If you own and operate a business in 29016, you really should consider joining the Blythewood Buiness Coalition. Eventually we will turn into a Chamber of commerce, and this is one of goals for 2005 - and like a chamber, we exist to help each other and our community as a whole. Each year we pool our resources, solicit sponsors and host the Blythewood Christmas parade. In 2004 the sponsors affored this event to be free to the parade entrants and funded 3 one thousand dollar scholarships we gave out in May of 2005. This year we intend to do the same thing - except bigger and better.

We meet monthly on the second Tuesday at Southern Pig BBQ at 7:30am for breakfast. Usually a speaker presents on a subject that has an impact on local area businesses, or we use the meeting as a working session to plan our community events and scholarship program.

Each year we offer scholarships to college bound high school seniors. These scholarship have been offered in years past for $1000 per recipient uo to $1500 per recipient.

In 2005 we offered 3 scholarships at $1000 each to
Katherine Snipes, Erin Busbee and Bonna Bass from nine applicants. The awards were made based on applications in which three judges assessed the Need, Scholastic Achievent, and personal Involvement