GCP July Newsletter

JULY, 2018

PARTNERS NEWSLETTER

Brochures and registration forms for the 24th Annual Greene County Partnership Golf Shoot-Out will be going out this week. The tournament is scheduled for Thursday, September 20, at Link Hills Country Club, and the entry fee of $150 per player includes cart and greens fees, lunch, beverages during play and dinner following the tournament. Sponsorship's are available as follows: title sponsor, $1,500; beverage cart sponsor $300; contest sponsor, $250; and hole sponsor, $175. Partnership members are invited to provide door prizes ($25 or more), and goody bag items for the golfers. For more information, contact Joni Parker at the Partnership, 423-638-4111, or email chamber@greenecop.com .

Greene County Partnership Agribusiness Committee's Annual June Dairy Days Celebration was held June 5th. The annual event pays homage to local dairy farmers.

AMBASSADOR OF THE QUARTER

Congratulations to Krista Collier for being named the Green Coat Ambassador of the Quarter for June. Many thanks to Krista for all her hard work and dedication to this program.

MARKETING TO MILLENNIALS

Lunch & Learn

Marketing to Millennials was the topic presented by the High Road Agency at the GCP’s June 21 ^st Lunch and Learn. Fifty-two individuals attended representing 27 businesses, municipalities, educational institutions, and non-profits. During the one-hour presentation, the group held a panel discussion diving into the thought process of one of the most complex generations. A special thank you to the High Road Agency for sharing your expertise .

Mark your calendar now for the August Membership Breakfast scheduled for Tuesday, August 14, at 7:30 a.m. at the General Morgan Inn and Conference Center. Walters State Community College will be the sponsor and the cost is $3 with reservations, $8 without. Please email gcp@greenecop.com or call 638-4111 by Friday, August 10.

Tourism

The 2018 NJCAA Division III World Series was a success and encompassed two more days as initially planned. Due to a tropical storm, the World Series lasted a total of seven days as opposed to the planned five, but ended on a very exiting note. After beginning with a banquet that hosted 500 student athletes, coaches, families and volunteers, the 2018 World Series was played amidst Tropical Storm Alberto and ended in a 13 inning, five hour game on Friday June 1 ^st with the Oakton Owls taking home the trophy. Hotels were packed, restaurants were filled to capacity, local attractions enjoyed a spike in visitation and our community as a whole enjoyed an economic impact of well over $2M over the seven day event. The Sports Council of the Tourism Department would like to thank all the volunteers, sponsors and local businesses for the huge part they played in showcasing Greene County successfully. The Sports Council has the World Series for two more years and at that point, hopes to retain the event for a much longer time.

STEVE FORBES

Sports Council Luncheon - July 17

Tickets for the event are $25 each and can be purchased at the Partnership.

The 2018 title sponsor is Consumer Credit Union that has supported the event since its inception. Additional sponsors include: American Greetings, Davy Crockett Travel Center, Farm Bureau/Trey Youngblood, General Morgan Inn, Grand Rental Station, Greeneville Light & Power, Hampton Inn, Leonard & Associates, MECO, McInturff, Milligan & Brooks, Radio of Greeneville, Rodefer Moss, South State Contractors, Sports Destination Management, SRK, The Greeneville Sun and Tusculum University Athletics. For more information, please contact Chad Mitchel, ticket chairman, at 423-552-6758 or Tammy Kinser at 423-638-4111.

FAMILIARIZATION TOUR

Tourism hosted a travel writer familiarization tour in June and hosted travel writer Joe Tennis from Blue Ridge Country. The writer fam began with a tour of the City Garage Car Museum, dinner at Old Oak Taproom, and overnight stay and brunch at The General Morgan Inn, a llama trek with Sandy Sagrillo with Wandering Llamas, lunch at Butcher’s Block and the final piece of the fam puzzle fit into place with a tour of David Crockett Birthplace State Park. The story, to run in the fall edition of BRC, is just one of three that are planned to run on Greene County in the coming months. Tourism would like to thank all of our sites for donating their time and talents.

Tourism will host a “Communications” workshop on July 31 at the Greeneville City School office from 9-12 p.m. The workshop will focus on how to understand the different forms of communication and how to best utilize these forms in an organization to build strong and productive relationships. The event will be led by Eric Fields, president of The Summit Companies and Rick Keller, Managing Director of Marketing at Summit. The cost to attend is $10 for Partnership members and $15 for non-members. The deadline to RSVP is July 25. To register, please contact Tammy Kinser at 423-638-4111 or email tkinser@greenecop.com .

Leadership Greene County

Members of the Leadership Greene County Class of 2018 concluded their year with a volunteer service project on June 15 by helping the Free Will Baptist Family Ministries Oaks Center. Members stained a pavilion, cut down trees and cleaned guest rooms at the lodge and cleaned the gym. The leadership class will graduate at the Partnership’s Monthly Membership Breakfast on August 14 at the General Morgan Inn. For more information on the program, contact Jennifer Wilder at the Partnership.

Education & Workforce Development

Educators from the Greeneville City and Greene County School Systems and King College visited Miller Industries and BTL as part of the Education and Workforce Development Industry Tour In-Service program. This program provides educators with the opportunity to speak with company representatives to gain insight into area workforce needs.

Greene County has been selected to participate in the Complete Tennessee pilot program to support the development and implementation of regional strategies for postsecondary attainment. The “ College Completion Communities ” program will encourage stakeholders to develop targeted plans that can address local attainment challenges and help more students access and complete postsecondary programs.

From the President

Retail recruitment is a vital part of any economic development organization. Companies that are looking to locate within your community will always have questions regarding quality of life and what goods and services can be provided to their company without having to travel very far. As we look forward to continuing to market our community we have taken several steps to begin an active and aggressive retail recruitment campaign.

The first effort is a community-wide retail recruitment committee. This committee is made up from stakeholders from Baileyton, Greene County, Greeneville, Mosheim, and Tusculum. It is this committee’s goal to develop a plan and identify retail and restaurants that would be a good fit for the community. We will be meeting on a monthly basis and we will be sharing more information as we move forward.

As a second effort, we applied for and we were accepted into the TN Retail Academy. Fifteen other communities were accepted into this two year program from across the state. This academy will help us identify and catalog our current retail offerings, what additional retail we should focus on recruiting, and provide us with a large amount of data regarding retail efforts. Our journey into the Retail Academy begins in September. You can find out more about it here:

https://www.retailstrategies.com/retailacademy/tennessee-2018/

Have a great month!

-Matt

Chamber Anniversaries & Member Events

Marsh Propane - 50 years

Andrew Johnson Bank - 43 years

Greeneville Water Commission - 38 years

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site - 29 years

Diamond House - 29 years

Greeneville Orthopedic Clinic, PC - 23 years

Greene County Title Company - 23 years

Pilot Corporation - 23 years

Endot Industries, Inc. - 23 years

Nolachuckey Mental Health Center - 21 years

Walmart Supply Chain - 21 years

Hampton Inn - 19 years

GCS Partnership - 16 years

Southeastern Crate & Service Center - 16 years

Pinecrest Cleaners - 16 years

A-Z Office Resource, Inc. - 15 years

Caris Healthcare - 11 years

Tennessee Valley Authority - 11 years

The Summit Companies 11

Meco Corporation - 11 years

Tri-Am RV Center of East Tennessee - 8 years

Express Wine & Spirits - 7 years

Stafford Custom Graphics, LLC - 7 years

Sam's Club 8222 - 6 years

Dr. Philip Thwing - 6 years

Greeneville City Schools Education Foundation - 5 years

Durham-Hensley Health and Rehabilitation - 5 years

BMC Office Technology - 5 years

Greeneville/Greene County Senior Resource Network - 4 years

Nolichuckey Bluffs Cabins - 4 years

Onin Staffing - 4 years

Randstad - 3 years

Exchange Club of Greeneville, TN - 3 years

Greeneville Theatre Guild - 3 years

King University - 1 year

MEDTEC LLC - 1 year

Greeneville-Greene County TN Humane Society - 1 year

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