BBB-TV, Channel 12 in Oak Ridge, has posted video from a candidate forum for Oak Ridge Board of Education.
The candidate forum was Thursday, September 29, at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
There are three candidates for two school board seats in the November 8 election. The candidates are the two incumbents, Keys Fillauer and Angi Agle, and challenger Myra Mansfield.
See the forum in the video below. [Read more…]
BBB-TV, Channel 12 in Oak Ridge, has posted video from the candidate forum for Anderson County Charter Commission candidates in districts six through eight. Those three districts are primarily in Oak Ridge.
The candidate forum was September 20 at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
See the forum in the video below. [Read more…]
The Tennessee Small Business Development Center is offering a free workshop on how to start a small business.
It will be held on Friday, October 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, which is at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
You can register at (865) 483-2668 or jbangs@tsbdc.org.
This press release was submitted by Jutta Bangs.
The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce’s Advocacy Committee is hosting its final forum of the 2016 election season. The forum for candidates running for Oak Ridge City Council will be held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 18, in the Joyce Conference Room at the Chamber, which is at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
The forum is free, and the public is encouraged to attend. All candidates for City Council—Jim Dodson, Wende Doolittle, Anne Garcia Garland, Chuck Hope, Joe Lee, Mark LeNoir, and Hans Vogel—have indicated their intention to participate in the forum, a press release said. [Read more…]
The new Hobby Lobby store at the former Kroger store at 380 South Illinois Avenue had a grand opening celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce. (Photo courtesy Clayton Hensley (@knoxdaytripper on Instagram and Twitter))
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. opened in Oak Ridge with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and official grand opening celebration on Monday morning. The store had a “soft opening” that started a few days earlier.
Here are two pictures from the Monday morning ribbon-cutting ceremony by Clayton Hensley. (You can find him on Twitter and Instagram under @knoxdaytripper.)
Hobby Lobby is a privately held national retail chain of craft and home decor stores. [Read more…]
Reminder: The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce has a forum for candidates for Oak Ridge Board of Education on Thursday morning.
It’s the second of three candidate forums for the November 8 election.
The Board of Education candidate forum will start at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, September 29, in the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce’s Joyce Conference Room. It’s free and open to the public.
There are three candidates for two seats on the school board: the incumbents, Angi Agle and Keys Fillauer, and challenger Myra Mansfield. [Read more…]
The Hobby Lobby at the former Kroger store on South Illinois Avenue has a grand opening on Monday morning, Oct. 3, 2016. The store is pictured above on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Note: This story was updated at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 30.
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. will open in Oak Ridge with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and official grand opening celebration on Monday morning. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. October 3. It’s open to the public.
Hobby Lobby is a privately held national retail chain of craft and home decor stores.
The Oak Ridge store, which will be managed by Michael Ramsey, is Hobby Lobby’s 23rd location in Tennessee. The 63,000-square-foot store is in the former Kroger store in a shopping center near the intersection of South Illinois and South Rutgers avenues.
“We feel blessed for the fantastic opportunity to be a part of the Oak Ridge community,” said John Schumacher, Hobby Lobby assistant vice president of advertising. “Our goal is for customers to experience the exceptional service, selection, and value Hobby Lobby offers.”
Local dignitaries, ambassadors from the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, and other business leaders will attend the Monday morning celebration, a press release said. [Read more…]
The Kmart store on South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge will close in mid-December. The store is pictured above on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
The Kmart store in Oak Ridge will close in mid-December, the company said Monday.
“We have been strategically and aggressively evaluating our store space and productivity, and have accelerated the closing of unprofitable stores as previously announced,” the company said in a statement. “We can confirm that we are making the difficult but necessary decision to close the Kmart store at 370 South Illinois Avenue in Oak Ridge.”
The store will remain open to customers until the mid-December closing and start a liquidation sale on September 22.
“We often hear from our members who are disappointed when we close a store, but our Shop Your Way membership platform, websites, and mobile apps allow us to maintain these valued relationships long after a store closes its doors,” Kmart said in the statement. “As a result, we hope to retain a portion of the sales previously associated with this store by maintaining our relationships with the members who shopped this location.” [Read more…]
The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce has a forum for candidates for the Anderson County Charter Commission on Tuesday morning.
It’s the first candidate forum for the November 8 election.
The Charter Commission candidate forum will start at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 20, in the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce’s Joyce Conference Room. It’s free and open to the public.
There are 20 candidates for eight seats on the new Charter Commission. The Tuesday morning forum at the Oak Ridge Chamber will feature candidates from the county’s District 6, District 7, and District 8, which all include parts of Oak Ridge.
There are seven candidates for those three seats: [Read more…]
Officials and referees used Oak Ridge Rowing Association boats to monitor the races on the seven-lane course at the 2016 SIRA Championship Regatta in Oak Ridge on Sunday, April 17, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
On Tuesday, the Oak Ridge City Council will consider a $548,350 contract to add an eighth lane to the city’s rowing course on the Clinch River.
Council will consider the contract, which would be awarded to First Place Finish Incorporated, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 6, in the Oak Ridge Municipal Building Courtroom.
The work would include a precast concrete block retaining wall and associated dredging and site work.
Funding for the project comes from several sources, Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson said in a September 2 memo to City Council. The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development has allocated $250,000 for the project. The city’s Capital Improvements Program, or CIP, has budgeted $585,000 for the project, with the city’s share being $185,000.
Other sources of funding include: [Read more…]
The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce welcomed Dr. Justin Trisler and his staff to Oak Ridge and hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for East Tennessee Orthodontics on Tuesday, August 16, 2016. (Photo by Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce)
The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce welcomed Dr. Justin Trisler and his staff to Oak Ridge and hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for East Tennessee Orthodontics on Tuesday.
East Tennessee Orthodontics is located at 1143 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Suite 206.
A workshop on Thursday, August 18, at the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce will help you take your business to the next level in the global marketplace.
The workshop is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon August 18.
Speakers will cover topics such as:
