chamber news - Giles County Chamber

March 2016
Chamber News
April 26th at MMC’s
Christian Life Center
Welcome New Members
Girl Scounts of Middle Tennessee
Bevin Williams, 931-490-8660
Girl Scouts prepares girls for their future by
educating them in the areas of civic
engagement, STEM and healthy living.
Bass Waste Removal & Recycling
Eddie Bass, 931-565-4020
We offer waste removal, dumpster rental and
recycling. Our transfer station will be opening
soon on Maxwell Hill Road.
SPOTLIGHT:
Physicians & Surgeons, Inc.
215 South Cedar Lane, Pulaski
(931) 363-2511
Congratulations on winning our
March Spotlight for participating in
#GoRedGiles!
Membership Renewals
Ada Nelson
Aunti M’s Fabulous Fudge
AT&T
Bank of Frankewing
Bee Construction Services
Benchmark Rehabilitation
Benny Birdsong
Better Business Bureau
Bill Blair State Farm
Brindley Construction
Broadcast One WEUZ
Brooks Auto Repair
Campbellsville Area Assoc.
Canine Solutions
Cardin Distributing Company
Carr & Erwin Funeral Home
Carvell Realty Company
Chapman’s Flowers
Church of the Messiah
Crye-Leike Wilson Bass & Jones
Dale Carnegie Training
Dickey’s Flowers & Nursery
Domino’s Pizza
Dr. Tessa Reeves
Employee Resources Credit
Union
First Assembly of God
First National Bank
First Realty Group
Gattis Regional Leadership
General Supply Corporation
Giles Co. Farm Bureau
Giles Country Animal Hospital
Giles County Furniture
Giles County Rent-A-Car Inc.
Giles Memory Garden
Henry, Henry & Underwood
Hillcrest Country Club
Horse Feather Ranch
THANK YOU PLATINUM SPONSORS
J & J Heating & Cooling
Joseph F. Fowlkes
LewLew’s
Martin Disposal
Martin Methodist College
McNeese Enterprise
Mid South Concrete Inc.
Mid-South Overhead Crane
Milky Way Farm
Owens Family & Cosmetic
Dentistry
People’s Choice Realty
Pulaski Civitan Club
Pulaski Electric System
Pulaski Furniture World
Pulaski Jewelry Company
Pulaski Lumber Company, LLC
Pulaski Publishing, Inc.
Pulaski Lions Club
Pulaski Rotary club
Richland LLC
Rost Jewelers
Sain associates
Sand’s Restaurant
Sharp Motor Company
Southern TN Orthopedic &
Joint Center
STRHS - Pulaski
State Senate Dr. Joey Hensley
Summit Fire & Safety Equipment
Sunshine Cleaners
SunTrust Bank
Tenneplas
The Clothes Pen’
Tommy Harrison State Farm
UT Extension
Wales Baptist Church
Walls Lumber
World Finance Corporation
CHAMBER MEMBER ADVANTAGE PROGRAM
As presented at the annual Banquet, these are the
current member advantages. Those in attendance
received their Member Advantage Card. Stop by for
yours so you do
not miss out.
This list can
change any time.
Check in often,
and don’t forget
to call us with
what you would
like to put down
as the advantage of doing business with you!
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Air Evac – One Year Household Membership $55
C & C Printing – Per Box of 500 – Custom Printed Business Envelopes #10 for $49.99, 1 Color;
Custom Printed Business Window Envelopes #10
for $55.99, 1 Color; $6.00 each additional color
++ Any new business that signs up with the chamber will receive a 3x5 banner "Now Open with
hours" banner FREE.
Chapman’s Flowers – 20% Off P. Graham Dunn
Engraved Gifts
Hickory House – 10% Off Commercial Catering
Highway 64 Liquor Store – 10% Off Purchase
with Member Card
Holley’s Printing – With the purchase of any type
of wide format sign, Second Side Imprinted FREE
LewLews – 25% Off Corporate Gifts
RayMark Company – 10% off per month of advertising on digital billboard
Shawn Promotions – 50% Off All Setups
The Butcher Shopp – 10% Off
Wingate Media – 15% Off Monthly Advertising
Rate for Contracts Six Months or Longer, Plus
Two Free Designs During Term
Winterburn & Associates Insurance - $25 Chamber Bucks with Business Insurance Quote
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April 26, 2016
11:30—1:00
Martin Methodist College
Christian Life Center
Come along and join the nation’s
number one A cappella Doo Wop
revue as they bring their show right
to our stage! These talented
voices sing a little bit of everything
and will absolutely WOW you!
Tickets $30 ($10 Member Discount)
UPDATE ON GEO-CACHING
Joyce Woodard, Tourism Director
Central Region that are not on the Jack Trail, our
South Central Tourism Director, Rene Lance, has
decided to start a South Central TN Geo-Tour.
The South Central Tennessee Tourism Association, This is good news for our region. We can add more
and Geocaching.com, launched the Jack Trail Geo- locations in Giles County and a have more business
to become partners.
Tour in Nov 2014 to use the game of Geocaching
to bring more travelers to the South Central ReWHAT IS GEO-CACHING?
gion along the Jack trail.
Geocaching is a free real-world outdoor treasure
The Giles County Chamber of Tourism and Com- hunt. Players try to locate hidden containers, called
geocaches, using a smartphone or GPS and can then
merce, placed 10 geocaches in several locations
around Giles County as part of the Jack Trail Geo share their experiences online. This large community often travels long distances to hunt desirable geTour, a tourism initiative created in partnership
with South Central Tourism Association. There are ocaches, especially
10 City/Counties participating in our region with a those along Getotal of 67 locations. Giles County is number 2 with oTours.
1600 visits and 134 favorite points – second to
If any business is
Rutherford County.
interested in becoming a partner in
Favorite points are awarded by Geocaching.com
our South Central
members to the caches they have enjoyed most.
TN Geo-Tour,
There are 5 + million registered users and still
growing. Visitors came from all over the US and five please contact us at
the Chamber.
foreign countries.
Because there are some cities/counties in our South
DOWNTOWN PULASKI
QUILT SHOW & WALKING TOUR
ALL MONTH
March is National Quilting Month, and our local Quirky Quilters are celebrating big!
Beginning at the Giles County Public Library, enjoy a walk around Historic Downtown Pulaski to see
almost two hundred quilts of various patterns, designs, fabrics and ERA’s.
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 9AM-2PM
Join us March 19th for a special edition of the Quilt Show
and Walking Tour as we celebrate Worldwide Quilting Day! Area quilters are taking over the Giles
County Chamber office for an exhibition of the history and stages of quilting. The demonstration will
include cutting fabric with today’s new tools, piecing or sewing the fabrics into quilt blocks, and finally assembling a quilt. There will also be a vintage wooden quilt frame set up with a few HAND QUILTERS working on a quilt, just like our grandmothers would have done.
For more information: Giles County Public Library 363-2720, Main Street Director
Tiffany Hagood 363-3789, Or Quirky Quilter Roni Curry 424-4988 or 478-0319
Search for Downtown Quilt Show & Walking Tour on Facebook!
Parent Advisory Council—I have the honor of serving on the 2016-17 Parent Advisory Council for the
Tennessee Department of Education. It is with great pleasure that I represent our school system personally as a
parent, as well as professionally from
a community prospective. Altogether, I feel it is imperative that we support our educators as they adapt to
the changing educational environment and appreciate the opportunity
to open communication between
our state officials and local boots on
the ground.
One major conversation occurring is
the transition from the pencil/paper
TCAP test to an online TNReady
test. You may be aware that the platform awarded the bid for this test
did not perform sufficiently. Now,
the schools are responsible for administering a paper TNReady test. This situation has instigated many concerns,
prompting the department to create the parent handbook attached. Tools such as this allow parents to be fully
educated on the purpose and procedures of TNReady. I hope you will review it and contact me with your feedback. I will be generating the comments for a response to this Council.
Change is inevitable. Growing through change is tough. I believe everyone, parent or not, should be active in education to help our educators reach their goals. It is imperative that we deepen our roots in education and encourage our educators in order to grow Giles County. —Jessie
For Your Calendar
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March 16
March 16
March 21
March 23
March 25
March 21-25
April 8-9
April 13
April 19
April 26
May 11
June
June 18
8:15am Chamber Coffee @ Just 4 Kids Pediatrics
11am Main Street Merchants Meeting
Leadership Giles State Day
Giles County Workforce Development Meeting
Giles County Commission Meeting
Brown Bag University: Human Trafficking in TN
Chamber Closed for Good Friday
Giles County Schools Spring Break
Southern Lawn, Garden & Home Show
Chamber Coffee: Relay for Life
Chamber After Hours: First Farmers & Merchants Bank
NEW DATE & LOCATION! Professional Ladies Luncheon at
MMC Christian Life Center (It’s a Tuesday!)
Chamber Coffee: Shoemaker Financial
Chamber Coffee: OPEN First come, First Serve
Main Street Event—Details Publicized Soon
Later Dates to Consider:
Aug. 9-14
Pulaski Lions Club Giles County Fair
Sept. 8-10
3rd Annual Here’s the Beef Festival
Oct. 20
26th Annual Chamber Chili Cook-off
Nov. 12
6th Annual A Square Christmas
Dec. 10
Pulaski-Giles County Christmas Parade
Click Here for a Full Community Calendar!
Giles County Chamber of Tourism and Commerce
110 North First Street, Pulaski, Tennessee 38478
Office: 931.363.3789 or 931.424.4044 Fax: 931.363.7279
@GilesChamber
GilesCountyCTC @DestinationGiles