Thank you to our Annual Banquet Sponsors
Gold:- A&B Book Keeping
- American First Financial Services
- Arctel, Inc
- Beach Island Resort and Marina
- Beverage Solutions Group
- David Myers Attorney
- First Team Realty
- Food City
- FSG Bank
- Friends of Norris Shores
- Mercy Health Systems
- Norris Lake Resource Center/ Shirlee Grabko
- ORNL Credit Union County
- State Farm Insurance
- Sunset Bay Home Owners
- Woodman of the World
- Abundant Health & Wellness, Inc
- Mary Kay/ Bills Home Improvement/ Andrews Drafting
- Okie’s Pharmacy
- Sunset Bay Home Owners
- Willowridge Care & Rehabilitation Center
Jay Elbacher, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8682, UT Extension and 4H students, 33 Diner, Rondo’s, Pete’s Place, Jenn’s Dog Cart, Sharps Chapel General Store, William Von Schipmann, Lady Sweet Pants, Beverage Solutions Group, Oopsy Daisy, Flowers by Bob, Color Me Salon, Diane Allen, CC Acres, Hazel Erickson, Captivating Keepsakes, Jackie Elbacher, Gun Shack, Dollywood, Betty Bullen, Rusty Ryder, Jennipher
Welcome New Members:
- Abundant Health and Wellness, Inc.
- American First Financial Services
- Dyers Flooring
- Oakes Daylilies
- Oopsy Daisy
- Tusculum College Graduate and Professional Studies
- Union County Cemetery Association
- Warwick Associates
News from the Chamber:
"Best of Union" County
What do you think is the “Best of Union” County? The Chamber is teaming up with the Union Shopper-News and the Merchants associate to find out restaurants, services and places are the best of Union County. Be watching for the ballots in the September issue of the Shopper. Ballots will also be available at the Chamber booth at the Heritage Festival.
How Your Child’s School Ranks
WATE has carried a link for a tool to see how your child’s school ranks: The Education Consumers Foundation recently released its Growth vs. Achievement "Birdshot" Chart. The chart was created in response to a problem raised by parents who wanted to easily see which schools are best.
The tool allows you to look at achievement scores like those from Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) tests and see how a school's students are doing. It works by selecting the elementary, K-8/middle, or high schools you wish to review. You can instantly compare schools to one another and to state averages.
You can see which schools are doing the best job raising student achievement, regardless of economic advantage or disadvantage, and which have more students achieving above or below grade level.
The chart also allows users to identify high poverty schools and view each school's state-assigned letter grad for recent performance.
The Education Consumers Foundation is a national nonprofit consumer organization.
It gathers and disseminates information about education policy and practice on behalf of parents, taxpayers and their elected representatives.
Walters State Community College
Walters State Community College on Union County Campus is now registering students for fall semester classes. Course offerings include English 1010, Hist 2010, Math 1530 and Art 2010. Classes will begin on August 30, 2010.
Results of the TVA Community
Results of the TVA Community Assessment Survey are now available in the Chamber offices.
Results of the InSite Consulting
Results of the InSite Consulting visit are now available in the Chamber offices.
New economic development web pages
The new economic development web pages are now “live” on our web site. Anyone wanting to list commercial properties, please contact the chamber at unioncochamber@bellsouth.net
The Heritage Festival Committee
The Heritage Festival Committee is seeking crafters, vendors, demonstrators, and sponsors for this year’s event which is scheduled for Saturday, Oct 2 at Wilson Park. The committee is excited to announce that Cody Shuler and Pine Mountain Railroad will be performing at this event. As always, this event is free and open to the public. If you are interested in participating, please contact the chamber at unioncochamber@bellsouth.net. Donations are being accepted to support the expense of the bands.
