This Saturday will be the first Breakfast with the FARM Market in Oak Ridge from 8 a.m. until noon. Chef Xavier Presley will serve breakfast using products from local farmers.
Musicians Beau James and Jeff Stewart will play for market guests.
The farmer’s market is also open on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m.
The new Brightfield One 828-panel solar farm at Heritage Center in west Oak Ridge can generate enough electricity to power about 20 homes.
A solar array that began operating in west Oak Ridge in April can generate enough electricity to power about 20 homes, officials said during a ceremony Tuesday.
Developed by Restoration Services Inc., the $800,000 solar farm uses four rows of south-facing panels on 1.5 acres at the front side of Heritage Center, the former K-25 site.
“We wanted it right here at the entrance to make a statement about clean energy and the Department’s commitment,” said Rick Ferguson, RSI vice president, referring to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Farm Bureau representatives, economic development leaders, and local officials celebrate the opening of a new 2,200-square-foot office at Manhattan Place Shopping Center on Thursday with food and a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The insurance agency, which has been in Oak Ridge since 1996, used to be located farther west on Oak Ridge Turnpike in a 1,300-square-foot office.
Anderson County Farm Bureau invites Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce members to an open house on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The ribbon-cutting, which will be held at 12:15 p.m., is to celebrate the company’s new location in Manhattan Place Shopping Center.
For more information, contact Dana Yeatman at dana.yeatman@tfbf.com.
The 8th annual Clinch River Spring Antique Fair is this weekend in Clinton. The fair starts on Friday with a “kick-off party” from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a performance by Wendy Crowe and High Kotton Band.
The festival continues on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with an outdoor antique show that features more than 100 vendors from many states. On Sunday, the antique shops will be open from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Oak Ridge Farmers Market has already opened for the season on Saturday mornings, and starting today, the market will also be open on Wednesday afternoons.
The farmers market, one of the oldest continuously operating markets in Tennessee, is in the parking lot just north of Jackson Square. Vendors sell locally grown produce, meats, honey, eggs, plants, and flowers.
B&W Y-12 Senior Vice President and Deputy General Manager Bill Klemm, center, speaks to Knox County School Superintendent Jim McIntyre, left, and Tennessee Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 17 at the L&N STEM Academy in downtown Knoxville.
B&W Y-12 recently donated the second $100,000 of a $400,000 commitment to support the B&W Y-12 Chemistry Laboratory. The laboratory, which has been named after B&W Y-12, is located at the L&N STEM Academy in Knoxville.
This donation is meant to help address the growing demand for technical skills and is to be used to set up the school’s lab.
A steady stream of customers buy gas at a dozen new pumps at Eddie Hair Tire in Oak Ridge on Monday. The new pumps have been open about a week, and the expanded station at the redeveloped corner of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Georgia Avenue sells 100 percent gas as well as the more common gas-ethanol mixture.
Construction work on the Woodland Town Center is scheduled to begin soon, and a short section of Quincy Avenue between South Purdue and South Illinois Avenue is scheduled to be closed on Friday, April 27.
The street closure could be delayed for bad weather. That section of Quincy Avenue will be closed for approximately four to five months while a new street is constructed as part of the Woodland Town Center, which is expected to include an Aubrey’s restaurant and a larger Panera Bread.
Motorists are requested to avoid this area and use alternate routes of travel.
Any questions or comments can be directed to the City of Oak Ridge Public Works Department at (865) 425-1875.
The Tennessee Small Business Development Center will be offering a free workshop on April 26 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce. This workshop will be for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want a better understanding of how to start a new business.
The seminar will discuss different forms of business organization, tax requirements, business licenses, business planning and financing options. There will be additional discussion about U.S. Small Business Administration loan qualification and opportunities.
To register for this event, contact Jutta Bangs at (865) 483-2668 or email her at jbangs@tsbdc.org.
Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce President Parker Hardy cooks hot dogs at a Primetime business-to-business expo in October 2011.
The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce has its Fiesta-themed Primetime networking event today.
Primetime starts at 4:30 p.m. at New Hope Center at 602 Scarboro Road.
It’s the Chamber’s premier networking event of the spring and designed to stimulate sales, so anyone—Chamber member or not—is encouraged to attend.
