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When you look at the numbers for tourism in Blount County, TN, they have hit record highs recently, with yearly revenues of $378 million. What is it that brings so many tourists to Tennessee and Blount County in particular? Blount County has so much to offer that you truly have to come see for yourself,…

Great Smoky Mountains National Park welcomed a record 11,421,203 visitors in 2018. The 0.7% increase over 2017 is due to the opening of the new section of the Foothills Parkway between Walland and Wears Valley in November.

This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 134th installment visiting with Jen Patterson

The prioritization of speed over personalization grossly underestimates the power of human interaction and the importance of face-to-face communication in building and nurturing important relationships.

Cirrus Aircraft announced today that new customer aircraft deliveries for the company’s best-selling SR Series showed steady growth and reached 380 aircraft in 2018, an increase of seven percent over 2017.

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Funderburk Electrical Services (FES) has hired Andrew Newton as its Business Development Director. This is the latest staff addition to the expanding electrical services company, which also recently acquired ACE Electric.

This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 133rd installment visiting with Jake Wynn,

Did you think that it was only the “Free Entrance Days” in the United States National Park system that let you get into the 400+ parks and enjoy it all for free? This year, National Park Week is April 20 through April 28th, when you can get into all of the parks entirely for free.…