Marion County Chamber of Commerce presents its Wedding Expo from noon to 4 p.m. this Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the Jeffersonian Institute, 120 E. Austin St. Wonderful resources/vendors will be available for brides-to-be, and their families to plan and dream about their long-awaited day.  Florists, photographers, DJ’s, salon stylists,Continue Reading

The Marion County Chamber of Commerce is restarting their “Ambassador Club” program and needs your help. Members of the group: Greet Visitors Promote Local Businesses Participate in Special Events Welcome New Chamber Members Attend Ribbon Cuttings Network with Chamber Members The program started several years ago and had members dressedContinue Reading

The City Map Project (a joint effort on behalf of Tourism and the Chamber) is moving right along having held several working committee meetings gathering data for existing businesses (categories) and getting things ready for printing proposals.  Included in this project are cost estimates for downtown signage color coded locationsContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

Staff Reports The Jefferson City Council considered special event permits, a waiver of late water bill fees and the resignation of city secretary Doris Hines during their regular meeting Tuesday evening.  There was a bit of discussion regarding the special event permits for the Texas Sounds International Country Music AwardsContinue Reading

MCM celebrates first year  The Jefferson Jimplecute celebrates one year of new ownership this week.  This time last year, co-publishers Hugh Lewis and Austin Lewter partnered to form Marion County Media.  In doing so, they acquired the Jimplecute and married it with the online Marion County Herald.  “We’ve come aContinue Reading

Lunch and learn The Marion County Chamber of Commerce is hosting JPD Chief Tino Perez at noon Monday April 12, to discuss Crime Prevention and Awareness for your small business.  This event will be held in the front ballroom of the Jeffersonian Institute. Lunch will be provided. The event isContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

What started as a meeting to convey hope and togetherness, quickly turned contentious as a crowd of area residents packed the meeting room for last nights Jefferson City Council meeting, mostly all focused on the City’s ability and priority of supplying water to the proposed Moon Lake Estates development onContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

Council meeting reset due bad weather By V. Hugh Lewis, Jefferson Jimplecute UPDATE: Saturday, February 20, 8 a.m.: The Agenda Amended has been amended. Mayor Rob Baker informed the Jimplecute/Herald on Friday he was making two small changes to Tuesday’s Council meeting. The first is that Gene Keenon is unableContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

By V. Hugh Lewis, II, Jefferson Jimplecute Jefferson Convention and Visitors Bureau returned to regular meetings this week after a two month hiatus. Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) collections for the month of November were $16,059.96, while projected December totals of $14,452 will be up by $3,000 from 2019 figures. HOTContinue Reading

City of Jefferson

A marathon two hour Jefferson City Council meeting Tuesday night ultimately ended with three new stop signs going up, new election equipment being purchased and tabling of several items. New stop signs will be being installed at Dallas and Market, Henderson and Walnut and Walnut and Orleans streets, to helpContinue Reading