Will Hargett has been a Financial Advisor for Edward Jones Investments in Lebanon since September 2014. His office, formerly located on West Main Street, recently moved to 365 South Hartmann Drive, Suite 110. Chamber Board members, staff, and ambassadors and local elected officials joined Will and office manager Deb Gooch for a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 21. The team is excited to welcome clients into their new space, where they will continue “making sense of investing.” For more information, call Deb or Will at 615-453-0799.
The Lebanon Wilson County Chamber and Wilson County Promotions hosted their annual fair-time Business Before Hours in Fiddlers Grove on Tuesday, August 18, 2015.
With over 100 in attendance, this year’s Business Before Hours is one of the largest events of its kind to date. Breakfast was provided at the fairgrounds, where those in attendance heard a brief summary of current Wilson County Fair attendance and upcoming events for both the fair and the Chamber.
Wilson County Fair officials also presented their annual Old Timers Award to this year’s recipients, Alice and Johnny Trice of Lebanon.
Alice and Johnny have been married for sixty years and have two children, five grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. The Trices have been actively involved in the community over the years. Alice’s love of flowers and gardening led her to become involved in the Wilson County Gardener’s Guild and Oakland Home Demonstration Club. She is also a past Chairman of the Wilson County Fair Flower Show. Johnny has served on the Chamber of Commerce Board, Wilson Bank & Trust Board, People’s Bank Board, and is Past President of the Wilson County Fair Board. Johnny goes into his office every day and he is still active on his farm. Alice and Johnny love to travel and have visited every state in the U.S. Still, they spend time each year at the Wilson County Fair looking at exhibits and visiting with people.
In addition to having their names added to a plaque that will remain at the fairgrounds, Old Timers award recipients are presented with rocking chairs courtesy of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
For more information on attending or hosting the Chamber’s next Business Before/After Hours, contact the Chamber office at 615-444-5503.
On Tuesday, August 11, Chamber Board staff, Board, and committee members as well as Lebanon City Mayor Philip Craighead joined Leslie Boldt of Massage Connection by Leslie/Doterra Oils for a ribbon cutting ceremony at her new business location. At her cozy office at 401 West Main Street, Suite 103, Leslie offers a wide variety of massage services. She will also be doing evening classes bi-monthly at the Chamber office about essential oils and their uses.
Cumberland University and the Lebanon-Wilson County Chamber of Commerce Sports Council are teaming up for an All Sports Camp for Wilson County residents ages 7-12 on Sunday, September 13 on the CU campus. Registration will begin at 2 p.m., and the clinic will take place from 3-5 p.m.
Girls and boys will be able to choose from baseball, softball, football, tennis, soccer, volleyball, basketball and golf. Individuals will receive instruction in their chosen sport for the entire two-hour time frame of the camp. A parent or guardian must remain on site throughout the duration of the camp. Kids need to bring equipment for the chosen sport as well, including bats, gloves, racquets, golf clubs, shin guards and soccer balls, etc.
You may register online at www.cumberland.edu/freeclinic or pick up and complete an application at the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce. Call 615-444-5503 for more information.
The first 50 registrants will receive a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A kids meal; the next 50 will receive a coupon for a free kids meal at O’Charley’s; and the next 50 will receive a coupon for free ice cream from Chick-fil-A.
As summer starts to wind down, some big changes are afoot in the Chamber of Commerce. With the opening of the new Cumberland University school year comes the end of our intern’s time with the Chamber. Trell Ross was a great addition to our team, and we wish him all the best as he starts back to school. In light of his leaving, we are excited to announce that Anna Syler, our former Communications Coordinator, is back in her old office. Anna had moved to China in January of this year to work teaching special needs orphans. Her time overseas has come to a close, and though she says that she will always treasure and miss her friends and the children that she worked with in China, she is very thankful to be back with her Chamber girls — including the new addition of President & CEO Melanie Minter, who had not yet taken her position when Anna left.
In her role, Anna will be responsible for handling advertising and communications for the Chamber. For information regarding newsletter or website content, feel free to contact her at anna@lebanonwilsonchamber.com.
We are so grateful for a summer of fun and hard work with intern Trell Ross, pictured here with Chamber staff at the Habitat for Humanity’s Women’s Build.
Anna Syler is back in the Communications Coordinator position after six months working overseas.
On July 31, 2015, the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Tennessee Test Prep, formerly known as Activate Success.
Tennessee Test Prep offers an in depth ACT Prep course, as well as, subject tutoring for various subjects. They take pride in their 5:1 student to teacher ratio, which provides each student more time for personal attention. “Our teachers have over 20 years of experience in educating students, and provide easy to understand strategies for students.”
For more information on Tennessee Test Prep and their services, visit their website at www.tntestprep.com or call them at 615-547-9862.
Pictured below are Tennessee Test Prep owners David Defendall and Cory Defendall with Chamber President Melanie Minter and Chamber Ambassador Beulah Garrett.
The school year has officially started in Wilson County, and the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce was honored to welcome teachers back at their various inservices last week. The staff of McClain Christian Academy was treated to ice cream sundaes during their pre-school year preparations while the teachers at Cedars Preparatory Academy, Friendship Christian School, Lebanon Special School District, and Wilson County Schools were served breakfast.
At each of the schools, Chamber executives spoke about the Business and Education Coalition’s teacher grant program. This year, the maximum amount for a grant is $599, a significant increase over last year’s limit of $500. Any and all Wilson County teachers are invited and encouraged to apply for these grants. Applications can be found online or at the Chamber office; the deadline to apply is September 18.
New to the inservice tradition this year, the Watertown and Mt. Juliet Chambers of Commerce partnered with the Lebanon Wilson Chamber to put on an Education Expo for the teacher inservice at Lebanon High School. In addition to having breakfast, teachers at Wilson County Schools had access to booths set up by area businesses to promote Wilson County.
The Lebanon Wilson Chamber is proud to support the area’s schools and teachers. Welcome back to school, everyone!
July 21, 2015 was a big day for Lebanon and all inhabitants of the city. The Lebanon Historic Square, which has been under construction for several months, was celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony conducted by The Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the City of Lebanon. The ceremony was aimed at highlighting the square’s renovations that are finally complete and at acknowledging this week being declared as Lebanon’s first annual “Shop Local” week by City Mayor Philip Craighead.
Other speakers at the ceremony included Chamber President Melanie Minter, State Representative Mark Pody, City Council Rob Cesternino, TDOT Commissioner John Schroer, and State Representative Susan Lynn.
The Chamber would like to extend an additional thanks to everyone that supported this project and made it possible. Your efforts yielded a great addition to our city that will cause the city to thrive and go “round and round” about the circle of success.
On Friday, July 24, 2015, the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Alter Ego Hair and Nail Salon Alter Ego has now begun offering hair-styling services in addition to the waxing, nails, and make-up services that they’ve offered in the past.
Pictured above are Alter Ego stylists and owner Jenniffer Brewington, City Mayor Philip Craighead, State Representative Mark Pody, Chamber Chairman John Bradshaw, Chamber President Melanie Minter, and other Chamber Ambassadors and Board Members.
On Saturday, July 25, 2015, the Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for Price’s Collision Center. The time was spent with amongst fun, food, hot-rod cars, and the Titans’ cheerleaders!
Price’s Collision Center is a chain of automotive collision repair shops that has been successfully serving customers for over 50 years!
To find out more about Price’s and their services that are backed with lifetime guarantees, visit their website at http://www.pricescollision.com, or call/visit our newly opened local shop: 1504 W Main St, Lebanon. (615)784-4664.
Pictured above is Price’s owner Bobby Price, business partner Rick Flores, Chamber Chairman John Bradshaw, and Chamber President Melanie Minter.
