Dyersburg, TN

Just a few days ago, I interviewed David Hayes(President of Security Bank). In that interview David stated that Security Bank is on sound financial footing and they believe in the strength and vitality of Dyersburg!

Yesterday, Security Bank was featured on the front page of the local paper(State Gazette). The article states that Security Bank has taken a bold step into the future by the investment they just made in the recent renovation of its main branch.

Security Bank's main street location was the former Cordell Hull Hotel. This hotel was built in the 1940's and named after the Tennessee politician "Cordell Hull". Cordell Hull served as the 47th U.S. Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt, earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and was known as "the father of the United Nations".

The bank president David Hayes was praised for this renovation but he quickly stated," I do believe a good leader just gets out of the way. Hayes went on to praise the directors and many others who shared in this dream and helped make it come true.

With all the talk on the news about the massive bailout of Wall Street, I decided to interview David Hayes(CEO & president of Security Bank in Dyersburg,Tennessee).

David is (IMO) one of the sharpest financial guys you will ever meet. Perhaps he needs to go to Washington and straighten out this mess!

I gave David a list of questions that the people of Dyersburg,Tennessee would ask concerning the local and national banking systems.

First of all Security Bank is a very strong and stable bank. We have
money to loan and have not been directly affected by the national
financial problems. You can check your banks rating here: www.bankrate.com.

Our customers and prospects should NOT be concerned because if they want to discuss
anything I am just a short phone call or visit away.

The Washington/Wall Street mess has caused all of us to be concerned and
have sleepless nights not knowing what the future of our country will
bring. As I type this I just received word that the "Bailout Bill" had
passed and will be signed by the President today. What does that mean-as
much as I hate to see the government involved in such a plan it was the
only choice we had. We did not get into this type of problem overnight
and will not get out overnight. America has some of the brightest mind
in the word but we should have seen this coming. We need to be careful
with the continued concentration of financial resources into the hand of
a few institutions.

Let's just pray that the plan works and allows the larger companies in
the world to have access to credit just like those on Main Street have
access.

The commissioner(Matt Kisber) of the Tennessee Department of Economics and Community Development just awarded the city of Dyersburg the prestigious Three-Star certification. "This designation is a sign of Dyersburg-Dyer County's hard work and I am proud to offer my congratulations," said Kisber. "Strong community development is the basis for sustainable economic growth and dyer county has demonstrated their committment to improvement by accepting and meeting Three-Star's challenging requirements.

A picture of Dyersburg-Dyer County accepting this award and a full story can be seen here.

I received a call yesterday about property here in Dyersburg. This lady lives in Jonesboro,Arkansas and she was calling to try to help her daughter and family relocate here to Dyersburg,Tennessee 38024.

We discussed a piece of property then I asked her why she called me. She stated that she found me on the internet. I told her I have a lot of websites and would like to know which one exactly she found me on.

She then stated she could not remember but did remember the word "localism". After telling her what the site looks like she said she was sure that is the place.

I have 3 websites and 3 outside blogs in addition to my Activerain blog. She found me on Activerain's localism site. Localism is definitely impressive to the search engines and I plan to continue pouring fresh information into localism!

Today I went to the Chamber of Commerce for a luncheon. The President of the chamber(Alan Hestor) discussed with the group the new spec building under construction in Dyersburg. The Memphis business Journal wrote a recent article about this project.

Other deals are in the making for Dyersburg including 3 different companies looking at the former building owned by Bekaert Steel.

We also discussed the river port under construction near Tiptonville,Tn and the impact it will have on Dyersburg,Tn.

Dyersburg is on the move and in position to really grow and prosper!