The Sequatchie County-Dunlap Chamber of Commerce has received a computer workstation that includes Skype, enabling students to interact through computer video from the Tennessee Small Business Development Center. The Chamber has established an office for the computer in the chamber building at 13 Rankin Ave. N. Schedules and information will be available in a few weeks.
The Annual Bluegrass Festival will be held Friday-Saturday, June 4-5, at the Dunlap Coke Ovens. On Friday, the festival starts at 6 p.m. and on Saturday it starts at 1 p.m. Limited rough camping will be available with some having electrical hookups. For more information, call 423-949-3483 or 423-949-2294.
A Summer Craft Fair will be held on Saturday, June 5, at the Sequatchie County Rescue Squad building 513 Rankin Ave. The event runs from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. CDT. For more information, call 423-949-2351.
The Chamber’s Sequatchie Leadership Class enjoyed its final session on May 19. The class received information from several speakers for the session, which focused on state government agencies. There were 14 students that graduated and received framed certificates.
Members in one of the leadership projects announced that they had collected more than $900 and presented it to the Sequatchie County Library. The total project will provide books for more than 400 children.
The Chamber is now planning its new Leadership Class for 2010-2011, which will begin in September. Anyone interested in being part of the class should notify the chamber office at 949-7608.
E-mail Winston Pickett at sequatchie@bledsoe.net