It’s a good thing Gerry Purcell is fired up; he’s got a big job ahead of him.
Purcell recently accepted the executive director position at the Wetumpka Area Chamber of Commerce and this summer will launch the chamber’s business incubator facility on East Bridge Street. His goals include doubling the chamber’s social media coverage, offering business-coaching services to members, perhaps launching a healthcare fair to help people navigate recent changes to the system and making the most of recent StreetScape and MainStreet designations downtown. That’s a tall order for someone who three years ago had never heard of Wetumpka, Alabama.
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 expected.
* WHERE...Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay,
Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar,
Marion, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter,
Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston Counties.
* WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 9 AM CST Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
To prevent freezing and possible bursting of pipes they should be
wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly.
Those that have in ground sprinkler systems should drain them and
cover above ground pipes to protect them from freezing.
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