Business

Brightly colored fragments of glass adorn the windows and fill the shelves of a new store in Midtown.

Dianna Love’s Glass, a stained glass maker, supply store and studio on Ruritan Road, opens today, Monday, May 4.

“We sell hobby supplies so if you need some glass for a project we have that. We have all the foils, lead came ―everything you need to do a project,” said Diana Love.

Love has been doing stained glass projects for 16 years professionally for different studios.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips have awarded $24,450 in Incumbent Worker Training Grants to Oak Ridge’s Protomet Corporation.

Incumbent Worker Training grants assist employers with upgrading skills to avoid layoffs.

“We have to make sure that we have the trained workforce to fill the jobs companies want to create in Tennessee, and these grants are a part of the effort to meet the demands of a very competitive marketplace,” Haslam said.

The name – Simply Sweet Bakery – doesn’t sound like a place I would normally go to write an “Out To Lunch” article.

Several folks have told me recently they enjoyed eating sandwiches, soups and salads (in addition to bakery items) at Simply Sweet Bakery’s new location in Harriman.

Owners Mike Borman and Brad Jones moved their bakery-eatery to the 431 N. Roane St. last November. The previous location was in Rockwood’s Gateway Center, near the driver’s license office.

The Cumberland Business Incubator on Roane State Community College’s Cumberland County campus will have a grand opening for its new Maker Space from 10 a.m. to noon CDT April 8.

The campus and Incubator are at 2569 Cook Road, Crossville.

A Maker Space provides the equipment and tools entrepreneurs need to develop prototype products.

The incubator received a $50,000 prize last fall to create the space. The prize was awarded through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund competition.