Business

Enrichment Federal Credit Union began serving members in Roane County in January 1978.

In 2012, Enrichment made a new commitment to providing exceptional service to its membership and designed a Service Guarantee.

The credit union’s goal is to help members save money on their financial services and assist them in using products that will make their lives easier.

Enrichment Federal Credit Union’s Extraordinary Service Guarantee states:

All of Tennessee’s 95 counties reported decreased unemployment rates in April, according to figures released late last month by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Roane County, the state and national jobless rates were 5.9 percent in April.

For the county, that’s a decrease of 1.1 percent.

Tennessee’s unemployment rate was down by 1.2 percent from March, and the U.S. rate was down by 0.9 percent.

A free workshop addressing U.S. General Services Administration schedule contract training will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 11 in Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.

The Oak Ridge Chamber is at 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

The workshop will be presented by The Tennessee Small Business Development Center at Roane State Community College, in partnership with the University of Tennessee, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the GSA.

GSA purchases a broad range of  goods and services for the federal government.

Proton Power is the 2014 Industry of the Year for Roane County.

The Roane County Industrial Development Board presented the award last week during the annual Roane County Industry Appreciation Breakfast on the main campus of Roane State Community College.

“I have been amazed at just what is being accomplished right here [in Roane County] that is having an enormous impact on the world around us,” said The Roane Alliance President and CEO Wade Creswell.