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Small businesses invited to learn how to work with NASA

Posted at 1:15 pm April 22, 2018
By Owen Driskill Leave a Comment

Small businesses have many opportunities to support NASA’s space flight mission—such as the Space Launch System that will be used for deep space exploration and new missions to the moon—and additional NASA projects. Learn more at the June 19 NASA networking conference “Think Big: Learn How To Do Business with NASA” at Roane State’s W.H. Swain Scott County Center in Huntsville, Tenn. (Artist’s concept courtesy of NASA).

Small businesses have many opportunities to support NASA’s space flight mission—such as the Space Launch System that will be used for deep space exploration and new missions to the moon—and additional NASA projects. Learn more at the June 19 NASA networking conference “Think Big: Learn How To Do Business with NASA” at Roane State’s W.H. Swain Scott County Center in Huntsville, Tenn. (Artist’s concept courtesy of NASA).

 

Small businesses are invited to a conference in June that will offer information on how to do business with NASA.

It’s an all-day networking conference titled “Think Big: Learn How To Do Business with NASA.” It’s scheduled for Tuesday, June 19, at Roane State’s W.H. Swain Scott County Center, which is at 410 W.H. Swain Boulevard in Huntsville. It was organized by U.S. Representative Chuck Fleischmann, a Tennessee Republican, and Congressman Hal Rogers, a Kentucky Republican.

At the conference, small businesses can meet with NASA officials and representatives from NASA prime contractors, a press release said. Conference participants will learn about various small business opportunities provided by NASA.

“NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is just four hours from Huntsville, Tennessee,” Roane State President Chris Whaley said in the press release. “Opportunities with NASA are abundant for businesses of all shapes and sizes in this region. We want to raise awareness that big agencies such as NASA want and need services from small businesses. A business from a small community in a rural county can think big because NASA may be interested in your products.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, College, Education, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Slider Tagged With: business, Chris Whaley, Chuck Fleischmann, David Brock, Hal Rogers, How To Do Business with NASA, Jacobs, Jutta Bangs, LaTanya Channel, Lynn Garrison, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, Roane State, SAIC, Teledyne-Brown Engineering, Tennessee Small Business Development Center, The Boeing Company, Todd May, Troy Miller, URS Federal Services, W.H. Swain Scott County Center

Seminars of interest to government contractors

Posted at 8:32 am November 6, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Here are some upcoming events of interest to government contractors.

  • Tuesday, December 5, from 9 a.m. to noon
    How to do business with the government
    Location: Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce
    Register at: https://clients.tsbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=22370018
  • Thursday, December 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Cyber Security Awareness Training for government contractors
    Location: Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce
    Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/university-of-tennessee-ptac-cyber-security-east-tn-tickets-38584137193

    • This class will teach government contractors:
      – How to minimize the risk of a company’s inside threats.
      – About controlling unclassified information and determining which information to pass on to subcontractors.
      – To have a better understanding of cyber security oversight responsibilities in becoming compliant with NIST 800-171 and DFARS 252.207.7012-required by December 31, 2017.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: business, cyber security, East Tennessee Business Growth Conference, government contractors

High school students begin new automotive repair class

Posted at 10:34 am October 19, 2016
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

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A new course, Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair, started this fall at Oak Ridge High School as part of Oak Ridge Schools’ College, Career and Technical Education (CCTE) program. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

 

Submitted by Sarah Self/City of Oak Ridge

Students at Oak Ridge High School now have an opportunity to learn the skills they need to begin yet another high-demand, high-wage occupation after graduating.

The newest course, Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair, started with the 2016 fall semester as part of Oak Ridge Schools’ College, Career, and Technical Education, or CCTE, program. The class currently has 14 students enrolled for a fall and spring session.

Upon completing two full years of the class, each student will have worked with engine systems, transmissions, suspensions, steering, brakes, electrical, and HVAC. Students earn a full year’s worth of credit hours in one semester. The credits are recognized by the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) as part of a dual enrollment program and will count toward further certifications with TCAT. Students can also obtain some Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certifications while still in high school. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Education, Front Page News, K-12, Top Stories Tagged With: advanced manufacturing, ASE, audio visual arts and communications, automotive maintenance, Automotive Maintenance and Light Repair, Automotive Service Excellence, business, CCTE, College Career and Technical Education, dual enrollment, education, health science, Holly Cross, information technology, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge Schools, Patrick LaDue, TCAT, Tennessee College of Applied Technology, transportation distribution and logistics

Small business seminars offered in June

Posted at 8:20 pm June 1, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

TSBDC and Roane State

The Tennessee Small Business Development Center will offer five free seminars in June.

The first is titled “Business Planning/Get ready to see a lender.”

It’s scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, at the Roane County Chamber of Commerce in Kingston.

“This workshop covers the fundamentals of writing a business plan, and is designed for individuals who want to increase their chances for successful self-employment,” organizers said.

The second is titled “How to do business with the government.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Roane County Tagged With: business, business planning, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Roane County Chamber of Commerce, small business seminars, Tennessee Small Business Development Center

Registration for Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit closes Monday

Posted at 8:32 am May 13, 2015
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Includes discussion of federal missions in Oak Ridge

Registration for the annual Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit closes Monday. The summit will include a discussion of federal missions in Oak Ridge.

Organizers expect more than 300 national and regionals leaders at the 20th Annual Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit. It’s being held at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City on May 27-28. The Summit will be at the D.P. Culp University Center at ETSU.

“Hundreds of regional leaders will gather in Johnson City to focus on education from the business and industry perspective at the 20th annual Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit,” a press release said. “The sessions at the two-day event will focus on how to ensure tomorrow’s workforce has the skills they need to find quality jobs at home and how the region’s educational institutions can partner with businesses and organizations for better success.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: 20th Annual Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit, advanced manufacturing, Alan Levine, Alex Fisher, Brian Noland, business, Chuck Fleischmann, CNS, College of Public Health, Columbus Partnership, East Tennessee State University, education, ETSU, Janice Gilliam, Lockheed Martin, Mountain States Health Alliance, NASA, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Northeast State Community College, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Phil Roe, Randy Boyd, Randy Wykoff, Stephanie Hill, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Tennessee Valley, Tennessee Valley Corridor, Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit, Teresa Vanhooser, Thom Mason, workforce

Purchasing Department hosts inaugural Vendor Breakfast

Posted at 9:04 pm March 24, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Purchasing Vendor Registry

Pictured from left are Anderson County Chamber of Commerce’s Norm Nelson, Anderson County Purchasing Department employees Karen Whaley, Toni Romero and Sheila Davis, Purchasing Agent Pamela Cotham, Mayor Terry Frank, and Vendor Registry’s Brian Strong. (Photo courtesy of Anderson County government)

 

CLINTON—On Tuesday, Anderson County Purchasing Agent Pamela Cotham and the Anderson County Purchasing Department hosted the inaugural Vendor Breakfast event.

Inspired by the City of Knoxville’s vendor events, the program was designed to educate local people and businesses on how to do business with Anderson County government, a press release said. Anderson County Purchasing partnered with both the Anderson County Chamber of Commerce and Vendor Registry to help spread the word, and also to answer questions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Chamber of Commerce, Anderson County Purchasing Department, Brian Strong, business, Pamela Cotham, Terry Frank, Vendor Breakfast, Vendor Registry

Franchise EXPO 2015: Educational, interactive expo comes to Knoxville

Posted at 10:47 am March 24, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Submitted

Have you ever thought about owning your own business? A group of Knoxville organizations led by Jerry Bird, who heads FranNet of Alabama and East Tennessee, are offering a one-day event for those wanting the freedom and control of owning their own business. More than 20 different franchise companies looking to expand into Knoxville and the surrounding areas, as well as business experts who can assist in buying and growing a business, will be in Knoxville for one day.

The Knoxville Franchise EXPO 2015 will be held at the Rothchild Catering and Conference Center at 8807 Kingston Pike in Knoxville from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 9. While the majority of the EXPO is available for you to wander and visit as you like, there will also be workshops offered as specific times including franchise funding, networking, and how to go about finding the right franchise fit. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Meetings and Events Tagged With: business, franchise, franchise companies, FranNet, FranNet of Alabama and East Tennessee, Jerry Bird, Knoxville Franchise Expo 2015, SBA, SCORE, Small Business Administration, Tennessee Small Business Development Center, TSBDC

ORAU wins contract worth up to $89 million from EPA

Posted at 10:07 pm January 19, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Associated Universities Building MC-100

The Oak Ridge Associated Universities Building MC-100 is pictured above.

Oak Ridge Associated Universities recently won a five-year contract worth up to $89 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to manage the EPA Environmental Research and Business Support Program, which provides opportunities for exceptional undergraduate and recent bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral graduates to participate in the EPA-sanctioned research and administrative projects.

Through this work, ORAU will recruit and place employees at 13 EPA Office of Research and Development laboratories and research centers across the U.S.  These participants in both business and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields will receive hands-on training in real-world settings at these laboratories and research centers while contributing to EPA’s mission, a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Education, Federal, Government, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Andy Page, business, contract, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EPA Environmental Research and Business Support Program, EPA Office of Research and Development, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, ORAU, science technology engineering and math, STEM

Sen. McNally receives Champion of Commerce award from state, city chambers

Posted at 1:52 pm January 2, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Randy McNally

Randy McNally

The Tennessee and Oak Ridge chambers of commerce have awarded the Champion of Commerce award to Senator Randy McNally, a press release said.

It said the award is presented locally in coordination with the Tennessee Chamber and local chambers of commerce.

“The prestigious award recognizes individuals that exemplify outstanding achievement promoting business and free enterprise during the 2013–2014 108th General Assembly,” the release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: award, Bradley Jackson, business, Chamber of Commerce, Champion of Commerce, free enterprise, General Assembly, Oak Ridge, Randy McNally, Tennessee, Tennessee Chamber

Randy Boyd named state commissioner of economic, community development

Posted at 8:13 am December 19, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy UT Torchbearer

Photo courtesy UT Torchbearer

East Tennessee businessman Randy Body has been named commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Governor Bill Haslam announced Thursday.

Boyd, 55, is chairman of Radio Systems Corporation, which he started in 1991. Radio Systems is headquartered in Knoxville and has more than 650 associates worldwide with offices in seven countries, a press release said.

Radio Systems is the company that donated $100,000 donation to the PetSafe Dog Park at Big Turtle Park in Oak Ridge.

The press release said Boyd is a successful entrepreneur who served as a full-time, unpaid special adviser to the governor for higher education in 2013, focusing on the “Drive to 55” initiative to bring the percentage of Tennesseans with college degrees or certificates from 32 percent up to 55 percent by the year 2025. Boyd’s work resulted in the Tennessee Promise, a program that provides two years of community college or a college of applied technology free of tuition and fees to graduating Tennessee high school seniors. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, State, Top Stories Tagged With: ag gag bill, Bill Hagerty, business, commissioner, Drive to 55, education, PetSafe, Radio Systems Corporation, Randy Boyd, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, Tennessee Promise, tnAchieves, University of Tennessee

Garcia Garland running for re-election to City Council

Posted at 10:54 am October 19, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Anne Garcia Garland

Anne Garcia Garland

Oak Ridge City Council member Anne Garcia Garland is running for re-election in the November 4 municipal election.

In a press release, Garcia Garland said the City Council has now begun to function like a team, the vision she had for it when she was first elected.

“The five members who have been meeting to consider policy and long-term planning have begun to realize how much more can be accomplished in this way,” Garcia Garland said. “I believe that if we can do this as a Council, then we should be able to work in a similar manner with the Board of Education and move forward together.”

Actions by the city government have shown that TIFs (tax increment financing) are useful for investing in new businesses, and the growth of the Illinois Avenue corridor is healthy, Garcia Garland said. She said Council encouraged the Kroger development by changing zoning and permitting traffic signals, and that center inspired the investment in Oak Ridge by the new mall developers. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Anne Garcia Garland, business, city government, Illinois Avenue, Kroger, mall, November 4 municipal election, Oak Ridge City Council, planning, policy, schools, tax increment financing, team, TIF, tourism, UPF, uranium processing facility, vision

Letter: Oak Ridge needs Chinn’s perspective, expertise

Posted at 9:17 am October 19, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Letters 1 Comment

To the Editor:

Although I have never written an endorsement for any political candidates, I feel sincerely compelled to at this time.

Twenty-five years ago, I moved my family to Oak Ridge. I was not born here, had no family members here, nor did I relocate due to a job transfer or employment contract. I moved my family to this beautiful city for I desired to live in this community. I voluntarily chose Oak Ridge.

I started a business almost 24 years ago and earlier this year sold that business and am presently thoroughly enjoying retirement. Oak Ridge has been good to me and my family and God favored me over this past quarter of a century. And having the advantage of being a local business person, I want to cast my ballot in this year’s City Council election for Rick Chinn. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Letters, Opinion Tagged With: business, business person, City Council, election, Keith Lay, Oak Ridge, Rick Chinn, small business

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