A new business that’s the “talk of the town” was honored today by the Columbia City Chamber of Commerce as the Business of the Month for July on Friday.
Jennifer Romano Zartman of Talkofthetownwc.com, a Web-based community news site, was on hand to greet Chamber members and guests at her home in Whitley County.

Zartman Romano has been capturing the community’s happenings with stories and photos and posting them on talkofthetownwc.com, several times a day, seven days a week for a little more than six months.
“Although, yes, her business is fairly new, Jennifer has been very active in the community and in the Chamber for a long time,” said Pat Hatcher, chamber director … for more of this story, go to talkofthetownwc.com.

Story by Viv Sade for the Whitley News Network - talkofthetownwc.com, buscovoice.com and southwhitleyonline.com.

The Columbia City Chamber Ambassadors selected Talk of the Town as the July Business of the Month. Joining in a celebration for Talk of the Town Friday, from left in front, is Viv Sade of BuscoVoice.com, Jennifer Zartman Romano of Talk of the Town, Pat Hatcher of the Columbia City Chamber of Commerce, Deb Roy of Crossroads Bank, Cari Wells of First Source Bank, Sue Roman of Miller’s Merry Manor and Nancy Reiff of Reiff Construction. Row two, from left, is Barry Yeakle of Eel River Greenway Task Force, JoAnn Simmonds of Off the Path, Sandy Wysong of Off the Path, Tony Romano of Talk of the Town, Linda Gordon of the Peabody Public Library, Lee Aumsbaugh of Aumsbaugh Flooring, Greg Fahl of Orizon Real Estate, Randy Hollar of Crossroads Bank and Teresa Smith of SouthWhitleyOnline.com and the Tribune-News.

(Talk of the Town photo by Michelle Culbertson)