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Promoters of  business in


                                           Bedford County





                                     We asked the Chamber of Commerce board members what makes
                                              Bedford County a great place to do business.


                               JudGe m. Wyatt burk,                                  mike rittenberry,
                               circuit court JudGe                                   President & ceo, PeoPLes
                               In my opinion, the best thing about                   bank of middLe tennessee
                               doing business in bedford county                      the best thing about doing
                               is it provides my family and me the                   business in bedford county is that
                               opportunity to contribute to the                      we are a relatively small, close-
                               success of those with whom we live,                   knit community where we know
                               work, and worship.  It gives me                       practically all of our customers very
                               great pleasure to witness small                       well, and we are also located close
              businesses flourish within our community.            enough to larger cities which makes it convenient and easy
                                                                   to enjoy the amenities offered by a larger metropolitan area.
                                   tad craiG,

                            craiG & WheeLer                                            don embry,
                           reaLty and auction                            suPerintendent of bedford
                  Doing business in bedford county                                 county schooLs
                 is great for a number of reasons. we                 the best thing about doing business
                 are centrally located within the state                 in bedford county is that your tax
                    and our proximity to nashville is                    dollars stay in bedford county in
               within an hour as well as only minutes                  order to help fund and support our
                from murfreesboro (one of the fastest                   local school system along with the
                  growing communities in the state)And these cities have so   other county government agencies.
                 much growth it’s rolling south towards shelbyville. Another
               strong point is we are a smaller town and gives so much room          daWn hobbs,
                       for positive growth in many business opportunities.
                                                                                     camPus faciLitator
                                                                                     tennessee coLLeGe of aPPLied
                               michaeL Watson,                                       technoLoGy
                               President and chief executive                         I like doing business in bedford
                               officer, duck river eLectric                          county for two reasons…..the tax
                               membershiP corPoration                                dollars stay here in bedford county
                               Doing business in bedford county                      to help support services offered in
                               is easy because the leadership of the                 our community and local business
                               county is accessible and they are   owners offer a “personal touch” when you walk in their
                               business friendly.                  business.  It makes me proud to be a citizen of bedford
                                                                   county to work with friendly faces in our community.
                               Laura Gentry,
                President, Wartrace chamber                                            Josh Lynch,
                                of commerce                                 united communications
                    bedford county is such a great                   we love running a business in bedford
               place to live and to do business. there              county because we believe in the value
                is such a strong sense of community                    of personal relationships.  we see a
                here.  people are friendly, honest and                 lot of opportunity for our company
                   hardworking and they go to great                  with the evolving need for technology
                   lengths to help you succeed. we                   and connectivity in under-served rural
                  are very fortunate that the county                   communities paired with the urban
                   has numerous resources which offer guidance for new   sprawl happening in nashville. the wonderful thing about
                 entrepreneurs and support and growth opportunities for   providing services in small town is the power of making
                                          established businesses.            decisions the good old-fashioned way, face to face.
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