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Officials celebrate opening of $40 million Volkswagen distribution center in Roane County

Posted at 2:41 pm June 26, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Volkswagen Southeast Regional Distribution Center Opening

Volkswagen, Roane County, and Tennessee officials celebrate the opening of a $40 million parts distribution center in eastern Roane County on Tuesday.

ROANE COUNTY—A new $40 million Volkswagen distribution center in eastern Roane County will distribute domestic auto parts to a global market for the Passat, which is made in Chattanooga, the company said Tuesday.

The Southeast Regional Distribution Center started operating on a limited basis as a redistribution center in April. It serves five other depots in the United States, as well as warehouses in Canada, Mexico, and Germany.

Later, it will include a parts distribution center for 110 Volkswagen and Audi dealers in the Southeast. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Roane County, Roane County, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Anu Goel, Bill Haslam, Education Matters, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED, Leslie Henderson, parts distribution center, Passat, redistribution center, Roane County, Roane County Alliance, Roane Regional Business and Technology Park, Ron Woody, Southeast Regional Distribution Center, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Group of America

State announces first Select Tennessee Certified Sites, including Horizon Center area

Posted at 6:26 pm June 25, 2013
By Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Leave a Comment

Tennessee Certified Site at Horizon Center

The Select Tennessee Certified Site is pictured above at Horizon Center. (Submitted photo)

NASHVILLE—The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced on Tuesday the first six Select Tennessee Certified Sites.

As previously reported on Oak Ridge Today, one of the sites is at Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge.

The Select Tennessee program was launched in June 2012 with the goal of helping Tennessee communities prepare available sites for investment and expansion. The program sets a consistent and rigorous standard upon which companies can rely in making critical location decisions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Roane County, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Bill Hagerty, Development Area 6, expansion, Horizon Center, investment, Oak Ridge, Roane County, Select Tennessee Certified Sites, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development

IDB endorses project to add power at Horizon Center, subject to TVA grant

Posted at 7:20 pm June 18, 2013
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With a pre-application deadline this Wednesday, the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board agreed last week to commit $750,000 to a project to increase the electrical capacity at Horizon Center Business Park if the city gets a matching grant from the Tennessee Valley Authority.

The project, which would add 14 megawatts to the park’s electrical capacity with the potential to add more later, would extend power from a substation on Blair Road in west Oak Ridge to the edge of Lot 5 on the back side of Horizon Center. It would install 13 kilovolt lines on poles that could hold 69 kilovolt lines later. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: above-ground power lines, Blair Road, electrical capacity, grant, Horizon Center Business Park, IDB, Jack Suggs, Kim Denton, Lot 5, megawatts, Oak Ridge Economic Partnership, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, Tennessee Valley Authority

Roane State, ORNL, industries train workers in composites, advanced manufacturing

Posted at 11:34 pm May 31, 2013
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John Thornton at Carbon Fiber Technology Facility

John Thornton, left, a graduate of Roane State’s Advanced Materials Training and Education Center and an intern at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility, chats with Roane State President Chris Whaley. (Submitted photos)

John Thornton of Clinton graduated from Roane State Community College’s Advanced Materials Training and Education Center, or AMTEC, a year ago.

Today, he works in one of the most innovative places in the country.

“It’s been an amazing experience,” Thornton said. “It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of this and hopefully develop a career out of it.”

Thornton is one of 13 AMTEC trainees interning at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility. The $35 million plant is a new advanced manufacturing facility designed to reduce the cost of carbon fiber—a critical material for efficient, lightweight vehicles, next-generation wind turbines, and a wide array of other consumer and industrial products. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, College, Education, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: advanced manufacturing, Advanced Materials Training and Education Center, AMTEC, carbon fiber, Carbon Fiber Technology Facility, Chris Whaley, composite materials, composites, industries, John Thornton, Lee McGetrick, mechatronics, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Roane State Community College

Perma-Fix awards scholarships from Roane Chamber high school career day

Posted at 9:04 pm May 22, 2013
By Roane County Chamber of Commerce Leave a Comment

The third annual Perma-Fix Career Day Scholarships have been awarded to a graduate from each of the five Roane County high schools. The students receiving the $250 scholarships applied for them during their junior year while participating in the High School Career Day, sponsored by the Roane County Chamber of Commerce.

The five graduating students receiving the Perma-Fix Scholarships this year are David “Tre” Pack, Harriman High; Patricia Howe, Midway High; Charlee Lee Roberts, Oliver Springs High, Eric Luffman, Roane-Kingston County High; and Kelsey Legg, Rockwood High. They all attended the Chamber’s 2011 Career Day. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, College, Education, K-12, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Lutz, Charlee Lee Roberts, David “Tre” Pack, Diversified Scientific Services Inc., Eric Luffman, Harriman High School, High School Career Day, Kelsey Legg, Kenyon Mee, Midway High School, Oliver Springs High School, Patricia Howe, Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Roane Alliance, Roane County, Roane County Chamber of Commerce, Roane-Kingston County High School, Rockwood High School, scholarships

Rowe named Roane Alliance office, fiscal services manager

Posted at 6:11 pm May 22, 2013
By Dawn Huotari Leave a Comment

Brenda Rowe has been named office and fiscal services manager for The Roane Alliance.

Rowe has been working for The Roane Alliance since July of last year, after working in the public relations office at Roane State Community College in Harriman. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Brenda Rowe, fiscal services manager, Leslie Henderson, office manager, The Roane Alliance

TVA names Horizon Center site as primary data center site

Posted at 12:22 pm May 21, 2013
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Horizon Center Data Center Site

A 28-acre site at Horizon Center has been designated by the Tennessee Valley Authority as a site that is ready to recruit data centers. (Submitted photo)

The Tennessee Valley Authority has identified a 28-acre site at Horizon Center in west Oak Ridge as a potential data center site, a designation that will help Oak Ridge recruit companies, an official said.

“Having a primary data center site in Oak Ridge is a tremendous advantage and will definitely give us a competitive edge when recruiting data center prospects,” said Kim Denton, president and chief executive officer of the Oak Ridge Economic Partnership. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Federal, Government, Oak Ridge, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: data center, Deloitte Consulting, Horizon Center, John Bradley, Kim Denton, Oak Ridge Economic Partnership, Oak Ridge Electric Department, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, OREP, primary data center, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Roane Alliance kicks off Education Matters! fundraising drive

Posted at 9:42 pm May 19, 2013
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Roane County Education Matters

Front row: Allen Lutz; back row (l-r): Carmen Van Horn, Gary Aytes, Chris Whaley, Leslie Henderson, and Chris Ayers. (Submitted photo)

The Roane Alliance on Thursday kicked off a fund drive to keep its Education Matters! initiative—a “Best Practice” program, according to the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce— continuing in the future.

The Education Matters! program funding is being cut as of June 30 of this year.

“The Education Matters! mission is that every child in Roane County gets some post-secondary education—and does well at it,” said Leslie Henderson, president and chief executive officer of The Roane Alliance. “Education Matters! is making remarkable progress towards that goal, but starting at the end of June this year, the program has lost its funding and we need the community’s help. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Education, K-12, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Lutz, Education Matters, Knoxville Oak Ridge Innovation Valley, Leslie Henderson, Roane Alliance, Roane County, Roane County Public Schools, Roane State Community College; Tennessee Technology Center Harriman; Roane County United Way

Roane Chamber human resources seminar on Tuesday

Posted at 10:34 am May 13, 2013
By Dawn Huotari Leave a Comment

The Roane Chamber of Commerce is providing a special seminar, “Stay out of court: Human Resource Legal Matters Update” on Tuesday May 14, from 10 a.m. to 2:45 pm at Roane State Community College. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen Lutz, human resources, Roane Chamber of Commerce, Roane State Community College-Harriman, seminar

Roane Chamber has home, garden show Saturday

Posted at 12:05 pm May 10, 2013
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The Roane County Chamber of Commerce is having its 7th annual Home and Garden Show on Saturday at the Expo Center at Roane State Community College’s Harriman campus. The theme this year is “Go Green and Save Money!”

There will be booths and displays from home improvement products and services, gardening displays, gardener and hardware demonstrations, and arts and crafts. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Home and Garden Show, Roane County Chamber of Commerce, Roane County Community College

B&W says it’s pleased with federal decision on Y-12, Pantex contract protests

Posted at 4:50 pm April 29, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Y-12 National Security Complex

The Babcock and Wilcox Co., the lead management and operating contractor at the Y-12 National Security Complex, said it was pleased with a federal decision Monday upholding protests of a five-year consolidated contract to manage Y-12 and the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas.

One of the two teams that lost a bid to manage two nuclear weapons facilities in Tennessee and Texas said it was pleased by a federal decision announced Monday that upheld protests of the five-year contract, which was awarded in January.

The decision by the U.S. Government Accountability Office also recommended that the procurement be re-opened.

The contract is reported to have a total value of $22 billion, and it was awarded to Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, or CNS, a team that includes Bechtel National Inc. and Lockheed Martin Services Inc. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Business, Federal, Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, Oak Ridge, Roane County, Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Babcock and Wilcox Co., Bechtel National Inc., CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, contract protests, Fluor Federal Services Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Lockheed Martin Services Inc., U.S. Government Accountability Office

Pic: Roane Chamber honors 2013 business award winners

Posted at 6:12 pm April 25, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Roane Chamber Business Awards

The Roane County Chamber of Commerce on Friday presented its annual business awards during a banquet at the Whitestone Country Inn. (Submitted photo)

The Roane County Chamber of Commerce on Friday presented its annual business awards for 2013 before a crowd of community and business leaders attending the Chamber’s 67th Annual Banquet at Whitestone Country Inn.

The awards included:

  • Chamber Ambassador of the Year—Rose Meza, of Harriman Care and Rehab;
  • Business of the Year—Foust Family Fitness, of Kingston;
  • Paul E. Goldberg Young Professional Award—Brantley Rivers, president of Acme Brick and Block;
  • Roane Chamber Woman of the Year—Gail Lyke, of First Bank of Tennessee; and
  • Distinguished Service Award—Paul Cowell, of Whitestone Country Inn.

Filed Under: Business, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: Brantley Rivers, business awards, Foust Family Fitness, Gail Lyke, Paul Cowell, Roane County Chamber of Commerce, Rose Meza

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