Morning Brief: Hamilton Co. Schools Forum, Etowah Distillery, & Automation Costs Jobs

(WDEF) What would you like the Hamilton County School system to do when it comes to hiring a new Superintendent of Schools? That’s the question being asked at a public forum tonight. Community members will be asked to express their ideas to help repair the school system. That meeting takes place at New Covenant Fellowship Church on Moore Road at 6pm.

Etowah will soon be home to a distillery. The City Commission reversed an earlier vote and decided to allow Hillborn Distillery to set up shop downtown. The distillery will feature a store front with a glass window that shows the production process. There will also be walk-in retail shop.

A report released by the state of Tennessee suggests that nearly one-and a half million people are at risk of losing their jobs to automation. Economic Development Commissioner Randy Boyd says the massive loss of jobs could be avoided by shifting educational resources and training workers now for new career opportunities. He says the people who are most at risk of losing jobs are those who don’t have post-secondary skills.