Community members are invited to a “CEO Luncheon: Learning from Community Members” with a focus on African American leaders at noon Tuesday, Feb. 22, at F&M Bank, 1002 S. Virginia St.
Betsy Bond, executive director of the United Way of the Pennyrile, will moderate a panel discussion with three local leaders — Minority and Economic Development Initiative Inc. executive director Henry Snorton III, Mayor Wendell Lynch and Candra Barnett, of Pennyrille Children’s Advocacy Center.
The Christian County Chamber of Commerce provides the CEO luncheon series. Hopkinsville Community College and MEDI Inc., are co-sponsors of the African American leaders luncheon.
Reservations should be made online. The cost, which includes a lunch, is $10. The venue, F&M Bank, recently opened in the Forbes Place building at 10th and Virginia streets.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
