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In 1997, County Executive Bill Harmon, Dunlap Mayor George Wagner, and several businessmen in the city and county decided to organize a chamber of commerce.
From the beginning, the new Sequatchie County-Dunlap Chamber of Commerce enjoyed the support of local business and the community. Citizens Tri County Bank, which owned the old Tom Mosley Service Station, agreed to lease the property to the Chamber. The bank received no compensation other than the waiver of real estate taxes during the period. The county, city, and local citizens agreed to pay for renovating the building, which was completed and dedicated in 1999. There was no debt toward the building when it was completed, so the Chamber had no mortgage or rent payments to make. (more…)
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Summerville-Dorchester County Community Profile
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Summerville acquired its name because plantation owners and Charleston residents escaped to the region’s pine forests and dry, sandy ridges to avoid summer’s scorching temperatures, swamp fevers, and insects. Summerville’s climate gained worldwide attention in the late 1800s when physicians attending The Tuberculosis Congress in Paris named the town one of the two best areas in the world for the cure of lung and throat diseases. Several inns and vacation homes sprang up to accommodate those seeking the cure. The region’s Pine Forest Inn served as something of a winter White House for Presidents William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. (more…)