January 2015 Chamber Life - Farragut West Knox Chamber of

Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce
CHAMBER LIFE
“T HE
MISSION STATEMENT IS TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING BUSINESS GROWTH , EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.”
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Vol. 29, No. 1
IN
FARRAGUT
SERVING THE
C OMMUNITY
FOR
25
YEARS
A Publication of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce
January 2015
Looking Ahead to 2015!
After finishing 2014 with an incredibly
attended Holiday Open House, as well as
final networkings and ribbon cuttings,
the Chamber is already in high gear for
this year’s events.
After enjoying a busy 2014 packed with
over 45 networkings and as many ribbon
cuttings, the Chamber is ready to do it
again! Networkings are hosted by a different member business each Thursday at
either 8 a.m. or 5 p.m. Currently, the calendar is booked well into July; members
are encouraged to contact the Chamber
to confirm a 2015 networking date as
soon as possible.
We are streamlining details for our
Breakfast Speaker Series schedule! Each
year, the Chamber hosts 3 to 4 Breakfast
Speaker events at Fox Den Country Club
or Rothchild’s Catering Center; these
events let attendees network while enjoying a full 7:30 a.m. breakfast and then an
informative and interesting hour’s presentation by a noted speaker. Past guests
have included Dr. Bill Bass (forensic
anthropologist, author and Body Farm
founder), Coach Phillip Fulmer (UT
Volunteers Football), Randy Boyd (CEO
of PetSafe) and many others. This year
the Chamber is looking at a roster of various guests including a visit by Dr. Bass to
premiere his latest book in the popular
“Body Farm” series! Please stay tuned.
Our Annual Silent and Live Auction
and Dinner takes place each spring and is
the feature event of our year! It is also the
Chamber’s biggest fundraiser for both
our Continuing Education Grants and for
a donation to a local non-profit organization. This year’s Auction will be Friday,
April 24. Sponsors are needed and they
will enjoy our enthusiastic promotion as
soon as they send us their commitment.
Sponsorships are available now at the
Presenting, Event and Community levels!
Please contact the Chamber at 675-7057
for a form or details on the many benefits. Volunteers are essential as well! If
you are interested in helping put together a fabulous evening of food, formal wear
and fantastic items, please let us know.
The Chamber will again participate in
the Town of Farragut’s Annual Independence Day Parade on July 4 and hopes to
enjoy the same beautiful mild weather as
last year. More parade details will be
made available as we receive them, but
any member businesses are welcome to
bring a vehicle or walk with the Chamber
group that morning. There is no cost to
this great event which offers fun exposure for your business. Please contact the
Chamber to reserve your space with us in
the parade.
The Fall 5K will enter its 21st year with
a Saturday date to be announced. As
before, we will need volunteers to help on
our planning committee and the morning
of the race and walk itself. Help is needed on the course (pointers), at registration and the finish line (cheering/ water).
This is a wonderful event for families to get
involved in and a great opportunity for students seeking community service hours.
See 2015 on Page 4
Pictured clockwise from top: The 2014 Fall 5K participants make their way
up Watt Road at the race’s start • Auctioneer Bear Stephenson (right) gets
the bid he’s looking for during the 2014 live auction while guest Glenna
Butler - Oasis Day Spa enjoys the show • TDOT Commissioner Schroer
presents a fascinating overview of TDOT’s duties and goals for the year at
one of the Chamber’s 2014 Breakfast Speaker Series Events • A bird’s eye
view of just one of the Chamber’s 45 networkings can be seen here at the
Rotary Club of Farragut’s 2014 networking at HomeTrust Bank.
Member Briefs
Happy Birthday! The Town of Farragut celebrates 35 years in 2015. The
Town was incorporated January 16, 1980 with the first Mayor and Aldermen
elected April 1, 1980.
DO NOT MISS the Kids First Child Advocacy Center’s 10th Annual “Soup’s
On!” event taking place Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Community Church of Tellico
Village Christian Life Center. Lunch is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner is 4:30
to 7 p.m. with a delicious assortment of homemade breads, cookies and soups
like Tuscan Chicken, Elvis Presley Vegetable and more! Takeout is available. The
fundraiser supports CAC’s non-profit mission to heal the pain of child abuse serving severely abused children and their non-offending families in the 9th Judicial
District (Loudon, Morgan, Meigs and Roane counties). Tickets are $10 in
advance or $12 at the door (call 986-1505).
See MEMBER BRIEFS on Page 3
New Intern for New Year
The Chamber is excited to welcome its
new intern for this Spring, Grant
Valeriano! Grant will be invaluable in his
assistance with all aspects of daily
Chamber activities on a volunteer basis
as part of his Senior Project course at
Farragut High School.
Grant, a graduating senior, will attend
Vanderbilt University beginning Fall 2015
and major in Human Organizational
Management at Peabody.
Grant will be in communication with
many Chamber members during his
semester here. He will primarily conduct
interviews and write the Who’s Who article featured in each Chamber Life
newsletter. The 300-word article is
offered monthly to a member of the
Chamber and allows them to inform and
educate people about their business.
Please warmly welcome Grant to the
Chamber and the Farragut West Knox
business community!
ENTERPRISE CLUB
These Chamber members generously contribute to the Chamber and the Continuing Education Grant Program above and beyond their annual dues.
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2 • CHAMBER LIFE, January 2015
Networkings
Snappy Tomato Pizza of Farragut prides itself on being home to Knoxville’s freshest pizza. The restaurant makes their dough from scratch daily! They promise customers a sauce made with tomatoes packaged within 6 hours of being picked from the vine, allowing a fresh flavor not available elsewhere. Snappy
Tomato’s fresh food, bar-top tables, beer selections and televisions makes it an ideal venue for good food, sports and great times. If you're in the neighborhood for lunch, you can enjoy their Pizza BUFFET!
Snappy Tomato Pizza hosted a Networking on Sept. 18 at their Kingston Pike
Farragut location. FWKCC President Bettye Sisco goes over the Networking
announcements under the watchful eye of Co-Manager Sara - Snappy Tomato
Pizza. Pictured in the background is Julie Blaylock - FWKCC.
Susan Guffey - Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon and Lynne Overton Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lenoir City welcome all of the FWKCC staff,
ambassadors and members to the Networking. A “deliciously” great time
was in store for everyone.
Tennova at Turkey Creek Medical Center, conveniently located on Parkside Drive, offers a full range of medical services. The hospital is equipped with a 24/7
Emergency Room and features state-of-the-art surgical suites. Tennova provides patient amenities such as private patient rooms, beautiful grounds and free
parking! The hospital recently added a brand new wing to the building, Tennova Surgery Center West. This cutting-edge medical facility is home to four brandnew fully equipped operating rooms and two endoscopic surgery suites. Tennova houses a highly qualified medical staff, allowing the hospital to provide
Knoxville with superior care.
Looks like everyone is having a good time at the Sept. 25 Networking at
Tennova-Turkey Creek Medical Center. Arlene Weinstein - Arlene’s Fun Travel,
Stuart Brown - Baymont Inn & Suites Cedar Bluff, Heather Buck - Fairfield Inn
& Suites Farragut and Cindy Fisher - Holiday Inn Express & Suites Lenoir City
enjoy the fellowship and great food provided by Tennova.
Brad Stockton, Chief Operating Officer - Tennova-Turkey Creed Medical
Center and Bettye Sisco, President - FWKCC take a moment out of their networking time to pose for the camera.
The Shrimp Dock has been providing Knoxville with superior seafood since 1993. The Shrimp Dock offers masterfully cooked seafood as well as fresh fish
to take home to make your own creation. Not sure how to cook your fish? Not a problem. Their experienced professionals will gladly provide you with tips and
instructions on how to best prepare your meal. Better yet, during lunch hours they will even prepare it for you! The Shrimp Dock is open for lunch MondaySaturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. They supply all your classic fish favorites, from cocktail shrimp to crab cakes, The Shrimp Dock
has it all!
The Shrimp Dock hosted a Networking on Oct. 2 at their location at 11124
Kingston Pike. Arlene Weinstein - Arlene’s Fun Travel and Aleah RenoDemick, Intern - FWKCC converse about the great food including the timely
offering of “Gator Nuggets” prior to the weekend’s Tennessee vs. Florida
football game. John Haney - Trotter Inc. is pictured in the background.
Baylor Love - Tennessee Smokies Baseball welcomes new member, Tom
Knight - Potbelly Sandwich Shop to the Shrimp Dock Networking.
Cork’s Wine and Spirits is located in the Turkey Creek Shopping Center near Publix. Cork’s operates by a simple goal of “providing the best wine and spirits buying experience” in the Knoxville area. The store’s knowledgeable staff is committed to providing their customers with the highest level of wine knowledge in order
to ensure that their customers not only enjoy their buying experience, but that they truly enjoy their purchase as well. Cork’s is constantly searching for new and
rare wines at every price point that won’t be found anywhere else.
The Networking for Oct. 16 was hosted by Corks, Wine & Spirits at their
11668 Parkside Drive location. Stopping for a moment from their browsing
are Pennie Smith - Fairfield Inn & Suites Farragut, Brittany Tate - Posh Petal
Designs, Sarah Gordon - Posh Petal Designs and Lynne Overton - Holiday Inn
Express & Suites Lenoir City.
Former Chamber Board chairman Thierry Sommers - Thierry Sommers &
Associates and Ambassador Tony Langenderfer - Ted Russell KIA pause for
a photo near Cork’s expansive selection of beers and spirits.
CHAMBER LIFE, January 2015 • 3
Ribbon Cuttings
Renaissance Wellness Center
Archer’s BBQ
Renaissance Wellness Center hosted a Ribbon Cutting Sept. 16 at their
location of 7220 Wellington Drive. The event was attended by the FWKCC
staff, ambassadors and members. Tours of the facility were enjoyed by all.
Archer’s BBQ – West Knoxville held a Grand Opening on Sept. 19 delighting
the crowd with free BBQ sandwiches. The City of Knoxville cut the ribbon for
their Grand Opening with many FWKCC staff, ambassadors and citizens
attending.
Erwin Marine
Posh Petal Designs
Erwin Marine held their Ribbon Cutting on Sept. 23 at Concord Marina. The
event was attended by FWKCC staff, ambassadors and members. Pictured are:
(back row) Daniel Monday - Slamdot Inc., Rick Welton - Insurance Consulting
Services of TN, Greg Lee - Erwin Marine, Marianne Morse - Mary Kay Cosmetics,
Nancy Bosson - US Bank, Julie Blaylock - FWKCC and Laura Rathbone - US Bank;
(front row) Bettye Sisco - FWKCC President and Arlene Weinstein - Arlene’s Fun
Travel.
Posh Petal Designs hosted their Ribbon Cutting on Sept. 26 at 11414
Kingston Pike ... a delightful shop for all your flower and gift-giving needs.
Brittany Tate (center) thoroughly enjoyed welcoming everyone to her shop and
cutting the Chamber Blue ribbon.
GoGlamorous, LLC
Spero Coffee & Tea
It was a beautiful fall day at GoGlamorous’ afternoon ribbon cutting on Oct.
8! Mona El Jisr, owner, holds the scissors surrounded by her husband,
Haissam Arabi (right) and their staff, Chamber Ambassadors and guests.
On a beartiful Oct. 17 Spero Coffee & Teas’ owners, Michelle and Josh
Steedley (center), cut the blue ribbon. Spero Coffee & Teas is a coffee roaster that offers fresh bagged beans and loose-leaf tea blends, but also has a
café with lattes, espressos and more.
Member Briefs
From page 1
Sweet Frog Frozen Yogurt has some
special flavors available – Dairy Free
Raspberry Pomegranate and Very Berry;
along with Gluten Free Peanut Butter,
Egg Nog, Chocolate-Classic, Very
Strawberry and Country Vanilla. The Red
Velvet Cake is 1/3 of the fat and 1/2 of the
calories of traditional ice cream. There
are 52 different toppings and 8 sauces
(all gluten free). You can design your
own Strawberry Cake! Swirl the cake batter with the strawberry, top with maple
walnuts, fresh strawberries and whip
cream from the topping bar. Best
Strawberry Cake in the state of
Tennessee! They are located at 161
Brooklawn Street in Farragut. Hurry in
and get your Yogurt!
Profile by Sanford has opened its first
store in Tennessee in the Farragut area.
The newest location at 113 Lovell Road,
was chosen for the size of Knoxville and
surrounding
areas
that
fit the business market well and have
a strong local economy. Sanford Health is
an integrated not-for-profit health
system headquartered in the Dakotas
with locations in 126 communities in nine
states.
The Town of Farragut received a Four
Star Award from Tennessee Recreation
and Parks Association during its 63rd
annual conference last November in
Nashville. The award was in the Four
Star Renovated Facility category for the
synthetic turf field project the Town
installed last year at Mayor Bob Leonard
Park. The award meant that the Town
was judged by its peers across the state.
Congratulations!
Pinnacle Financial Partners has been
named a Best Brand Award Winner for
small business banking by Greenwich
Associates. Congratulations!
Alden Rosner has joined the Town of
Farragut as athletic and parks coordinator in the parks and leisure services
department. Welcome Alden!
Rural/Metro of East Tennessee has
been named Ambulance Service of the
Year by the Tennessee Region II
Emergency Medical Services Directors
Association. Congratulations!
Copper Cellar and the Tennessee
Smokies continue to team up! The
Tennessee Smokies baseball team has
expanded its partnership with Copper
Cellar Corp., who will open a Smoky
Mountain Brewery and take over the
food-related operations at the baseball
stadium, with the exception of the “hot
dog stands.” Get ready to enjoy microbrewed Beer and BBQ at the Ballgame!
New Member Advanced
Physio-
therapy Clinic will be hosting an Open
House on Thursday, Jan. 15 from 4 – 6
p.m. at their 601 W. Broadway Street,
Lenoir City location.
Threds will be hosting their 3rd Annual
Open House on Friday, Jan. 30 from noon
to 5 p.m. at their 10529 Lexington Drive
location. Please RSVP to Kris Ann
Hawkins at khawkins@threds.com.
The Episcopal School of Knoxville
announced the expansion of their Junior
Kindergarten program to include a 3year-old class beginning in the fall of
2015. This academic program is
designed for three-and four-year-olds who
would be ready for Junior Kindergarten
in fall 2016.
“Expanding our program to include 3year-olds makes a lot of sense from the
developmental
perspective,”
ESK
Headmaster Jay Secor said. For more
information, contact Melissa Callahan at
218-4476.
4 • CHAMBER LIFE, January 2015
President
Quotes
‘n
Notes
Welcome to our new Farragut Who’s who…
West Knox Chamber members!
TDS
The Chamber welcomes these businesses who have joined us
Telecom
recently in the month of December:
by Grant Valeriano
Bettye Sisco
It is that time again when we make
fresh starts for a brighter future. We
resolve to get in shape, lose weight,
improve career paths, etc. Then there are
the heartfelt promises we make to others,
whether aloud or in our minds. We want
to reverse bad feelings in old relationships or seek out new relationships. Here
are some of those thoughts and ideas others have expressed.
• “We will open the book. Its pages are
blank. We are going to put words on
them ourselves. The book is called
"Opportunity" and its first chapter is
New Year's Day."
~ Edith L. Pierce
• "We spend January walking
through our lives, room by room,
drawing up a list of work to be done,
cracks to be patched. Maybe this year
it would be nice to walk through the
rooms of our lives not looking for
flaws, but for potential."
~Ellen Goodman
• "When was the last time you did
something for the first time?"
~ Sally Edwards
Now that we have entered a New Year
here are some thoughts that prove it.
• You hear most of your jokes via e-mail
instead of in person.
• Your grandmother clogs up your email inbox asking you to send her a
JPEG file of your newborn so she can
create a screen saver.
• You enter your password on the
microwave.
• You haven't played solitaire with a
real deck of cards in years.
• You have a list of 15 phone numbers
to reach your family of four.
• You chat several times a day with a
stranger from Canada, but you haven't
spoken with your next door neighbor all
last year.
• You check the ingredients on a can of
chicken noodle soup to see if it
contains Echinacea.
• You pull up in your own driveway and
use your cell phone to see if anyone is
home.
• You buy a computer and a week later
it is out of date and now sells for half
the price you paid.
• The concept of using real money
instead of credit or debit cards to make
a purchase is foreign to you.
• Your idea of being organized is multicolored Post-it notes.
So my wishes for all of us and for myself
are to try new things, say at least one
thing each day that is kind to someone,
and REALLY laugh more, believe more
and love more.
Farragut West Knox
Chamber of Commerce
Advanced Physiotherapy Clinic
Mag or Marie Abdu
601 W. Broadway Street
Lenoir City, TN 37771
Christian Brothers Automotive
Cory Beilharz
10406 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37922
Ameriprise Financial –
Randy White, CFP
Brooke Henderson
400 Ebenezer Road
Knoxville, TN 37923
Hitson Insurance
Matthew Bryan
1713 E. Broadway Avenue
Maryville, TN 37804
Welcome Back
Renewing Members
The Farragut West Knox Chamber welcomes back these businesses who have renewed their investment in the Chamber as of this past December. We are privileged to count them as Farragut West Knox
Chamber of Commerce members! We urge members to patronize one another when the goods or services a member can provide are needed. It is also our hope that area residents recognize the commitment a business makes to its community when it becomes part of its local chamber of commerce and
reward that commitment with their patronage.
Ackermann PR
All Occasions Party Rentals
Associated Foot Specialists
Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon
Brothers Bedding
Clayton Bank and Trust – Farragut
Country Inn & Suites –
Campbell Station
Dermatology Associates of
Knoxville / Skin Care Center
Express Employment Professionals
Farragut Cleaners
Fleenor Security Systems
Holiday Inn Express –
Campbell Station
Holiday Inn Knoxville – Cedar Bluff
Image Matters, Inc.
Land Development Solutions
Linda’s Hallmark
The Maddox Companies
Merit Construction
Milestone Event Center of Farragut
Mortgage Investors Group
Oral Care Partners / Stanley Sisk, DDS
Otolaryngology, Head & Neck
Surgery Associates
2015
From page 1
Finally, though we just put up our tinsel
and decorations, our 2015 Holiday Open
House will take place on Tuesday,
December 8.
This past year’s Open House easily saw
300 attendees tour the Chamber offices
and outdoor tent (provided by
Rothchild’s) as they sampled food from
over a dozen local food vendors and
enjoyed seasonal music and fellowship.
Mission of Hope was very appreciative, as
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Painting With a Twist
Prestige Cleaners
Re/Max Preferred Properties –
Ryan Levenson
Regions Bank – Thank you for your
Enterprise Membership!
Rose Mortuary / Mann
Heritage Chapel
Rotary Club of Farragut
Sam’s Club West – Thank you for your
Enterprise Membership!
Shangri-La Therapeutic
Academy of Riding
South College
Superior Carpet & Rug Cleaning
Tennessee State Bank – Turkey Creek –
Thank you for your Enterprise
Membership!
Tennessee Strategies
Tennessee Valley Fair
US Bank – Bearden
US Bank – Hardin Valley
US Bank – Kingston Pike
Wieniewitz Financial
Wild Wing Café
were we, for the two “bin-fuls” of toys,
clothing and food donations.
The Open House is our way to say thank
you to our members; we hope to see you
and your business colleagues this coming
year.
As always, feel free to stop by our
offices at 11826 Kingston Pike on ANY day
of the year if you need assistance or want
to learn about how the Chamber can help
grow your business. You can also call us at
675-7057 or email info@farragutchamber.com with questions. Here’s to making
2015 the best year yet!
Calendar of Events
Please call the Chamber office at 675-7057 for information
January 15
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Networking
Anytime Fitness of Farragut
12572 Kingston Pike
January 22
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Networking
Jet’s Pizza of Farragut
11124 Kingston Pike
January 29
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Networking
Rural Metro
210 S. Watt Road (Fire Station 14)
February 5
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Networking
Clarity Pointe Knoxville
901 Concord Road
11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110 Farragut, TN 37934
865-675-7057
Profile by Sanford Health
Donna Taylor
113 Lovell Road
Knoxville, TN 37934
The Bingham Group
Lisa Bingham
11921 Kingston Pike, Suite 201
Knoxville, TN 37934
In 1969, LeRoy
Carlson began his
dream to provide
telecommunications
to regions of the
entire country. Mr.
Carlson epitomized the result of a clear
vision and hard work. What began as a collection of 10 small, rural telephone companies has evolved into a Fortune 1000
company with six million customers
known as Telephone and Data Systems
(TDS). For more than 40 years, they have
connected customers with reliable, highquality products and services. The part of
Mr. Carlson’s company we know is TDS
Telecom.
However, in a sea of other competitors,
it is TDS Telecom’s commitment to each
community they serve that truly sets them
apart. TDS supports and contributes to
many local civic organizations, including
school athletic teams, the Red White and
Blue festival, Art in the Park, and many
holiday events. Always striving to advance
their local area, TDS has always encouraged employee participation in the community. And what better way to serve the
community than providing faster Internet?
Recently, TDS has announced that residents in Farragut will be among the first in
Tennessee with access to 1Gig Internet
service this year. “The launch of 1Gig service means area residents have access to
the fastest Internet service in the nation,”
says Matt Apps, manager of Internet
Product Management and Development at
TDS. The 1Gig service is about one hundred times faster than the national average Internet speed. To put this in perspective, customers can now transfer HD
movies in seconds and connect remotely to
their office or telecommute seamlessly,
even on multiple devices.
Services of high speeds provided by a
company, top to bottom, that truly cares
about the community is hard to surpass.
Mr. Carlson set out to provide a fair means
that allowed rural communities to have
access to the same level of advanced communications services that metropolitan
areas receive. Not only has this goal been
accomplished, but TDS has raised the bar
for telecommunication companies nationwide. For more information, residents
can visit www.tdstelecom.com or call
866-44-TDSTV.
TSBDC
HELP MAKE YOUR
GOLDEN YEARS GOLDEN
by Laura Overstreet,
Business Specialist, TN Small Business Development Center
When it comes to saving for retirement,
small business owners are on their own.
No matter how old – or young – you are,
planning ahead is crucial.
Keep in mind that retirement investments should be long-term. If you take
money out before retirement age, you’ll
probably be penalized. The smart
approach is to invest in retirement funds,
then leave them to grow. Rules for retirement products change often and the information you should know about each one is
more than can be printed here.
The bottom line is to consult with a qualified financial planner who will explain
your options in detail.
•
INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT
ACCOUNTS (IRAS) allow you to set aside a
portion of your annual income for retirement. There are several kinds of IRAs.
• SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION
(SEP) is a retirement plan for selfemployed individuals and small companies. It’s similar to an IRA, but with more
flexibility. The amount of your taxdeductible contribution can vary from year
to year.
• KEOGH PLANS allow the selfemployed to save for retirement. Keogh
owners contribute to a profit-sharing plan
or pension, under a qualified trustee.