Chamber Connection For Nov. 21, 2019
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Lezley Brown Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 2019 has been a fast and furious year, and now here we sit preparing for Thanksgiving Day! The Friday after Thanksgiving is a day often referred to as Black Friday. It was named Black Friday because it described the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic that would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Many people...
Chamber Connection – Nov. 14, 2019
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce I’m excited to let you know that we have begun work on the 2020 Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Directory. We distribute over 7,000 of these directories to visitors, relocation hopefuls, and even hometown heroes who are interested in learning more about our local businesses. They include historical information as well all things to the see and do in...
Littlefield, Sears Named Grand Champion Hopkins County Stew Winners
2019 Hopkins County Stew Contest winners Top honors at this year’s Hopkins County Stew Contest, awarded Saturday, Oct. 26, for the first and only time in honor of the festival’s 50th anniversary, went to Steve Littlefield and Dwayne Sears. Grand Championship Grand Champion Hopkins County Stew Winners Steve Littlefield and Dwayne Sears This contest featured only previous first place super stew champions, competing for the...
Chamber Connection – Oct. 17, 2019
Lezley Brown By Lezley Brown, president/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The 50th Annual Hopkins County Stew Contest will be held at Buford Park on Saturday, Oct. 26th. Stew service will begin at 10:45 a.m., and quart sales begin at 11:30 a.m. Stew tickets are already on sale at all local banks and at the Chamber of Commerce. Tickets are All-You-Can-Eat Stew for $6 each. T-shirts will also be available for $15 each. I have some...
Chamber Connection For Sept. 5, 2019
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce We have a Stew deadline looking us in the eyeballs! Sept. 13 is the last day for cooks to enter and keep your stew site from 2018. All unreserved sites will be open to new cooks on Monday, Sept. 16, at 8 a.m. Forms have been mailed out, but if you need them, all forms are on our website at www.hopkinschamber.org, and we have them at the Chamber. So, all of you cooks...
Chamber Connection For Aug. 29, 2019
By Lezley Brown, President/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The 50th Anniversary of Stew Contest will be here before we know it! Cooks have begun reserving their spots, and it’s going to be quite a celebration. Just so you know, cook letters and entry forms have been mailed out. Your letter, if you cooked last year, should have arrived in the mail. However, if you need them, all forms are on our website at...
The Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Now at Home, Downtown
Lezley Brown President/CEO Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce According to Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Lezley Brown and Chamber Vice President Logan Vaughan, the new offices are ‘in a whirl’ of preparations for the annual World Champion Hopkins County Stew Cook-off’s special 50th Anniversary event! Their much anticipated move to new quarters at 110 Main Street has coincided with the final...
Chamber Connection – Aug. 22, 2019
By Lezley Brown, president/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce The 50th Anniversary of Stew Contest will be here before we know it! Cooks have begun reserving their spots, and it’s going to be quite a celebration. Just so you know, cook letters and entry forms have been mailed out. Your letter, if you cooked last year, should have arrived in the mail. However, if you need them, all forms are on our website at...
Chamber Connection for August 15, 2019
By Lezley Brown, president/CEO, Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce I’ve been waiting for this day for quite some time! It’s the day I get to tell you that we are officially moving into our new building at 110 Main Street in Sulphur Springs. We are excited to be in the middle of everything on Celebration Plaza. Come see us! Cook letters and entry forms have been mailed out for the 50th anniversary of the Stew Contest! Your letter, if...
Chamber Connection For Aug. 1, 2019
By Lezley Brown, president/CEO of Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Tonight is the night! The Chamber is hosting The Chamber Showcase, a night of networking that features Chamber members in Hopkins County, on Thursday, Aug. 1, at the Sulphur Springs Country Club. Booth space is already sold out, but we encourage you attend the event for $10 and enjoy the opportunity to do it all in one night … just imagine food show + exhibit hall +...
