Food City to hold hiring event for posts
Food City will hold a hiring event on Wednesday as the grocer continues to expand and hire 1,200 employees.
The company will hold the event at all of its Food City locations and its distribution center from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Interested candidates also can apply online at FoodCity.com.
Food City has cited the opening of several new store locations and expansions this year along with the growth of its GoCart curbside pick-up and in-store food service options.
Open positions include both entry-level and experienced, skilled positions such as meat cutter, cake decorator, and retail management, as well as various warehousing/distribution posts, including truck drivers.
Food City is a family owned and operated company that offers a benefits package including health care coverage with medical and dental plans, 401(k) with a 3% company match, vacation accrual, vision coverage, and company paid life and disability plans, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Restart of CIVIQ speaker series set
CIVIQ, the speaker series from the Chattanooga Design Studio honoring Robert Taylor, will resume on Thursday, July 22, with an event at the Camp House, 806 East 12th St
It will feature Erika Roberts, local artist and creative strategist, and Rhae Parkes, urban planner from EJP Consulting in Washington, D.C.
They will discuss the challenges and rewards of meaningful engagement, drawing on lessons from the field nationwide and in Chattanooga.
CIVIQ began in 2018 as a quarterly speaker series to bring notable designers, architects, planners, and engineers to Chattanooga for frank and honest discussions about development trends happening around the country and in our community.
"We're excited to bring back CIVIQ because it gives Chattanoogans a chance to talk with each other about how we can work together to design and develop the future of Chattanooga," said Chattanooga Design Studio Executive Director Eric Myers.
Nokian Tyres sponsors Summer Nights program
Nokian Tyres, which has a tire production factory in Dayton, Tennessee, is sponsoring a weekly concert series in downtown Dayton that takes place each Friday night in July, hosted by the Rhea Heritage Foundation.
The upcoming concert will be Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Dayton town square.
Nokian, which employs about 300 people, opened its $360 million Southeast Tennessee facility opened in fall 2019. Nokian plans to hire about 400 employees by 2023. Officials eventually want to make as many as 4 million tires per year at the facility.
- Compiled by Mike Pare