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At its regular meeting on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, the Eutaw City Council approved a ‘Job Fair’ for Love’s Truck Stop to be held at the Community Center, in the old Carver High School, on October 16,17, and 18.
Love’s is planning to open its Truck Stop and Travel Center on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at the Interstate 40 exit on Highway 20/59. Mayor Steele said the company is still looking for employees for the restaurant and tire shop. The facility will include three eating places: Hardees, Chester’s Chicken and Godfather’s Pizza.
Love’s plans to operate 24/7 and needs 60 to 70 full and part time workers to operate. Representatives of Love’s will be present next week to receive resumes and hold interviews with people needing a job.
The Eutaw City Council approved a proclamation honoring Head Start Awareness Month and the local program sponsor Community Service Programs of West Alabama.
The Council tabled a number of issues and placed them on the agenda for its October 15 Work Session. These items included: pay adjustments for city employees, a promissory note with the Greene County IDA for funds loaned for several projects, and a budget for the coming fiscal year. Councilman Joe Lee Powell said the City Council Finance Committee would meet after the Working Session on October 15 to discuss these issues.

The Council also postponed action on demolishing a dilapidated house at 116 Park Street until City Attorney Zane Willingham can do more research on this matter. The Council also postponed action on a DOT Rebuild Alabama Act grant to refurbish West End Avenue until the Mayor provides an estimate of engineering costs for the project.
The grant does not require any matching funds from the City but does require the City to provide for the cost of engineering plans and specifications.
The Council asked the City Attorney to develop an advertisement for bids, to be placed in both newspapers, for repairing the streets in King Village, for approval at the next meeting.
Councilman Bennie Abrams announced that the Greene County Fire Association would hold its annual awards banquet on Friday, October 11 at 7:00 PM at the Carver Community Center gymnasium. Tickets are still available for this event.
In the public comments section of the meeting, Darlene Robinson reported that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and that the Deep South Community Cancer Network, in conjunction with UAB Medical School was working at the grassroots level to help people to get testing and screening for early detection of all types of cancers.

Last week a group of Eutaw and Greene county civic and community leaders toured the Love’s Travel Stop construction site.
Construction of the truckstop and travel store at Exit 40 on Interstate 20 and 59, is more than 80% complete with a projected opening date of late September or early October.

The Love’s truckstop has room for 87 trucks to park and spend time, a tire store, and a travel shop including three food franchises. The site, which will operate 24/7, is projected to provide 43 new jobs for people in the surrounding area.
Jack Ashworth with the construction company conducted the tour for about 20 Greene County leaders. Ashworth says, “We have mostly completed the outside of our store building, gas islands for the store and truckers, spaces for the food franchises, access roads and parking lot. We have installed six – 20,000 gallon gas tanks and three – 30,000 gallon tanks to handle the fuel needs of the customers.”
Ashworth took the group on a tour of the inside facilities in the Travel Store. He showed the areas for the three food franchises, including Hardees, Chesters Chicken and Godfathers Pizza. Hardees will have a drive through window on the south end of the building. The three franchises have an interconnected kitchen, food preparation and cold storage area.
Ashworth also showed the trucker’s showers and restrooms, which will be available to truckers parking to stop to rest at the site. He indicated that most of the equipment in the store and food franchises still had to be installed.
Ashworth indicates that Love’s generally sends an experienced general manager to the site about a month ahead of opening to complete set up of the store and hire staff.
People interested in a job at the Love’s Travel Stop in Eutaw can go to http://www.loves.com and sign up for a job at the Careers Section of the website. There is also a website, http://www.Loves.localjobster.com where you can sign up for the coming jobs with the company.
You can also let the Greene County Industrial Development Authority at http://www.gcida.uwa.edu, know that you are seeking employment with Love’s and other potential employers coming to Greene County.

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Eutaw City Council approves Job Fair for Love’s Truck Stop at Carver Center, Oct. 16, 17 and 18