. Sherriff Dept. and more American Legion family, friends, and Supporters

Creations/2nd Base Screen Printing 104 1st Avenue South East Winchester, TN 37398 Wendy Wilson 931.308.7682 Wendy and Tim Wilson cutting the ribbon with supportive family, friends, Winchester City officials, Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Board Members, Ambassadors, and FCHS Cheerleaders.

Chamber Welcomes New Executive Director Susan Wallace After a competitive search, Gerardo Leon, president of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber Board of Directors have named Susan Sinclair Wallace of Rome, Georgia, as the new executive director for the Chamber. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Wallace’s background working in chambers of commerce in San Antonio and in a rural county in Vermont were important strengths of her candidacy as was her expertise in marketing communications for nonprofit organizations.

Wallace comes to her new position in Franklin County after owning and managing a natural foods business with her husband. She says, “As a business owner, I developed a clear understanding of the value and benefit that being a chamber of commerce member can bring, not only to individual business owners but to the larger community. I have worked for two chambers in the past and I got to experience the services and positive recognition of being a chamber member. It provided me perspective from both the chamber side and the chamber member side” Wallace spent nine years working for the Department of the Air Force as a senior public affairs office while living in Texas. She helped develop and maintain strong community relations between Randolph Air Force Base and the civilian communities that surrounded the base. She was recognized as the Civilian Public Affairs Officer of the Year for three consecutive years.

Leaving Texas, she taught marketing at the University of Vermont where she also worked as the marketing communications manager. She left the University of Vermont to lead the Grand Isle County Partnership, a nonprofit organization focused on business and community development in an underserved county in rural Vermont. She was later named interim executive director of the Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce, an organization that eventually became part of the larger Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce in Burlington, Vermont. She owned a communication firm in Connecticut where her client base was exclusively nonprofit organizations that included the Hartford Public Library System, The Connecticut Commission on Children, and the Connecticut Rural Development Council. Accepting a position at Iowa State University, she taught English and marketing communications to undergraduates and to adults in continuing education classes.

“I was weary of living where it often snowed five months of the year. I left my snow shovel behind when I moved to Georgia to become a retail business owner. I am a southerner by heart and disposition so leaving ‘the great frozen north’ to come back south was a pleasure,” Wallace says.

In accepting the executive director position at Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Wallace said,” My husband is a Sewanee alumnus and we were planning to move to Middle Tennessee before I was selected for the FCCC position. David has always loved the Franklin County area and we have visited often. I came to love it, as well. I am honored to bring my experience and skills to the Chamber and to serve and promote business and industry in Franklin County.”

Wallace’s new role overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Chamber begins July 2. She will work alongside Judy Taylor, the current executive director until Taylor leaves the position in late August after more than 25 years. “I am pleased and more than grateful that Judy has decided to stay on to guide me through my first months at the Chamber. The experience and knowledge she will share with me will be invaluable and I am committed to carrying her legacy into the future “

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE CHAMBER CHAMPIONS RHODES

True Innovators Drive Positive Change Nissan is proud to be a part of the Franklin County Community and to support the mission of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce.

Nissan Innovation that excites

NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, DECHERD

Brian Sullivan, VP ,

Decherd Powertrain Operations & Smyrna Battery Plant

RHODES

SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSEM Russ Spray, CEO

RHODES

Troy Martin, President & CEO Josh Rankin, Branch Manager

RUSSELL BARNETT AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY

Alex Barnett, General Manager and Russell Barnett, President/Owner

RHODES

OVER THE TOP CHAMBER ANNUAL SUPPORTERS

YOUR LOGO CAN BE HERE JOIN THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE OF CHAMBER CHAMPIONS

TENNESSEE CHAMPION

Joe Hunt Owner

V.R. Williams & Company 1784 Sharp Springs Road Winchester, TN 931.967.2268

ENTREPRENEUR NOVATECH CHATTANOOGA 1936 Central Ave. Chattanooga, TN 37408 Sales: 423.305.7799 Service: 423.305.7799 Fax: 423.305.7864

Robert Schulte, President 466 Baxter Lane Winchester, TN 37398 931.962.3332

Southern TN Regional Health System Southern Tennessee Regional Health System

Welcomes Clive A. Wasson, MD General Surgeon

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Kansas City University of Medicine Kansas City, MO

Specializes in: • Breast Surgery • Colonoscopy/Endoscopy • Colon/Rectal Surgery • Gallbladder Removal • Hernia Repair • Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery

RESIDENCY

Brookwood Baptist Health Birmingham, AL

January

Labor Force

Employed

Unemployed

Rate

Franklin County Tennessee

19,580 3,191,100

18,880 3,070,700

710 120,400

3.6% 3.8%

United States

160,037,000

152,848,000

7,189,000

4.5%

Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Employment Security Division, Research and Statistics 1:30PM CT on 03/25/18. Numbers and rates are not seasonally adjusted.

Southern Heritage Investments & Insurance

Jeff Jackson, CFP

jjackson@southernheritagetn.com

7B South College Street Winchester, TN 3739 www.southernheritagetn.com

(P)931.962.0549 (F)931.570.4323

Securities and investments advisor services offered through NEXT Financial Group, INC. Member FINRA/SIPC. Southern Heritage Investments & Insurance is not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group, Inc. February

January

Making Communities Healthier Visit us on the web at www.SouthernTennessee.com for a list of hospital services, general healthcare information, physician directory, educational tools, and more.

185 Hospital Road, Winchester, TN Physician Referral Line 1.800.424.DOCS (3627)

March

Master Financial Group, LLC

Simple Expressions

301 2nd Ave n ue , NW; Wi nc he ste r , TN 3739 8

1212 West Main Street Decherd, TN 37324 931.967.0370 simpleexpressionsdecherd.com

May

April

931.967.2979

Fax: 931.967.3086

Davis G. Mason Financial Advisor

R. Matt Mason Fi n a nc i a l A d v i s o r

Securities offered through Securities Service Network, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC Fee based advisory services offered through SSN Advisory, Inc. a Registered Investment Advisor

June

Homes ● Land ●Farms ● Zero Lot Lines ●Commercial Auction ● New Construction ● Lake Front

Mid-State Realty, L.L.C.

Reduce

Reduce

Recycle

August

July

931.967.4321 September

Southern Heritage Investments & Insurance

Jeff Jackson, CFP

jjackson@southernheritagetn.com 7B South College Street Winchester, TN 3739 www.sothernheritagetn.com

People taking care of people….

Together we can do anything!

( P)931.962.0549

(F)931.570.4323 Securities and investments advisor services offered through NEXT Financial Group, INC. Member FINRA/SIPC. Southern Heritage Investments & Insurance is not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group, Inc.

October Renee Hurt Owner 931-967-7911

1038 Dinah Shore Blvd Winchester, TN 37398

551 Hospital Road in Winchester 931.967.0654 Fax: 931.962.4912

www.AMR.net

November

December www.blackberrypatchcatering.com

Insurance is about You, not us!

320 Murfreesboro Hwy * Manchester, TN 931.968.0148 * 931.728.8845 Call Roger, Linda or Misty for all your Insurance needs.

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Chamber Calendar…

July 4 5 17 18 26 30

Happy Independence Day: Chamber Closed Chamber Connection @ Sugar Tree Farms @ 5:00 p.m.

417 Sugar Tree Drive Belvidere, TN 37306 SCORE– FREE Sales Tax Seminar @ Chamber 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Register: https://conta.cc/2kb0b7v Ambassador Meeting @ Chamber @ 12 noon Manufacturer’s Roundtable 12 noon @ Chamber Board of Directors Meeting @ Chamber @ 5 p.m.

Social Time 4:30 p.m.

August 15 Ambassador Meeting @ Chamber @ 12 noon 16 Southern TN Regional Health System Connection @ First Choice Health 2118 Cowan Highway Winchester 5:30-7:30 p.m.

23 Manufacturer’s Roundtable Meeting @ 12 noon @ Chamber 27 Board of Directors Meeting @ Chamber @ 5 p.m.

Social Time 4:30 p.m.

September 11 Joint ECDB meeting 10 am @ Chamber 19 Ambassador Meeting @ Chamber @ 12 noon 24 Board of Directors Meeting @ Chamber @ 5 p.m.

Social Time 4:30 p.m.

29 CASINO NIGHT– Monterey Station 6:00 p.m.

NOTICE: New executive director email address starting July 31 execdir@franklincountychamber.com

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