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.
Alcoa, Tenn. – In celebration of Alcoa Tennessee Operations centennial anniversary, the location has released a 100-year timeline of the history of the plant. With this timeline, you can explore significant milestones of the company’s 100 years of smelting, fabrication and recycling aluminum in East Tennessee.
Summit Medical Group, the region’s leading primary care organization, adds a new primary care physician to its Deane Hill location, 7211 Wellington Drive, Knoxville.
As a finalist in Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine’s “Top Adventure College” tournament earlier this year, Maryville College – and its unique outdoor adventure program, Mountain Challenge – are featured in the publication’s August issue.
Niek Schreuder, M.Sc. DABR, a board-certified medical physicist with significant experience in all aspects of proton beam radiotherapy, has joined the Provision Center for Proton Therapy as vice president and chief medical physicist.
Maryville, Tenn. – More than a dozen local elected officials have signed up to participate in the second annual Calhoun’s Pigs & Politics Legislative Day to be be held Thursday, Aug. 8 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Alumni Gym on the Maryville College campus.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – On Monday, July 29th, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced that the west alignment shift at the southern end of the Preferred Alternative has been selected for the Pellissippi Parkway Extension (State Route 162) project in Blount County.
Maryville, Tenn. – To meet the rising senior population’s needs in Blount County, the Blount County Community Action Agency (BCCAA) will hold a fundraiser to benefit Blount County seniors on Mon., July 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. All donations will be used to provide services through Meals on Wheels and other BCCAA programs that benefit seniors, including heating assistance and senior transportation.
Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center has announced two opportunities to see the Smokies play at home in August, on Saturday, Aug. 17 versus the Chattanooga Lookouts and again on Saturday, Aug. 24 versus the Mobile BayBears. Both games begin at 6:15 p.m. at Smokies Park.
BRISTOL, Tenn. – King University will host an information session for Graduate & Professional Studies and Online Programs (GPS) degree options including Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing for Registered Nurses (RN-BSN) programs on Wednesday, July 24 at Pellissippi State Community College’s (PSCC) Blount County campus in Friendsville, Tenn. Sessions will be available from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in room 146.
