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.
DENSO, a leading mobility supplier, and Silicon Ranch, one of the nation’s largest independent power producers, today broke ground on a new solar facility at DENSO’s Maryville, Tennessee, location, along with the City of Maryville Electric Department and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The new solar farm is the first of four solar production facilities the…
Click to view the online version of the Blount Partnership weekly newsletter for October 31, 2022.
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“To keep up with her marvelous growth and to make the most of her opportunities, Maryville must have a real Chamber of Commerce. This can be done by the co-operative activity of all of Maryville,” reads a 1920 Maryville advertisement. The newly formed Maryville Kiwanis club founded our Chamber of Commerce on January 25, 1920.…
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Knoxville-based LDA Engineering has made a $500,000 renewed commitment to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and also has dedicated $120,000 in college scholarship funds. The company has invested in STEM and additional engineering education and outreach in all of its markets, and in 2015 pledged to reach…
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, LDA Engineering has made a $500,000 renewed commitment to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and also has dedicated $120,000 in college scholarship funds. The company has invested in STEM and additional engineering education and outreach in all of its markets, and in 2015 pledged to reach $250,000…
This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 187th installment visiting with Bart Fricks, owner of Jaboni’s Pizzeria. How did you wind up owning Jaboni’s Pizzeria? I visited the restaurant and ended up buying it. Who is your mentor? Lee Wallace. He always listens & offers great…
This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 186th installment visiting with Thomas Hill, president/project manager for Computer Depot Business Solutions which provides IT help desk and cyber security support in 20 minutes or less. Tell me more about your business. We started Computer Depot in…
This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 185th installment visiting with Bobby Eason, executive director of the Foothills Community Development Corp., which was created to provide affordable housing opportunities to the area’s lower income workforce and households. How did you get started? I started working…
Representatives from the Blount Partnership in Blount County recently attended the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development’s 2022 Governor’s Conference in Nashville. During the event, attendees heard from Governor Bill Lee and TNECD Commissioner Stuart McWhorter, as well as CBS Sports Lead Play-by-Play Announcer Jim Nantz and a host of other speakers who discussed…
