Malia Riggs
Elmore Autauga News
The Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the monthly Chamber luncheon, sponsored by BWS Technologies, at the Marriott Legends. The luncheon was from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
The luncheon for December was sponsored by BWS Technologies, which is a local company that provides computer and network support and website development. A member of the team, Jeremy Jackson, spoke on behalf of BWS Technologies at the luncheon about the company, what they do and benefits of local business in the Prattville community.
“We provide walk-in services for computers, phones and many other things. If it plugs in, give us a call, and we’d be happy to point you in the right direction,” Jeremy Jackson said.
Chairman of the Prattville Area Chamber of Commerce Lisa Miller noted the platinum, gold and silver sponsors of the Chamber and also thanked the elected officials such as Prattville Mayor Bill Gillespie, Millbrook Councilman Jimmy Harris and Prattville County Commissioner and Chairman Jay Thompson as well as other members of the community in attendance.
The guest speaker for the December luncheon was the Director of Economic Development for the City of Prattville Bryant Whaley. Whaley shared an extremely informative presentation on the economic happenings for the city.
Whaley had numerous statistics, graphics and numbers about the development of Prattville throughout his presentation. Whaley even stated that he’s a stats guy.
“I know I work for Prattville, but we need the areas around us to do well, too. Because if they don’t do well, we can’t do well. We all work together. We need Montgomery to do well, I want Millbrook to do well. In fact, the Publix in Millbrook is closer to my house than the one in Prattville,” Whaley said with a chuckle.
“But in all seriousness, when a prospect comes to your city and puts a pin down to see about the work force and people coming, they don’t ask how many come from Millbrook, they don’t ask how many are coming from Clanton and so forth. We need the areas around us to do well, because that helps us succeed as well,” Whaley said.
