September 16, 2022 - Rae Sterling has moved to the downtown square! We are excited to have this great business on the square. Please join the Ambassadors in celebrating Kaleigh’s new location on Friday, September 16th at 11am.
Kaleigh Jones, owner of Rae Sterling, has a wonderful selection of stylish clothes in all sizes at very affordable prices. You can find fashion tee shirts, denim, leggings, dresses, great tops, sweaters and accessories at her shop.
September 14, 2022 (Entry Form) - The 46th Annual East Poultry Festival Open Photography Show will be held at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center located at 117 Cora Street, Octob
August 29, 2022 - This month marks the 21st Anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Across the United States, cities, towns, communities large and small and college campuses have been honoring the nearly 3,000 victims of this horrible tragedy by placing 3,000 flags in public spaces.
On Thursday, September 8th, the NextGen group, along with area Junior Chamber of Commerce students will place 3,000 on the historic courthouse lawn.
August 23, 2022 - The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce recently announced the East Texas Poultry Festival will be October 6-8 on the historic downtown square. One of several preliminary festivities is the Queen's Court Scholarship Pageant. The reigning East Texas Poultry Festival Queens, Emilee Elliott and Carly Gray, will crown the 2022 Poultry Festival Queen on Saturday, October 1 on stage at Center High School.
August 23, 2022 - The deadline to apply for an Arts and Crafts vendor booth at the 46th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival, sponsored by Farmers State Bank, is Friday, August 26. The festival will take place October 6-8 on the historic downtown Center Square. Limited spaces are still available and the applications are being accepted at the Shelby County Chamber office. Gold Sponsors for the Festival are Badders Law Firm, City of Center, Pilgrims Pride and Tyson Foods.
August 18, 2022 - The Chamber of Commerce Health Care Committee is hosting the August Lunch and Learn on Wednesday, August 24th at noon at the AgriLife Extension Office. The guest speaker for August will be Amelia Commander, Director of Business Development for Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital.
August 11, 2022 - A New Member Ribbon Cutting is scheduled for the Shelby County Family Life Center on Saturday, August 13th at 9:30am to show off the new facility. The community is invited to attend.
The Shelby County Family Life Center was built with the purpose to better develop our community by offering a wide selection of after school activities for our youth and a number of adult programs.