Welcome to the Blount Partnership Media Room. Below you will find resources from the Blount County area from our chamber and industry events and partners.
Pellissippi State Community College is offering a wide variety of summer creative learning classes in June and July for children as young as 7. All classes are open for immediate registration.
Maryville, Tenn. – Maryville-based Vanquish Worldwide, a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing global support services to the U.S. Government and the commercial market sector, announced today its award of a new, multi-million dollar federal contract to provide equipment management and warehouse services to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 for emergency and counter-terrorism response vehicles and equipment. Vanquish provides Warehouse Managers and Equipment Technicians across three EPA warehouse facilities located in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, and Anchorage, AK. The EPA Region 10 boundary includes the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Doug Werker, a business development manager for Ameriprise Financial, Brent Trentham & Associates in Maryville, Tenn., was named the Blount County Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Month for April at its monthly meeting held May 15.
BRISTOL, Tenn. — King University will be offering a new Healthcare Administration bachelor’s degree beginning summer 2013 term at the University’s Knoxville campus at Hardin Valley, and beginning fall 2013 at the Kingsport location at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education (KCHE).
Maryville, Tenn. – Today, officials with Blount Partnership and the Smoky Mountain Tourism Development Authority hosted “Tourism Day,” a celebration highlighting the unique platforms that make Blount County, the Peaceful Side of the Smokies, an ideal tourist destination. The event was attended by the public, Blount Partnership members, special guests, and area media, and was held at the headquarters of the Blount Partnership as part of the 2013 National Travel and Tourism Week (May 4-12).
Walland, Tenn. — Joseph Lenn, executive chef of The Barn at Blackberry Farm is the 2013 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef Southeast. Chef Lenn is the first chef from Tennessee to win this distinction. He began his career at Blackberry Farm as an intern, and has been at the helm of TheBarn since 2009.
Blake Smith, director of operations for the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas, has been named the new general manager of the Clayton Center for the Arts located on the Maryville College campus.
One of the oldest buildings on Maryville College’s campus is now the most energy efficient.
The University Area Sertoma Club Corp. presents the 13th annual F.A.T. (Feeding Americans Today) Boys Against Hunger Golf Tournament to benefit Second Harvest Foodbank on Thursday, May 16 at Egwani Farms.
Alcoa, Tenn. – In celebration of Arbor Day, Earth Day and World Environment Day, Alcoa Tennessee Operations employees are joining their colleagues around the world to volunteer for environmental projects during Green Works, which officially runs April 21 to June 21. Green Works is an initiative of the Alcoa Foundation to help reduce the carbon footprint, recycle to save energy, and plant trees to replenish the environment.
