The Chamber Coffee on Tuesday, Dec. 10 will celebrate the grand opening of the 2013 “Festival of Trees”. This year’s festival’s theme will be “A Story Book Christmas”. This is a partnership event presented by the Downtown Paris Association and the Paris-Henry County Heritage Center. Businesses and organizations join in celebration of the holiday season filling historic Cavitt Place mansion, home of the Paris-Henry County

H e r i t a g e C e n t e r , with beautifully decorated trees as well as elaborately decorated entrances, mantles and staircase. Winner of Best Theme First, Second and Third as well as Most Original categories will be announced at the

December Calendar of Opportunity

DECEMBER 2013

CHAMBER NEWS2508 East Wood Street • Paris, Tennessee 38242 • www.paristnchamber.com

DECEMBER CHAMBER COFFEE HOSTParis - Henry County Heritage Center

Dec 5 Ribbon-Cutting Eagle Creek Armory 10:00 AMDec 11 Leadership Henry County Education Session Chamber Office 8:00 AMDec 12 Executive Committee Chamber Office 8:00 AMDec 12 Business After Hours - Wine Tasting Paris Landing State Park 5:00 - 7:00 PMDec 19 Board of Directors Chamber Office 8:00 AMDec 21 Over the River Run Paris Landing State Park 11:00 AM

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coffee. Winners will be determined by a secret panel of judges. This annual event will run from Tuesday, December 10th through Monday December 23rd . The hours will be 11:30 am - 5:30 pm, Tuesday through Saturday and from 1PM – 4 PM on Sundays. Make this event part of your family tradition. Bring your cameras and make family photographs with your favorite decoration. In addition the Heritage Center is a va i l ab l e for rent for private p a r t i e s

6-10 PM on Dec. 13, 14, 20 and 21 for a fee of $200. Profits will be split between the Heritage Center and the Downtown Paris Association. If interested, call the Heritage Center at 731-642-1030.

From The Executive Director

From The President

Paris / Henry County Chamber of Commerce

2508 E. Wood Street Paris, TN. 38242731-642-3431

Tourism: 800-345-1103Fax: 731-642-3454

Email: pariscoc@paristnchamber.comWebsite: www.paristnchamber.com

Office Hours: 8 AM - 4:30 PM

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPresident: Andrea Lamb, Commercial BankPresident-elect &VP of Organizational Development: Chip Anderson, Bone and Joint SpecialistsTreasurer: Gary McEntire, Paris Landing State ParkVP Tourism Development: Tony Lawrence, Paris Parks and RecreationVice President of MembershipDevelopment and Training: Jennifer Hayden, Hamilton-RykerVP Community Development: Jamie Orr, Edward JonesPast President: Dr. L. Jeff Seaton

BOARD OF DIRECTORSMichele Atkins, Emory Bradley, Kevin Buie, Lisa Casteel, Randy Geiger, Gayle Griffith, Mandy Hamlin, Jeremy Lindsey, Gary McEntire, Robert Newcomb, Jamie Orr, Stacia Puckett, Darrin Thompson, Terry Wimberley

EX-OFFICIOCarl Holder, Sam Tharpe, Brent Greer, Joe Qualls, David Varner, Mike Waddey

Chamber Executive Director: Jennifer Wheatley

Henry County Alliance CEO: David Hamilton

Henry County Alliance Administrative Assistant: Galia Greer

The mission of the Paris-Henry CountyChamber of Commerce is to improve the

economy and quality of life in our community.

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JENNIFER WHEATLEY

ANDREA LAMB

Have you seen the “Be Local” signage around town? Please remember to give our local merchants an opportunity to earn your business this year as you make holiday purchases. It is the best way to keep our tax dollars here, working for us, and to keep our economy strong. Local folks are the ones who support our local efforts and we need to spend here when we can.Our Coffee this month is very early, December 10th, at the Paris-Henry County Heritage Center, for the opening of the Festival of Trees. It is a beautiful display in historic Cavitt Place and has become a fun, local tradition. Groups and businesses decorate trees and they are so creative. Come out and join us. A whole different kind of event is our eight mile Over the River run at Paris Landing State Park on December 21st at 11 am. We have over 140 runners and about 35 of us who cheer them on! Come be part of either crowd! It is fun and exciting to see the runners compete on such a difficult course. It is also a tremendous opportunity to introduce those find folks to our community and invite them to come back! Thank you all for a job I love and the opportunity to work with such an amazing group of people.Jen

December, December, December! What a glorious, wonderful month! We get to celebrate Jesus’ birthday. I am not much on just saying Happy Holidays because in my opinion, it’s MERRY CHRISTMAS! After all, Jesus is the reason for the season! With this being a month full of celebration going on, you know your Chamber has many events lined up for everyone to have an opportunity to participate. On December 10th, the coffee will be held at the Heritage Center where the Festival of Trees will be held once again. So gather a few people and head out to look at the beautiful trees that our local businesses have decorated. Leadership Henry County will be having their Education day on December 11th. From past experiences from being the “bus driver”, this is a real eye opening day. I’ve only been out of school for 20 years, and my, how times have changed! The Paris Landing State Park will be hosting a Business After Hours on December 12th from 5-7 to celebrate their 75th Anniversary. Last but not least, the 8 mile Over the River Run will be held on December 21st at the State Park. I would like to thank our corporate sponsors, Friends of Paris Landing State Park and Bone & Joint Specialists for supporting this event each year. I have been stopped many times over the past couple of weeks by several appreciative Chamber members regarding our on-going educational campaign, Be Local. This has been a very positive thing the Chamber has kicked off and I am very excited to see where it continues to grow. We have a Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shop-Local-Paris-Henry-County-TN/576121265787228. Go to the page, like and share the page with your friends! Thank you to the committee members for getting this up and going before the holiday season, you all are great! Have a safe, happy and joyous Christmas & Happy New Year!

Henry County Commissioner Greg Carter and TCAT Assistant Director Willie Huffman prepare to tour ICI as part of Leadership Henry County’s economic development session.

Doug, Melissa and Mark Peppers cut a ribbon on their new Dodge facility at Peppers Automotive.

Justin Rawls, Commercial Bank, and Josh Greer, Henry County Schools, tour Allegro.

Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce Board member and FirstBank downtown branch manager Robert Newcomb welcomed everyone to the Chamber Coffee.

Kathy Ray, Downtown Paris Association, Dr. Jeff Seaton and HCMC Administrator Tom Gee attended the Paris-Henry County Chamber of Commerce’s November Coffee at FirstBank downtown.

Allegro President John Fuqua chatted with the Leadership Henry County class.

A videographer recently spent time in Henry County working on a tourism project. Commercial Bank allowed access to their roof for downtown shots.

November Happenings

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Paris-Henry CountyHeritage CenterTuesday, December 10, 20138:00 am - 9:00 am

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