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Business Pulse- IDB works to help county flourish
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Angela Lynn Photography The Industrial Development Board of McMinnville - Warren County is instrumental in helping recruit new industry to the area. Warren County leaders gathered at a ribbon-cutting event in Morrison on Jan. 12 to welcome one such company, South Korean adhesive manufacturing company Unitech, to the Mountain View Industrial Park. Pictured, from left, are Commissioner Brad Hillis, IDB Executive Director Wendy Sneed, Commissioner Chris Rippy, Commissioner Scott Kelly, Commissioner Carlene Brown, Executive Terry Bell, Unitech Chairman Seoung-Ho Lee, TNECD Commissioner Stuart McWhorter, Morrison Mayor Sue Anderson, IDB Secretary/Treasurer Ryan Lorance, IDB Director and Ben Lomand Connect GM/CEO Greg Smartt, IDB Director Scot McDonald, IDB Past-Chair Jenny Nafrada, Chamber of Commerce Chair CK Cayce and Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Melissa Mullins. Not pictured are Commissioner Gary Prater, Executive Chief of Staff Jason Hillis, Morrison Alderman Jeanine Miller, Morrison Alderman Donald Miller, Morrison Alderman William Dillard and Commissioner Steve Glenn.
A little over a year into her role with the Industrial Development Board of McMinnville - Warren County, I recently caught up with IDB Executive Director Wendy Sneed to see how things are going. The IDB is an important component to the Warren County business community. The board is tasked with retaining current companies and attracting new ones to come to our area to provide jobs and to help the county flourish.