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.
As a gateway to the Smoky Mountains, Blount County ranked eighth among Tennessee’s 95 counties in visitor expenditures at $476.68 million, a 41-percent increase from $337.01 million in 2020, according to the Economic Impact of Travel on Tennessee Counties report issued by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and Gov. Bill Lee. Blount County is…
Click to view the online version of the Blount Partnership weekly newsletter for August 29, 2022.
AESSEAL partner company, the reliability consultants AVT Reliability Limited® (AVTR), is pleased to announce the receipt of almost $10 million of new orders globally for its Cloud/Internet of Things and Remote Data Centre (RDC) business, collectively branded as Machine Sentry. This technology allows reliability engineers to collect and monitor data on the health of factory…
AESSEAL recently received independent Verification from British Standards (BSI) that its global business operation is now Net Zero Scope 1, 2, and 3. By investing $40 million in environmentally friendly projects, AESSEAL achieved Net Zero status seven years ahead of its 2029 goal. Net Scope standards are related to both direct and indirect emissions from…
AESSEAL partner company, the reliability consultants AVT Reliability Limited® (AVTR), is pleased to announce the receipt of almost $10 million of new orders globally for its Cloud/Internet of Things and Remote Data Centre (RDC) business, collectively branded as Machine Sentry. This technology allows reliability engineers to collect and monitor data on the health of factory…
AESSEAL recently received independent Verification from British Standards (BSI) that its global business operation is now Net Zero Scope 1, 2, and 3. By investing $40 million in environmentally friendly projects, AESSEAL achieved Net Zero status seven years ahead of its 2029 goal. Net Scope standards are related to both direct and indirect emissions from…
Click to view the online version of the Blount Partnership weekly newsletter for August 22, 2022.
Nashville-based developer Ramston Capital will invest between $70-80 million to construct the first mixed-use residential development project in Pellissippi Place, a research and technology-based park, located off Old Knoxville Highway and Pellissippi Parkway in Alcoa, Tenn., the Industrial Development Board of Blount County and the cities of Alcoa and Maryville (IDB) announced today. “This is…
Pellissippi State Community College, the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville and community leaders from throughout Blount County celebrated the opening of the Ruth and Steve West Workforce Development Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday. The $16.5 million workforce development center is located on Pellissippi State’s Blount County Campus in Friendsville, but also includes space…
Insurance Office of America (IOA) and Simmons Bank will host their inaugural Bank-Out Hunger Drive starting September 1-30, 2022, for Hunger Action Month in five East Tennessee counties. During the month of September we will try to help the 1 in 4 children at risk of hunger and the 1 in 5 adults at risk…
