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The Chamber’s 2022 Workforce NOW Summit was held on November 18 at Calhoun Community College. Keynote speaker, Nick Moore, director of Governor Kay Ivey’s Office of Education and Workforce Transformation, discussed the growing trend of skills-based hiring in the workplace. Skills-based hiring allows employers to develop skills-based job descriptions that can be matched directly to…
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(NASA News Release) Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from…
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(News Release) – On November 15, Calhoun Community College and the Gene Haas Foundation hosted its building renaming and official ribbon cutting ceremony for the College’s new Gene Haas Center for Advanced Manufacturing. The building renaming and renovations were made possible by a $550,000 grant that was presented to the College last spring from the…
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On November 15, the Chamber hosted a groundbreaking for the four-story, 230-space Decatur Parking Garage that will be located at the intersection of Moulton Street and First Avenue in downtown. It will also have retail space. Earlier this year, the Decatur City Council approved a contract with Fite Building Company to build the parking…
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Thanks to all who participated in our Federal Public Policy Agenda meeting on November 10. The one-hour meeting led by the Public Policy Committee provided the opportunity to review the 2022 agenda and suggest updates and revisions for the 2023 edition. The meeting focused on state issues was held on October 20 in the Contractor…
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SmartAsset ranked the Decatur, AL Metro No. 2 on the list of 2022 Best Places to Work in Manufacturing. To determine the Top 25 Places to Work in Manufacturing, SmartAsset analyzed nearly 400 metro areas across topics such as manufacturing employment, income and cost of living. According to SmartAsset, 27% of the workforce in the…
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(News Release) Calhoun Community College is excited to invite the public to attend its annual Veterans Day Celebration Program on November 10, at 10:00 a.m. in the Health Sciences Building, room 109 on the Decatur Campus. The event is free and refreshments will be served. “Veterans Day is one of those holidays we would be…
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On November 3, Singing River Trail celebrated its new Mooresville headquarters with a ribbon tying ceremony to recognize the partnership with the McCrary family, owners of 1818 Farms and celebrating the joint effort to connect our communities. Singing River Trail is now calling Mooresville home base thanks to a generous Limestone County family. The McCrary…
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The Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, along with the Morgan County Commission, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 7 to mark the official opening of Morgan County Service Center – East Located at 62 Guyer Cove Road in Somerville, the facility houses satellite offices for the revenue commissioner’s office and the license commissioner’s office.…
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On Thursday, November 3, the Chamber hosted its annual State of Education forum featuring Athens State University President Dr. Philip Way, Calhoun Community College President Dr. Jimmy Hodges, Decatur City Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Douglas, Hartselle City Schools Director of Operations Rocky Smith, Morgan County Schools Assistant Superintendent Tracie Turrentine and moderator Scott Mayo, Executive…
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