Lewis County Herald News

Hohenwald, Lewis County was among eight rural communities in Tennessee selected as part of a pilot program for economic growth.  The program, Creating a Rural Entrpreneurial System also known as CREST, is designed to assist in the transformation of local economies.

The University of Tennessee Extension, the UT Institute for Public Service and the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development will partner in helping the communities develop key components of entrepreneurship and small business development.

The election of a new slate of directors for the Hohenwald Lewis County Chamber of Commerce is planned for April and the current Board will present amendments to the membership affecting that election within a few weeks.

At the February 9, 2010 meeting of the Board of Directors, a vote was taken to propose specific changes to the by-laws that would limit the number of directors to nine plus four ex-officio members.  The proposed change reads, “ There shall be a maximum of nine members elected to the Board of Directors of the organization to serve for a term of three years.”

“What keeps you awake at night?”  Risks, for company owners, may be high on the list, guest speaker Chester Darden told the Hohenwald Lewis County Chamber of Commerce last week.

The number of teachers in Tennessee public school systems will not keep up with future demand, forcing school systems to look elsewhere, including out of state, to find teachers to educate the state’s growing population of school-age children.