Bradley County Chamber of Commerce board of directors held its first meeting of the year Monday at Bradley County Economic Development Corp. with new Chairman Ron St. John presiding.
Also present were board members James Wells, Estephany Roman, Jane Harris, Ana Angeles, Kim Forrest and Brooke Hatch, and Executive Director Terrie White.
Top photo: New members were seated on the Bradley County Chamber of Commerce board of directors Monday. Shown, from left, are Estephany Roman, Ana Angeles, Chairman Ron St. John, Brooke Hatch and Treasurer are Harris. Not pictured are James Wells, Kim Forrest and Executive Director Terrie White. Photo by Tim Kessler.
Visitors included Terrie Mahanes and Ricky Rodriguez of AHF, and Jim Houston, a real estate agent who recently moved to Warren after a 35-year career in operations management including overseas.
St. John appointed Julie Hamilton as special events chairwoman, with a committee to be set up, and Denisa Pennington as chairwoman of either the fundraising or bylaws committees, with those committees to be set up.
White explained that a request of $20,000 from Warren City Council was denied primarily because of an old law that said city municipalities cannot fund or support other agents for economic development. The Chamber board agreed to approach Mayor Gregg Reep about amending the city budget to provide funding for Chamber activities other than economic development.
A motion was approved to continue memberships in Arkansas Economic Developers-Chamber Executives and the Downtown Network.
A proposal from Luke Hudson to provide direct payment processing services was rejected.