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McMinnville Pacesetters - Support Specialists needed in McMinnville! $7.75 after 90 day probation. Qualifications for employment: Minimum 19 years of age, High school diploma or equivalent or actively enrolled in GED or AHS program, Have and maintain a Class D driver’s license, (licensed for minimum of 3 years) and reliable transportation, Pass mandated training. Primary Responsibilities are to empower and support individuals with disabilities providing guidance, coaching, and positive role modeling in residential and community settings. Daily support includes transportation services, vocational, residential, social and community integration activities as assigned and support in employment opportunities. Apply only online at www.pacesetterstn.com


Are you a small business owner or thinking of opening your own business? You should et to know the Office of Small Business Advocate. In a letter we received last week, they described their duties as "providing information and answering questions for Tennesseans who are thinking about starting or already own a small business. Additionally, the Advocate serves as an informal mediator between small business owners and state government when issues involving regulatory or enforcement actions occur". They are here to assist you. They may be contacted by email at smallbusiness.advocate@tn.gov or by phone at 615-401-7806. You can check them out of the web at www.comptroller1.state.tn.us/OSBA/index.asp


The Chamber is a Tennessee Small Business Development site. From a TSBDC computer center here in our offices, you can access information about starting a business as well as types of business development loans you are eligible for. You can check out the TSBDC's website at www.tsbdc.org


"Vaughn named TN Fisher House fundraising chair for six counties"
Retired Army Colonel Thomas B. Vaughn of McMinnville has been appointed to spearhead fundraising efforts in Warren, DeKalb, White, Van Buren, Grundy, and Coffee counties for construction of a TN Fisher House at the Alvin C. York VA Medical Center in Murfreesboro. For full press release, click here.


The Chamber of Commerce is now taking Applications for our Upcoming Leadership McMinnville Class of 2012.


McMinnville Jiu-Jitsu Academy is now offering a Women’s Self- Defense and empowerment course for WOMEN ONLY.
Classes will meet at our Downtown Academy at 113 N. Spring Street Beginning Saturday, September 3rd, 2011 from 11-12pm and will continue every other Saturday thereafter. Cost is $15 per class.

For more information please contact :
Robin Clark
Phone: (931) 261-4183
E-Mail: mcminnvillejiujitsu@hotmail.com
Farmers’ Market Senior Nutrition Program 2011

See if you qualify by contacting the Warren County Senior Citizens Center at 473-6559 or the Warren County Health Department at 473-8468

To qualify you must be:

  • A resident of Warren County
  • Age 60 and over
  • Meet income guidelines



    • The Chamber is now taking Door Prizes and Silent Auction items for the 2012 Annual Chamber Membership Banquet. If you or your company would like to donate an item, please contact any of the below:
    The Chamber of Commerce at 473-6611 or warrencotn@blomand.net
    Jewell Walker at 507-4324 or jewell.walker@secfed.net
    Ashley Wright at 815-4000 or ashley.wright@capellahealth.com
    Feature Church of the Week - Select Sundays starting January 3, 2011 - Boskey’s Grille at Willowbrook

    When your preacher/pastor contacts Rachel Gauger at Willowbrook to schedule a Sunday for your church, your whole congregation gets the Sunday Buffet for 50% off, and the pastor and a guest eat free. Rachel can be contacted at 931-728-8989 or rachelgauger@aol.com.

    Thanks to the Education Division of the McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce, Warren County now has a SPEAKERS’ BUREAU. For a listing of speakers and topics and how to arrange for a speaker, click here.
    Seasonal
    The Community Advisory Board is asking for volunteers to help "One Family—Once a Year." Help can be offered in the form of financial assistance; time to assist a family with a special need; transportation; making telephone calls; or sharing skills such as home maintenance, meal preparation, counseling, reading, mentoring, etc. The sky's the limit. For more information or to sign up for the program, click here.
    Motlow State Community College’s McMinnville Center is now offering a fast-track degree program in general studies that is transferable to a four-year institution. For more information, click here.
    2012 Monthly
    Every Friday in June and July Main Street Live! Concert Series
    This free concert series takes place on the Security Federal lawn Downtown.
    1st Monday Lucky CIC meets the 1st Monday of each month.
    1st and 3rd Monday Community Bingo every Monday at the Senior Center at 10 am. Contact the Senior Center at (931) 473-6559 for more information.
    2nd and 4th Monday Kiwanis Club meets 2nd and 4th Mondays at 6:00 at Peking Restaurant, 1100 Smithville Hwy.
    Tuesdays Terrific Tuesday Lunch - 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM at The Cottage, 879 Tom Grissom Rd. Morrison, TN. Call 931.668.2100 for menu.
    1st and 3rd Tuesday 6:00 pm - Families in Crisis Support Group for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Assault, Administrative Building located on Locust Street. Childcare is provided. For more information, please call 931-473-6221.
    2nd Tuesday 5:00 pm – The Sunny Day Caregiver’s Support Group meets the second Tuesday of every month at the McMinnville-Warren County Senior Center, Inc., 809 Morrison St. All caregivers for an adult are welcome.
    2nd Wednesday Second Wednesday of each month, except April and September, American Red Cross Bloodmobile, McMinnville Civic Center
    Thursdays Beginner’s Line Dancing Classes - Thursdays from 6:30pm -7:30pm - McMinnville Warren Co. Senior Center, Inc

    This is a Warren Co. C.A.R.E.S. Fundraiser. The cost is $3.00 per person For more info. call Mary Hillis @ 931-668-1500 leave name & phone number on answering machine or call senior center @ 931-473-6559.

    Last Friday Bluegrass Underground is taped live 333 feet below ground at Cumberland Caverns in McMinnville. Tickets are $15 per person and can only be purchased at www.bluegrassunderground.com. Monthly performances (see calendar below) are recorded and aired on the last Friday night of each month on 650 WSM Radio, from 12:00 midnight to 2:00 am.
    1st Saturday McMinnville Cruisers 5:00 p.m til? - Security federal Parking lot. There will be door prizes, concessions, lots of classic cars. The event will be cancelled if there is rain.
    2nd Saturday Multiple Sclerosis Chapter Monthly Meetings — Second Saturday of each month, 1:00 PM, at River Park Hospital in the B.C. Smoot Room. For more information, contact Sue Morris at (931) 703-6821.
    3rd Saturday Warren County Genealogical Association Meeting - Third Saturday each month (except December) at 2:00 p.m., in the Warren County Government Administration Annex, 201 Locust Street, rear, McMinnville, TN
    Last Saturday McMinnville Plaza - 5:30 PM - Living waters church is opening their doors once a month on the last Saturday of each month for those in need of a warm meal. Please call 2 days in advance 931-224-5121, or 931-409-4500, so we can prepare enough food.
    2012 January
    01/19-4/12 Warren County Master Gardeners will be holding a Master Gardeners Course, Intensive 36-hour home horticulture class with topics including: soils, botany, vegetables, fruit trees, shrubs, ornamentals, insects and disease, lawn maintenance and care - composting, irrigation and landscaping in the Magnolia Room at the Warren County Administrative Building from 6:30-9:30pm.
    Cost: $100, Includes - New TMG Manual, refreshments, and materials
    01/30 (mo) Annual Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet, call (931) 473-6611 for more info.
    2012 February
    02/11 (sa) 7th Annual STAR 107 Women's Show - Women deserve a day just for them. That's why Peg Broadcasting is proud to present something for all the ladies out there...the 7th annual STAR 107 Women's Show (9am-2pm) at Three Star Mall in McMinnville on Saturday, February 11th. From hair care, jewelry, clothing and floral to decorating, housing, cosmetics, quality of life products and services and so much more. This event will have it all under one roof! Plus, we will be giving away $107 each hour (10am-2pm) and it will feature a special performance of the Warren County High School concert band at 1pm. Cash, Prizes and ideas for Valentine's, birthdays or anniversaries...the 7th annual STAR 107 Women's Show!
    2012 March
    2012 April
    04/04-05 Invasions by Rail and River
    Region: West Tennessee
    Location: Pickwick Landing State Park / Shiloh National Military Park
    See www.tncivilwar150.com for more details.
    04/14 Bud Godwin Gospel Singin' - Featuring Blackwood Brothers Quartet with opening act, The Pelhams - 4:00p at Warren County High School Auditorium. Tickets are $12.00, and all proceeds to to the Citizen's For Progress Scholarship Fund and the Chamber operating fund. More info can be found here: www.bud-godwin.blogspot.com.