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— First Horizon Foundation, which operates as Capital Bank Foundation and First Tennessee Foundation, today released its inaugural annual report, highlighting its impact in 2018.

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The Christman Company has been awarded a $17.6 million contract to build Southwestern Community College’s (SCC) new 55,000-square-foot health sciences building in Sylva, North Carolina.

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A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 11,421,203 visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2018 spent $953 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 13,737 jobs in the local area. National park tourism is a significant driver in the national economy, with every dollar invested by American taxpayers in the National Park Service returning $10 to the economy.

The City of Alcoa announced the promotion of Ryan Trentham from Electric Assistant Director and Chief Engineer to Electric Director. He will assume that position on July 1, 2019.

Marketing actually plays several roles within most companies:

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This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member.

RTX Wheels, a division of THIBERT and Canada’s leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive wheels, has selected automotive and B2B agency Ripley PR to promote awareness among distributors, retailers and consumers as it expands into the U.S. market.