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The Better Business Bureau of Middle Tennessee celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year.
In 1961, Southwestern, along with 509 other Middle Tennessee businesses pledged $50,200 for the first year’s operating budget for the new charter of incorporation for a Better Business Bureau as approved by the Tennessee Secretary of State.
Southwestern’s name came up several additional times during the ceremony in addition to the recognition. Earlier in the year, Southwestern presented the BBB of Middle Tennessee with the original framed charter from 1961. The replica made for Southwestern was printed on the commemorative program. It also turns out the keynote speaker, Clifton Lambreth, was a three-summer alumni of the Southwestern summer sales program. Lambreth is a long-time Ford Motor Company employee who has written two books, Ford and the American Dream and Return to Greatness, Driving the American Dream.
Southwestern is an accredited member of the BBB of Middle Tennessee and maintains an A+ rating. We appreciate the work the Better Business Bureau does for businesses and consumers in our community.
