Two Sundays ago, a small group of White Hall Chamber of Commerce members and others gathered at city hall to present an unsuspecting John Badgley with the 2022 W.F. "Jack" Moody Award.
While most have a vague notion that White Hall is experiencing unprecedented growth, Grant Oliver counts rooftops, pays attention to school district ratings and crime stats, peers over traffic and water meter counts, watches commercial growth patterns and notes the unavailability of empty warehouse space.
After two years of canceled public events because of the covid-19 pandemic, the White Hall Chamber of Commerce is getting back to business. It's not the old normal, but members are moving cautiously into a new post-pandemic world.