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ANCHORED IN FARRAGUT SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR 25 YEARS
CHAMBER LIFE“THE MISSION STATEMENT IS TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING BUSINESS GROWTH, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.”
Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce
Vol. 30, No. 2 A Publication of the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce February 2016
ADMIRALADMIRAL ELITE
CAPTAIN
ANCHOR
These Chamber members generously contribute to the Chamber and the Continuing Education Grant Program above and beyond their annual dues.
ENTERPRISE CLUB
CriminalCourtClerk Panel Kicks Off Speaker Series
Tuesday, March 22, at 7:30 a.m. FWKCCwill kick off the Chamber’s 2016 BreakfastSpeaker Series at FoxDen Country Club.Guest speakers areMike Hammond, KnoxCounty CriminalCourt Clerk, DistrictAttorney CharmeAllen and Lee Tramelof the Knox CountySheriff’s Department.The event is spon-sored by PresentingSponsors VolunteerPharmacy and the Town of Farragut.
The breakfast will take the format of apanel discussion. It will address the issueof the rise in prescription and general druguse in Knox County and its impact on the
community and its businesses. Recentarea news included a January visit to EastTennessee by WhiteHouse drug czar,Michael Botticelli, toaddress area countiesworthy of federalassistance due tobeing designated aspart of a nationwideHigh Intensity DrugTrafficking Areas pro-gram.
Prior to being elect-ed to Knox CountyCriminal Court Clerk in 2014, Hammondhad served as Knox County Commissionerat large for Seat 10 since 2004, as well asmaintaining an extensive broadcastingcareer. Hammond was the public address
announcer for the Tennessee Lady VolBasketball team for 20 years and wasnamed Broadcaster ofthe Year by theAssociated Press.
In December 2015,Hammond presentedKnox County with a$1.2 million checksourcing from anaccount Hammond dis-covered of partiallypaid court costs.
District AttorneyGeneral Charme Allenwas elected as the first female DistrictAttorney General of Knox County in 2014.A veteran prosecutor with over 25 years ofexperience with her office, Allen has pros-ecuted thousands of drunk/drugged driver
cases (during a specialized DUI prosecu-tor assignment) and witnessed firsthandthe adverse effects of addiction on thecommunity.
Lee Tramel of the Knox County Sheriff’sDepartment has had over 29 years’ experi-ence in law enforcement including theCriminal and Civil warrants division.
Sponsorships are available at thePresenting, Event and Community levelsfor what will surely be a fascinating pres-entation. Tickets are $30 for members, $40for non-members and $275 for tables of 10.A percentage of all ticket sales for thisevent will go toward a charity of the speak-ers’ choice.
Contact the Chamber at 675-7057 orinfo@farragutchamber for more informa-tion or register and pay online at www.far-ragutchamber.com.
Hammond Allen Tramel
New and existing member businesses areinvited to attend the Chamber’s SpringNew Member Orientation on Tuesday,March 8, at the Town of Farragut municipalbuilding located at 11408 Municipal Drivein Farragut. The orientation is ideal fornew members as well as members who maynot realize all of the available benefits oftheir Chamber membership.
Refreshments and a brief networkingperiod begin at 7:30 a.m. in the lobby area.Attendees are encouraged to bring busi-ness cards. The program begins in theboard room at 8 a.m. Door prizes will be
awarded throughout the presentationwhich will feature information fromChamber president Bettye Sisco, theAmbassador committee, town officials andLaura Overstreet of the Small BusinessDevelopment Center (SBDC) of Tennessee.At 9 a.m. the Farragut Folklife Museum willopen early, as a courtesy, for tours to thoseinterested in viewing their incredible col-lection. Members can RSVP for themselvesor a staff member via the weekly email linkor their mobile app (“FWKCC” on Androidand Apple markets). For questions or infor-mation call 675-7057.
Spring New Member Orientation Scheduled
In 28 years the Chamber has Put on theRitz, Entertained and Turned Dreams toReality. It has celebrated Mardi Gras, theKentucky Derby and so much more! For2016 the Chamber is on the road: The Roadto Rio, that is!
The excitement and sense of communityinspired by the 2016 Olympic andParalympic Games and the host city, Rio deJaneiro, is the inspiration for this year’stheme. Whether it is sports, travel, team-work or a taste for an exotic getaway, thesky is the limit for businesses to take on
their own interpretation of “The Road toRio.”
The event will be held Friday, April 22, at6 p.m. at Rothchild’s Catering &Conference Center and will feature bothsilent and live auctions. The silent auctionincludes over 125 items available for pur-chase ranging from dinners to spa packagesto wine baskets and more.
The live auction will be presided over byAuctioneer Bear Stephenson of Stephenson
Chamber AnnouncesAuction Theme!
Event Sponsor Town of Farragut enjoys the 2015 auction.
See AUCTION on Page 3
2 • CHAMBER LIFE, February 2016
Networkings
Chamber Board Chairman Tim Williams - Matlock Tire Service & Auto Repairpauses to talk with Ambassador Donna Bryan - Pinnacle Real Estate.
Ambassador Tony Langenderfer - Knoxville Concrete looks on as BettyeSisco - FWKCC President makes the weekly announcements.
K Town Specialty – October 29
Farragut High School Education Foundation President Jerry Martin enjoyshearing Farragut High School senior Tucker Scott speak to the networkingcrowd. Tucker is the Chamber’s hard-working intern!
Dozens of networking guests appreciate the warm dining area by a cracklingfire at The Chop House during the morning networking.
Farragut High School Education Foundation – November 5
Nail artists Torie Phillips and Chelsie Walker from Salon Biyoshi peruse oneof CH Interiors & Gifts notebooks. CH Interiors & Gifts offers jewelry, furni-ture, quilts, candles and gourmet foods. For the networking they kindlyoffered a 10% discount to those who attended.
Owners Jesse Boling and Sue Boling - The Lantern at Morning Pointe tellguests LaDonna Hembree - ABRA Auto Body & Glass and Michael Murphy -Beltone Hearing Aid Center all about their store CH Interiors & Gifts (for-merly Cranberry Hollow).
CH Interiors & Gifts/Cranberry Hollow – November 19
Kathy Hartman of farragutpress and
Jesse Boling of CHInteriors and Gifts
enjoy a holiday greetingat the beautifully
decorated Lantern atMorning Pointe.
Julie Blaylock - FWKCC, Sue Boling - The Lantern at Morning Pointe andJenna Massa - Morning Pointe Assisted Living pose by a staff decoratedtree during the December networking!
The Lantern at Morning Pointe – December 3
CHAMBER LIFE, February 2016 • 3
865.675.6397 • Fax: 865.675.1675www.farragutpress.com
11863 Kingston Pike • Farragut, Tennessee, 37934-3833
Ribbon CuttingsTreasures Jewelers Knoxville – November 10
Sparkling smiles accompanied all thesparkling jewelry on display at theribbon cutting for new Knoxville busi-ness, Treasures Jewelers Knoxville!Pictured in front holding the ribbonamidst multiple Chamber members,friends and family were Asad Jooma,Nelu Jewani, Shaid Sadi, AminJooma, Faridah Tejani, Fatima Jooma,Alex and Minaz Jooma (owners),Deborah Rinaldi and Karen Murphyof Treasures Jewelers Knoxville,Kevin Bass - First Tennessee, andCarmen Plauche - HUSHH Magazine.
The Chamber “heard” there was anew business at the Renaissance inFarragut and was happy to help wel-come them at their new location!Holding the ribbon for BeltoneHearing Aid Center was MeredithTilson - Edward Jones, Alex Quinnand Michael Murphy - Beltone,Beltone President Perry Ebel,Jennifer Carson and Erica Sawyer -Beltone, Emily Berdal and ThomasKappel - Tennessee SmokiesBaseball.
Campbell Station Wine & Spirits – November 12A big remodel deserves a celebratoryRibbon Cutting! Cutting the ribbon inthe center of the expanded CampbellStation Wine & Spirits (CSW&S) wasL to R: Donna Bryan - Pinnacle RealEstate, Victor Barkley and Belle Muse -CSW&S, Owners Jared and JenniferJordan - CSW&S, Wendy Packan -CSW&S and Arlene Weinstein -Arlene's Fun Travel. Pictured in theback row was L to R: David Smoak -Town of Farragut, Jim Furches and Kelly Smaples - CSW&S,Commissioner John Schoonmaker,John Haney - NAI Knoxville, DianeJones - Pinnacle Financial Partnersand Kathryn Eaton - Eaton & Hartung,PLLC.
The Chamber loved watching theblue ribbon fly at this big ribbon cutting for Choices In Senior Care(CISC)! Pictured in front, L to R,was Joe Elmore - Elite Fitness,Dylan Adams, Rebekah Wilson andDoug Wegman - CISC, Owner MaryWegman - CISC, Vanesia Cross, KimCantrell, Penny Cruze and TammyCox - CISC and Lorena Hubbard -Lawhorn CPA Group.
MemberBriefs
Choices in Senior Care – November 17
Tennova Healthcare kicked off February asAmerican Heart Month with FREE heart-healthscreenings at 14 convenient locations in EastTennessee! The “Know Your Numbers” screeningrequires a single prick of the finger. Participants willreceive their cholesterol panel and glucose reading inunder 10 minutes. Appointments are required. Call 1-855-TENNOVA by Feb. 16.
Fathers and daughters are invited to attend the Mar.5 Shamrock Ball hosted by the Town of Farragut. Thedance will take place in the Farragut High SchoolCommons from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 for a coupleand $30 for a family online or at the Farragut TownHall; tickets at the door are $25 per couple and $35 perfamily. Proceeds benefit Kiwanis InternationalEliminate Project and Kiwanis Fresh Air Camp, socome out and have a ball!
Congratulations to Sarah Kerstetter, 3rd gradeteacher at Farragut Intermediate School, and toBrittany Witte and Mica Johnson, librarians atFarragut Middle School! All have been awardedTeacherPreneur grants. The grants range from $1,200to almost $50,000. Through the TeacherPreneur GrantProgram, the Great Schools Partnership and KnoxCounty Schools solicited innovative instructional ideasfrom the District’s teachers. Grants were given for only12 projects out of 45 applicants.
Exciting news for Tate’s School on the building oftheir new 8,500-square-foot athletic and dining hallfacility. The groundbreaking event took place onNovember 10 and completion is expected by this summer.
ORNL Federal Credit Union is accepting applica-tions for the Bob A. Candler scholarship to TheUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville 2016-17 school year.For more information, visit www.ornlfcu.com.
Matlock Tire Service and Auto Repair presented acheck for $6,850 to Concerns of Police Survivors EastTennessee Chapter at the end of its “Blue BadgeAwareness” promotion on Jan. 17. For over a month,Matlock generously matched customer donations tothe non-profit organization. C.O.P.S. provides servicesand support to families of law enforcement officerswho lost their lives in the line of duty. Thank you,Matlock Tire!
Congratulations to Rebekah “Becka” Hurst for beingnamed Tennessee State Bank Staff Member of theYear! Hurst is vice president of credit administrationstraining and a development manager, and this is thesecond time she has been recognized for this award.
Holiday Inn Knoxville West welcomes CedricCoant as executive chef. He is an acclaimed chef with25 years of culinary experience spanning around theglobe. Welcome Cedric!
Aubrey’s Inc. purchased The Crown and Goose, agastropub in the Old City. Jeffery Nash, the founder ofthe British-themed pub, has confidence Aubrey’s will“continue to make the Crown and Goose the bestrestaurant in the Old City.”
Van Elkin and Associates are “the best in the busi-ness” when it comes to taxes, but did you know they domuch more? Their services include accounting andbookkeeping, tax preparation/resolution, litigationsupport, expert testimony, business forensics, audit-ing, negotiation of business sales and purchases andnegotiation of bank loans/leases. Stop by 2150 FirstTennessee Plaza for all your financial needs!
NAI’s Knoxville’s Principal Broker, Maribel Koella,has been named a 2015 National Commercial Awardhonoree by the National Association of Realtors andEnterprising Woman of the Year by EnterprisingWomen Magazine! In addition, James Robertson andTrey Miller were named NAI Knoxville’s Brokers of theYear. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Merit Construction on winningall but one of the Associated General Contractors ofTennessee-Knoxville Branch first Build KnoxvilleAwards! One of the awards was for building theCorporate Headquarters for Mountain CommerceBank in Knoxville. Head to 6101 Kingston Pike for yourbanking needs and to admire their work!
Join School of Rock Knoxville at their EducationRocks benefit concert on Mar. 6 featuring EmiSunshine and The Rain and Brock Butler of PerpetualGroove. The event will take place at Concourse at TheInternational beginning at 5:00 p.m. This all agesevent is $10 per person. For more information contactthe school at 247-4038.
Sign up for a Wine Social at Mind Yer P’s and Q’s onMar. 2 at 7:00 p.m. Each $35 ticket lets guests tasteand get to know 15 wines at different stations andenjoy heavy appetizers. To register email [email protected] or call 288-7827.
Beltone Hearing Aid Center – November 11
Auction & Realty. This fast-paced portion of the eveningincludes large items such as cabin stays, golf weekends orfull tire installations and the ever-popular TabletopDisplays. Businesses who choose to sponsor and build atabletop display are prominently featured in the center ofthe ballroom where they are voted on for the “BestDressed Tabletop” award prior to sale.
The annual auction is the Chamber’s largest fundrais-ing event of the year, helping fund the Chamber’sContinuing Education Scholarships. A charitable dona-tion is also taken from a portion of ticket sales; past recip-ients have included East Tennessee Children’s Hospital,Junior Achievement of East TN and Dream Connection.
In addition to the monetary donation for Knox AreaRescue Ministries (KARM), the Chamber is acceptingnew items of “Immediate Need” for KARM. Anyone wish-ing to purchase and donate coats, hats, gloves, sweaters,towels, rolling suitcases, sleeping bags and personal careitems for men, women and children can bring them to theoffice at 11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110.
Sponsorships are still available at Gold, Silver andBronze levels — which represent the awards given at theupcoming Olympics in Rio — and are a great way to high-light your business! Sponsorships are advertised in print,weekly emails, web, social media and at events as soon asa commitment is received and for at least one monthbeyond the auction. The Chamber thanks Silver Sponsors
AuctionFrom page 1
Bear Stephenson secures the bid in 2014!See AUCTION on Page 4
4 • CHAMBER LIFE, February 2016
Welcome to our new FarragutWest Knox Chamber Members!
Calendar of EventsPlease call the Chamber office at 675-7057 for information
February 18, 2016 Networking 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Salon Biyoshi
10412 Kingston Pike
February 25, 2016 Networking 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Fairfield Inn & Suites Knoxville West
11763 Snyder Road
March 3, 2016 Networking 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Express Employment Professionals
with Rothchild Catering8807 Kingston Pike
March 10, 2016 Networking 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Home2Suites
380 N. Peters Road
The Chamber welcomes these businesses who have joined usrecently in the month of January:
NEWSPAPERS PILING UP?
11863 Kingston PikeBehind the farragutpress Building
Farragut West KnoxChamber of Commerce
Continuing EducationGrant Program
FWKCC has a recycle bin available behindthe farragutpress offices. All proceeds are
donated by the farragutpress to the
Welcome Back Renewing Members
The Farragut West Knox Chamber welcomes back these businesses who have renewed theirinvestment in the Chamber as of this past January. We are privileged to count them asFarragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce members! We urge members to patronize oneanother when the goods or services a member can provide are needed. It is also our hope thatarea residents recognize the commitment a business makes to its community when itbecomes part of its local chamber of commerce and reward that commitment with theirpatronage.
BB&T – Farragut BranchBlackwell Benefits Solutions, LLCButtermilk Sky Pie ShopClarity Pointe KnoxvilleEdward Jones – Wendy SchoppExpress Employment ProfessionalsFirst Citizens Bank – Campbell StationFoothills Bank & TrustFox Den Country ClubFreedom Financial Group – Marian
Geohegan, CFP & Aaron BuckGables & Gates – Jerry WhiteheadHis Security, LLCHoliday Inn Knoxville – Cedar BluffHome Federal Bank of Farragut –
Thank you for your Enterprise Membership!Ideal Image – Turkey CreekInova PayrollKendall InvestigationsMarch of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Mary Kay Cosmetics – Marianne Morse
Michael Broyles PhotographyMountain Commerce Bank – BeardenNHC Place Assisted Living –
Thank you for your Enterprise Membership!Oasis Day SpaPinnacle Real EstatePrestige CleanersPrivett Insurance GroupPure Luxe Salon, Spa & MedSpaRead Window ProductsRegions Bank –
Thank you for your Enterprise Membership!Saratoga TechnologiesSims Appraisal CompanyTennessee State Bank at Turkey Creek
Thank you for your Enterprise Membership!U.S. Cellular – Parkside DriveUSI Consulting Group
Farragut West KnoxChamber of Commerce
11826 Kingston Pike, Suite 110 Farragut, TN 37934
865-675-7057865-671-2409 Fax
e-mail: [email protected]
This newsletter is published monthly by the
Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce.
Who’s who…Who’s who…
by Laura Overstreet, Small Business Specialist and GrowthWheel® Certified Advisor
February Small BusinessTip: Growth Scenarios
TSBDC
Though teachershave vast reach andinfluence, theyoften go unappreci-ated in society.While other profes-
sions are praised, educators fall throughthe cracks. With that being said, it trulytakes a phenomenal teacher to win anaward. Valarie Cagle is that kind ofteacher and on Tuesday, February 23, shewon the Knox County High SchoolsTeacher of the Year award.
Cagle teaches Advanced PlacementLiterature and freshman English atFarragut High School and has taught vari-ous levels since beginning 21 years ago.Teaching, however, was not her first call-ing. She fell in love with writing at a youngage and pursued a career in technicalwriting. With a degree from the Universityof Tennessee in English, she went on to bea technical writer and editor at Oak RidgeNational Laboratory.
She was so deeply troubled that manybrilliant engineers could not adequatelycommunicate their ideas that she felt the“fire to go back and teach writing.” Shesoon discovered that she could use litera-ture as the “vehicle to teach writing” andshe set off on her path to help studentsbecome better writers.
Valarie Cagle is the epitome of what ateacher should be. She truly cares abouther students and would do anything tohelp further their education. She realizesthat she is not only teaching literature,but how to read critically and write andstate points concisely and effectively. Sheis doing more than just teaching studentsto pass a test; she is teaching them tothink independently. In doing this, she ful-fills the most important role that educa-tors have — preparing students for lifeoutside of the classroom and creating life-long learners. Congratulations, Mrs.Cagle!
The growth framework for business showsseven different growth scenarios that thebusiness can choose to focus on when plan-ning growth: volume growth, idea and prod-uct growth, quality growth, network growth,market growth, income growth and finan-cial growth.
None of the seven scenarios can beentirely separated from the rest, but eachone of them has its own special focus thatcan help clarify what the business is cur-rently focusing on. For some businesses, allgrowth scenarios will be relevant. For oth-ers, it is best to focus on one scenario at atime as each one entails a series of largerdevelopment tasks that require resourcesand focus.
The crucial point in this framework isthat volume growth isn’t the only way togrow. Many businesses are more attractedto some of the other scenarios, and by fol-lowing these the business will naturallygrow in volume at the same time - or getcloser to this scenario later.
Please join us Wednesday, March 2ndfrom 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tennessee StateBank in Farragut for our nextGrowthWheel® training workshop, GrowthScenarios, presented by the TN SmallBusiness Development Center. We’ll assesswhich growth scenarios are attractive toyour business and begin developing anaction plan for reaching those scenarios.
To register for this free workshop visit ourwebsite at www.TSBDC.org or call our cen-ter at 865-246-2663.
by Tucker Scott
Quotes ‘n
Notes
President
Bettye Sisco
We can change the world when we changeourselves.
And the energy of our consciousness, like the energy of all light, continues intoeternity.
When there is light in the soul, there willbe beauty in the person.
When there is beauty in the person, therewill be harmony in the home.
When there is harmony in the home, therewill be order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation, therewill be peace in the world.
(Chinese Proverb)
Valerie Cagle –Teacher of the Year
First Community MortgageSandra Parsons855 Ebenezer RoadKnoxville, TN 37923www.purchasewithparsons.com
Justin Fee, Realtor – Coldwell BankerJustin Fee140 Major Reynolds PlaceKnoxville, TN 37919
Pure Romance by CorrineCorrine McMurtery814 Trent LaneKnoxville, TN 37922www.pureromancebycorrine.com
ShredPro Secure, LLCJonas Rice448 N. Cedar Bluff Road, Suite 336Knoxville, TN 37923www.shredprosecure.com
When the late Leo Buscaglia was askedwhat he wanted to be remembered forwhen his life was over, he replied, “I wantto be remembered as someobody wholived life fully and with passion. I’ve beenasked to wrie my epitaph and I havealways thought that the perfect one formy tombstone would be, ‘Here lies Leowho died living.’”
“I want to be remembered as one wholived with purpose and joy. I want tospend my time learning what goes into awhole and happy life, then building thatlife the best I can.”
Rothchild’s Catering and the Town of Farragut; Community Sponsors Mike BakerInsurance Consulting, NHC Assisted Living Farragut and Pinnacle Financial Partners;and Media Sponsor farragutpress.
For details on sponsorship, item donations, or tickets, contact the Chamber office at675-7057 or email [email protected].
Above: 2016 tabletop sponsors will be featured
front and center in the ballroom as in 2015.
Right: Student volunteersare an essential asset
to the event.
AuctionFrom page 3
Sociologist Tony Campolo told about astudy in which 50 people over the age of90 were asked to reflect upon their lives.“If you had to do it over again, whatwould you do differently?” There weremany answers, but three responses dom-inated. Here they are:
1. I would reflect more. Do you everfeel that too much time is spent in“doing,” and not enough spent thinkingabout what you are doing and why youare doing it?
2. I would risk more. Do you thinkthat important opportunities either havebeen or might be forfeited because ofyour fear to take a necessary risk?
3. I would do more things that wouldlive on after I was gone. Do you feel thatyou are immersed in something bigger andmore enduring than your own existence?
These are the things our elders say theywould do differently the second timearound. But why wait for a second timearound? Every new day is a second chance!
Reflect more today. Risk moretoday. Get involved with somethingthat makes a difference in this world.
