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The Blount Partnership's 95th Anniversary Celebration is a little over a week away. Do you have your tickets? Do you have your outfit? We'd love to see you there. It will be a night you won't forget.
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION TICKETS ON SALE NOW
 Tickets for the 95th Blount Chamber Anniversary Celebration are on sale now. The celebration is Friday, January 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Airport Hilton. It will be an evening of live music with Jessie's Girls, a national party band, food and networking with Blount County business professionals.
SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE
 Join us for a special briefing from superintendents from Blount County, Alcoa and Maryville schools as they address the state of education in the area. It takes place on Thursday, February 5 at 8 a.m. at the City of Maryville building, 404 W. Broadway. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to Amy.
FREE NETWORK TRAINING CLASS
Raeus Jae Cannon is conducting a free networking training class on Tuesday, February 3 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club, 520 S. Washington St., Maryville, Tenn. Cannon shows you how to quit making cold calls and drive more business your way. She can show you how to build stronger relationships that drive higher profitability. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to Amy.
PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS ... PARTICIPATE IN "OPERATION THANK YOU"
 Participate in the Chamber's 17th annual "Operation Thank You" set for February 17-19 and meet other business people on a one-on-one basis. During this three-day event, Chamber members, the Chamber staff and Board of Directors will personally deliver Chamber member information packets for 2015. We invite you to join us in this three-day effort. You can agree to call on as many or as few members as your schedule permits. If you, someone (or several people) from your business, organization or group is interested in participating, please contact Amy or call 865.983.2241.
Promote your business during "Operation Thank You" by sending 1250 gift certificates, brochures or business promotional pieces to us and we will distribute them during "Operation Thank You". Your Chamber constantly looks for ways to help you promote your business and the ABC theory - Always Buy Chamber. We do ask that your enclosure piece be a 4"x 9" brochure or a size not to exceed 8.5" x 11" and be no more than 1 page or sheet. These inserts should be delivered to the Chamber no later than 5:00 p.m. Thursday, February 5. Please contact Amy or call 865.983.2241. There is a small charge of $175 for insert enclosure.
GOT AN EVENT? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT
Is your organization hosting an event in the community? Submit it here on our community calendar. If it's a tourism event, please email Ashlee so she can post it on www.SmokyMountains.org.
Also, please send us any news releases or good news about your business. We'd love to share it with the community.
REMEMBER WHEN
Don McLean's "American Pie" topped the Billboard Music charts this week in 1972. It spent four weeks atop the charts and was listed as the No. 5 song of century on the Recording Industry Association of America projects entitled Songs of the Century.
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