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.
The East Tennessee Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), recently awarded Ackermann PR Senior Vice President Lisa Hood Skinner with a First Place Golden Press Card Award in Freelance Writing.
Fourteen time Grammy Winner Ricky Skaggs will open the Clayton Center for the Arts 2013-2014 Season on September 7 at 8 p.m. in the Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre.
Maryville, Tenn. – The Blount County Community Action Agency’s Office of Aging (BCCAA) recently added a team member for its new program, SMiles.
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — Second Harvest Food Bank is struggling to feed all children going hungry in our community. At-risk kids get free food while at-school but many do not have anything to eat over the weekend. Though it only takes $60 for Second Harvest to feed one hungry child weekend meals for an entire year, the number of kids that need to enter the Food for Kids program is outpacing the Food Bank’s limited resources.
“What Lies Behind and What Lies Ahead” is the title of the address that Maryville College President Dr. William T. “Tom” Bogart will deliver to new and returning students, faculty and staff during the school’s 2013 Convocation ceremony, which is scheduled for Thurs., Aug. 29.
Maryville, Tenn. – More than 100 new jobs are coming to Blount County as Surface Igniter, LLC, the pioneer in the development of the silicon carbide igniter in 1969, is moving its headquarters and manufacturing operations to the Blount County Industrial Park in Maryville, Tenn.
You’re invited to participate in a “Community Conversation” about community needs at the Blount County Public Library on Monday, August 26, at 7 p.m. Wendy Wand, Community Impact Manager at United Way of Blount County, will lead the discussion.
Maryville, Tenn. – The final days of the discount ticket period for the Foothills Fall Festival are here. For a limited time, purchase a pass for all three days of the entertainment-packed festival for just $60.
Townsend, Tenn. — All students, K-12, in Alcoa, Maryville and Blount Country schools are invited to participate in the 2013 Student Art Competition on Paper for the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center’s Blue Ribbon Country Fair on Saturday, September 28, at the Heritage Center in Townsend.
Alcoa, Tenn. – To commemorate the Tennessee Operations 100-year anniversary, Alcoa Inc. will offer their centennial anniversary canned water for sale to the community and employees on Friday, August 16 in front of the North Plant administration building on North Wright Road. The sale will take place from 6 to 9 a.m. and from noon to 4 p.m.
