Upper Cumberland Business Journal

01/28/2025

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Company gives website support, Google business strategies along with social media guidance Privy Clear, LLC (PC) recently held a ribbon cutting at the Biz Foundry in Cookeville. It was the first ribbon cutting of 2025 for the Cookeville–Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. “Today we hosted our fir...

01/28/2025

IRS begins accepting returns today. Check it out! 👀

Taxpayers have many options for help The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2025 tax filing season today and is accepting and processing federal individual tax year 2024 returns. During today’s early morning opening, IRS systems have already received millions of tax returns from across the natio...

01/28/2025

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Pictured above – Tech student Sahera Abumariam won first place in her category for her research on microplastics in wastewater treatment plants. The annual meeting draws participants from around the United States Tennessee Tech graduate students Sahera Abumariam and Shafieh Karami recently represe...

01/28/2025

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Store carries locally handmade items and repurposed, one-of-a-kind clothing Blooming Farm and Apparel (BFA) is hosting a grand opening this Saturday, Feb. 1. “Make plans now to come see us,” said BFA management in a statement. The apparel store that focuses on “Tee-shirts with a faith or rusti...

01/28/2025

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Company to transform from a small, custom supplier of products to North America’s largest vinyl record compound manufacturer Wedlake Industries (WI), a custom PVC compounder based in Hohenwald since 2002, officials announced today the company will expand its manufacturing operations in Hohenwald. ...

01/27/2025

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“There’s a lot of history within this business and much stuff to work through.” – Owner Mills Rogers In early 2024, Appliance Mart (AM) at 749 S Jefferson Avenue in Cookeville went up for sale following its closure after the death of owner Keith Alred and retirement of his wife, Lucille. AM ...

01/27/2025

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Consumers can focus on ways they can better protect themselves from the growing problem of identity theft The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Securities Division is highlighting Identity Theft Awareness Week (Jan. 27 – Jan. 31, 2025) to help Tennessee consumers avoid identi...

01/27/2025

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Program and supports Governor Lee’s priorities of job creation and economic growth in rural areas Homestead Distilling Co. in Cumberland County and Mid-South Reproductive Services in Overton County are two of 19 businesses benefiting from the latest round of Agricultural Enterprise Fund (AEF) awar...

01/24/2025

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Along with tax preparation, the company also offers bookkeeping and more 931 Tax, a tax preparation company, has officially opened its doors in Sparta. Owner and local county commissioner John Dakota White says everyone within the business is excited about the community’s response. “Since prepar...

01/24/2025

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Commission has also barred Wright from association with any broker Donald Anthony Wright, a Cookeville financial advisor and his firm, Retirement Specialty Group Inc. (RSG), were barred from the securities industry by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday. Wright was charged in 2024....

01/24/2025

ICYMI: Baskin Robbins opening soon in Algood https://www.ucbjournal.com/baskin-robbins-algood-announces-opening-date

01/24/2025

The future! Check it out! 👀 Cookeville Regional Medical Center

Pictured above – Photo: Dr. Powell on the da Vinci robotic surgical system before surgery Dr. Timothy Powell, a cardiothoracic surgeon at CRMC, has successfully completed his first coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery using the “state-of-the-art da Vinci robotic surgical system” January...

01/24/2025

Bridgestone plant closing READ MORE: https://www.ucbjournal.com/report-bridgestone-plant-closing/

01/24/2025

New toy store opening in Livingston READ MORE: https://www.ucbjournal.com/new-toy-store

01/24/2025

Flatrock in Cumberland County has the face of the organization adn it happens to be a Daytona 500 winner. Big get. Check it out! 👀 Trevor Bayne Flatrock Motorsports Park

The multi-race winner across numerous series to serve as head pro and ambassador for Tennessee motorsports facility Trevor Bayne knows what it takes to be successful. In 2011, the Knoxville native sped his way to victory at Nascar’s biggest race, the Dayton 500. Now he will headline what the newly...

01/23/2025

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December’s rate of 3.6% is one-half of a percentage point less than national rate In a year that saw three consecutive months of record-low unemployment, Tennessee ended 2024 with an unemployment rate well below the U.S. rate, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce ...

01/23/2025

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Pictured above – Students enjoy the outdoor spaces surrounding Tennessee Tech’s new Ashraf Islam Engineering Building. The state-of-the-art, 100,000-square-foot academic building opened its doors in fall 2024. Salaries outpace the state average by more than $10,000 Tennessee Tech University is r...

01/23/2025

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Federal agency charges grocery retailer with refusing to schedule employee with disabilities after she requested accommodation and complained of discrimination The Kroger Co., a food and drug retailer, violated federal law when an Atlanta Kroger store discriminated against an employee because of her...