July 2019 Newsletter

PARTNERS NEWSLETTER | JULY 2019

Membership Breakfast

Mark your calendar for the August Membership Breakfast for Tuesday, August 13 at 7:30 a.m. at the General Morgan Inn & Conference Center. The sponsor of the breakfast is Walters State Community College. Please RSVP to 638-4111 or email gcp@greenecop.com by Friday August 9.

Leadership Greene County

Members of the Leadership Greene County Class of 2019 concluded their year with a volunteer service project on June 19 & 20 by helping paint and re-letter some of the recycle bins at the larger convenience centers. The leadership class will graduate at the Partnership’s Monthly Membership Breakfast on August 13 at the General Morgan Inn. For more information on the program, contact Jennifer Wilder at the Partnership.

Golf Shoot-Out

Mark your calendars now ... The Partnership's Annual Golf Shoot-Out 2019 date has been set. The tournament will be held September 19 at Link Hills County Club .

Green Coat News

Ribbon Cuttings

Please join the Green Coat Ambassadors at a ribbon cutting and open house for Luttrell Staffing Group on Tuesday, July 23 at 11:30 a.m. The business is located at 2255 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy. Please RSVP to 638-4111 or email gcp@greenecop.com .

Business After-Hours & Ribbon Cutting

Please RSVP to 638-4111 for the Gateway Mortgage Group Business After-Hours and Ribbon Cutting on Thursday, July 18 from 4-6 p.m. The ribbon cutting will be held at 4 p.m. The business is located at 905 Tusculum Blvd.

Welcome New Member

The Greene County Partnership welcomes the following new members: Speed Pro Imaging and Gateway Mortgage Group.

Ambassador of the Quarter

Congratulations to Krista Collier, June's Ambassador of the Quarter. Many thanks to Krista for all of her hard work and dedication!

Tourism

NJCAA DIII World Series

The 2019 National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III World Series is in the books!! What a great week of baseball weather and with hundreds descending upon our community, the economic impact of this event alone has been estimated at $2.7M! Hotel rooms were even booked out of town for this event and restaurants were filled to capacity each night. A huge congratulations goes out to the Dukes of Cumberland County from New Jersey on winning the Div. III World Series title. The Tourism Department’s Sports Council would also like to thank the sponsors; Greene County Government, John Deere Power Products, City of Tusculum, Town of Greeneville, Town of Mosheim, McKee Foods, Brolin & Bailey, The Greeneville Sun, WCYB, Radio Greeneville, Grand Rental Station, Chartwell’s, Tusculum University and the many fine sponsors that supported the event either financially or with food for the hospitality area. Also, a huge thanks goes out to all of our host families for making sure our players had a very memorable experience. Our Host Families went above and beyond and our volunteers that worked from 7 a.m. until 2 a.m. the next morning on several days made this event the success that it has been for the last three years. The Sports Council will host this event for the fourth year on May 22-27, 2020. If you are interested in becoming a supporter of the NJCAA World Series or would like to volunteer, please contact Tammy Kinser at 423-638-4111

S ports Council Luncheon

The Sports Council will host the seventh annual Sports Council Luncheon on Tuesday, July 16 at Trinity United Methodist Church from 11:30-1. This year’s featured speaker is ETSU’s head football coach Randy Sanders. Sanders was named ETSU’s football coach on Dec. 17, 2017, becoming the 12th head coach in program history. He replaced Carl Torbush, who retired after the 2017 season after reinstating the football program in 2015 after a hiatus of several years. A native of Morristown, Sanders has spent 29 years coach on the Football Bowl Subdivision level, with stints as offensive coordinator at Tennessee, Kentucky and Florida State. Sanders was the offensive coordinator for the Volunteers when they won the 1998 BCS National Championship, and he was quarterbacks coach at Florida State when the Seminoles claimed the 2013 National Championship. Tickets for the luncheon are now on sale at the Partnership office at a cost of $25 each or $20 for groups 10 or more. A special thanks goes out to Sam Miller and Consumer Credit Union for being the title sponsor for the seventh consecutive year. For ticket information or to purchase, contact Chad Mitchel at 423-552-6758 or Tammy Kinser, 423-638-4111.

Advertising Co-Ops

The Tourism Department has completed two successful advertising co-ops with nine partners in Greeneville and Greene County. Tourism has worked with Pam Bonus and Guest Quest for years and in 2019, had partnered with The General Morgan Inn, Main Street: Greeneville, Broyles General Store, Nolichuckey Bluffs, Memory Lane Bed & Breakfast, Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Peggy Ann Bakery, The Greeneville Reds and Hampton Inn of Greeneville on a very successful Spring ad which included the front cover and back cover of the publication. For Summer, Tourism partnered with Main Street: Greeneville, Niswonger Performing Arts Center, Memory Lane Bed & Breakfast, Peggy Ann Bakery, Nolichuckey Bluffs and Broyles General Store. Both of these advertising co-ops result in hundreds of leads from across the United States asking for more information on our community for vacation and relocation. Tourism would like to thank all of its partners in this co-op and would like to continue this trend to pool advertising dollars and place more heads in beds in our community. For more information on how you can participate and bring more traffic to your doorstep, contact Tammy.

Membership Anniversaries & News

Happy Anniversary to these wonderful members!

M arsh Propane, 51 years

Andrew Johnson Bank, 44 years

Greeneville Water Department, 39 years

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, 30 years

Greene County Title Company, 24 years

Pilot Corporation, 24 years

Endot Industries, Inc., 24 years

Nolachuckey Mental Health Center, 22 years

Walmart Supply Chain, 22 years

Hampton Inn, 20 years

GCS Partnership, 17 years

Southeastern Crate & Service Center, 17 years

Pinecrest Cleaners, 17 years

A-Z Office Resource, Inc., 16 years

Caris Healthcare, 12 years

TVA, 12 years

The Summit Companies, 12 years

MECO, 12 years

Tri-AM RV Center of East Tennessee, 9 years

Express Wine & Spirits, 8 years

Stafford Custom Graphics, LLC, 8 years

Sam's Club 8222, 7 years

Dr. Philip Thwing, 7 years

Greeneville City Schools Education Foundation, 6 years

Durham-Hensley Health & Rehab, 6 years

BMC Office Technology, 6 years

Greeneville/Greene County Senior Resource Network, 5 years

Nolichuckey Bluffs Cabins, 5 years

Onin Staffing, 5 years

Randstad, 4 years

Exchange Club of Greeneville, 4 years

Greeneville Theatre Guild, 4 years

King University, 2 years

MEDTEC LLC, 2 years

Greeneville-Greene County Humane Society, 2 years

Top Choice BBQ, 1 year

Greeneville Greene County History Museum, 1 year

News

Congratulations to Mark Wills, dean of Walters State Community College's Niswonger Campus!

Tusculum University announces SACSCOC approval to begin offering doctoral degrees, first being the Doctor of Optometry.

Jump TN Skydivers set a new Tennessee Large Formation State Record!

(Photo by Norman Kent Productions)

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