Planning a Summer Wedding? The Smokies Make the Perfect Backdrop

If you are looking for the perfect place to have your outdoor wedding, look no further than the Peaceful Side of the Smokies. Along with outdoor weddings in Smoky Mountains National Park, there are dozens of both indoor and outdoor locations in the area, even places you can have a themed wedding. You will also…

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The Best Spring Trails in the Smoky Mountains

Springtime in the Smokies offers locals and visitors alike a majestic view not only of the mountains but of the hundreds of different colored wildflowers that bloom starting in spring and staying in bloom into the summer months. This time of year, not only are the millions of flowers a sight to behold, but you…

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Rising country music star to perform free concert after manufacturing showcase at Pellissippi State

Rising country music star to perform free concert

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Quilts Often Tell a Story: Learn More About this Appalachian Craft Tradition

It has long been said that every picture tells a story, but here in the Smoky Mountains, this truth dates far back before the first camera took a photograph. It dates to the days when the hardy women who lived here began making quilts. While they weren’t the first ones to make quilts, they turned…

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Blount Partnership Newsletter – March 25, 2019

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Visiting on a Tuesday? Join Us Tuesdays at 2 and Learn More About Our Amazing Appalachian Heritage

Looking for something fun and educational to do when visiting Townsend, TN on a Tuesday? Don’t be fooled into thinking there can’t be anything going on just because it’s the second day of the week. Instead, take a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center and enjoy their “Tuesdays @ 2 informal “coffee talk”…

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Enjoy These Spring Break Ideas in the Peaceful Side of the Smokies

Springtime on the Peaceful Side of the Smokies means a riot of color and crisp mountain air as the over 1,500 varieties of local flowering fauna burst into bloom. Many believe spring to be the best time of year to visit Smoky Mountain National Park and the surrounding areas. It’s also the perfect place for…

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Blount Partnership Newsletter – March 18, 2019

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Celebrate St. Patty's Day with a Visit to One of Our Local Breweries

What could be better than celebrating St. Patty’s Day than sharing a pint or two at your favorite watering hole. A trip to Ireland and Guinness on tap? Well, that might be fantastic, but on a more realistic note, why not try some of the craft beers made right here on the “Peaceful Side of…

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Top 5 Things To Do in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Spring

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park…just its name alone inspires all kinds of visions and thoughts. There are, of course, the mountains, but there are also the 100+ waterfalls, the miles of trails, the scenic drives, the historic buildings and settlement areas, the wildlife…there is so much to see and do! Naturally, that is why…

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