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 Public Relations & Communications Association (PRCA) – the largest global public relations body, based in London – recently honored two East Tennessee public relations executives as inaugural members of its International Fellows: Fletcher Marketing PR CEO Kelly Fletcher and Senior Strategist Mary Beth West. For more than 20 years, Fletcher and West have served…
Click to view the online version of the Blount Partnership weekly newsletter for July 4, 2022.
Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is pleased to announce that Jessica Belitz, Tammy Bolt and Kim Mitchell of the Blount Partnership have graduated from the program and received the recognition of IOM. Awarded to all graduates of the Institute program, the IOM Graduate Recognition signifies the…
A new bridge is currently being constructed on Cold Springs Road. In order to finalize paving, striping, signage and installation of guard rail, Cold Springs Road will be closed from Cold Springs Missionary Baptist Church to the intersection with Old Chilhowee Rd. The closure will start at 8:30 AM on July 11th and the Road…
The Blount Partnership is hosted the Careers in Motion bus reveal and ribbon cutting on June 23, 2022. The Careers in Motion Bus features hands-on activities related to the Medical, IT, STEM, and Marketing fields to get K-12 students engaged and excited for high-wage, high-demand, high-skill careers, and technical education related programs. The three public schools…
The Blount Partnership celebrated high school students who have done one or a combination of the following to prepare for their jobs: took Career & Technical Education (CTE) courses on a career pathway, earned an industry certification in school, and/or participated in Work-Based Learning (WBL). The Blount Partnership hosted over 50 students who began training…
People who are 23 years old are now eligible for the Tennessee Reconnect scholarship if they have not previously earned a college degree. This is regardless of their dependency status on federal income tax forms. Similar to Tennessee Promise for college freshmen who are coming straight to higher education from high school, Tennessee Reconnect is…
People who are 23 years old are now eligible for the Tennessee Reconnect scholarship if they have not previously earned a college degree. This is regardless of their dependency status on federal income tax forms. Similar to Tennessee Promise for college freshmen who are coming straight to higher education from high school, Tennessee Reconnect is…
Click to view the online version of the Blount Partnership weekly newsletter for June 27, 2022.
This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 176th installment visiting with Andrew Vollman, Vice President / Relationship Manager of FirstBank which is a Tennessee-based, local, small community bank. We are very involved in giving back to our community thru volunteer work, donations, sponsorships…
