The Knoxville Chamber and WNOX-NewsTalk 100 recently announced the development of a monthly "Business Spotlight on the Balcony" radio program. A special business-focused Hallerin Hilton Hill Morning Show, the program will be broadcast once a month live from the Chamber's balcony overlooking Market Square.

The East Tennessee Purchasing Association (ETPA) announces the third annual, “Doing Business with Your Local Governments” Conference for Small Businesses. The Knoxville Chamber is pleased to be participating in this event.

Re-introducing East Tennessee favorites, like Kern’s Bread, Kay’s Ice Cream, and Terry’s Snacks, invites nostalgia, and increased profit-share for K-VA-T Food City. A classic favorite of many East Tennesseans for nearly 150 years, Kern’s Bread is now being exclusively produced by Food City. The market’s former number-one brand is produced at the bakery on Chapman Highway where Kern’s products were made for decades.

Claiborne Hauling Contractors, L.L.C. cut off potential headaches at the pass, before the pass was cut off.

“We opened our full-service west Knoxville terminal in March because of the massive SmartFIX40 construction project,” says Claiborne Hauling Executive Chris Etters. “We didn’t know if we’d run into non-stop traffic jams on the east side of town so we set up a separate office on the other side.”

The Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership is the umbrella affiliation of seven independent, business-service organizations. The participating organizations all are focused on helping businesses in the Knoxville area grow, succeed, and provide more jobs and an ever-increasing standard of living. The Partnership can also be thought of as the building on Market Square where all these organizations are housed, and therefore as the “one-stop shop” for business. The Knoxville Chamber is one of the partner organizations.

It’s summertime! It’s time for outdoor recreation, vacations, and time by the pool. But for some businesses it’s the busy season, and there’s no time for relaxing.

Are you looking for new employees? Do you want to encourage the next generation workforce to learn your field, or prepare for a career? The Knoxville Chamber is working hard to build a resource that will include information on available internship opportunities throughout the region.
The database features available training opportunities – internships, apprenticeships, co-ops and mentoring programs – in the region.

Over 200 Knoxville businesspeople, area educators, parents, students, and others attended the Workforce Development and Education Summit follow-up meeting sponsored by EdAmerica and South College. Knoxville Chamber Workforce Development and Education Manager Ahnna Estes helped organize the event, hosted by Innovation Valley, Inc. at Cokesbury United Methodist Center, designed to create action plans that will solve issues identified during March’s summit.

Knoxville, TN (Thursday, June 5, 2008) – Today, Knoxville Chamber member Food City announced that customers will soon see the return of Lay’s Meats, an all-time regional favorite to the shelves of their retail supermarkets.

Innovation Valley Inc. will host a follow-up meeting to the March Workforce Development and education Summit, on Tuesday June 10th at the Cokesbury United Methodist Center. This meeting will provide a forum for the community to discuss and adopt action plans to address the challenges that were identified at the March Summit. To register or for more information please contact Ahnna Estes, 865-246-2658.