Welcome New Members!
Duckworth Animal Hospital and
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Tried and True Hearth and Heat Services
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Membership Breakfast
Sponsorships are available for the 2020 Monthly Membership Breakfasts. Contact Lori Dowell at 423-638-4111 or email
gcp@greenecop.com
for more information on sponsoring one of these events.
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Christmas Lunch
More than 140 people attended the Annual Christmas Luncheon on Tuesday, December 3 at First Presbyterian Church. Many thanks to Farm Bureau Insurance-Trey Youngblood for sponsoring The Flying J’s entertainment.
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Greene County Partnership Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship opportunities for 2020 are available for each of the departments and are crucial in providing monetary support for each entity. Available monetary sponsorships include the Iris Festival, Annual Meeting, Industry Appreciation Reception, Farm-City Banquet, Tourism’s Festival of Trees, Antique Appraisal Fair & Show, Sports Council Luncheon, Educational Workshops, “High Tops to High Heels” Women in Sports & Tourism Luncheon and the National Junior College Athletic Association’s DIII World Series, and Keep Greene Beautiful golf tournament, 3-Mile Walk, Great American Cleanup, Conservation Camp and Sanitation Breakfast. Other programs that benefit include Youth Leadership. Youth Council, and the Education & Workforce Development Department. For more information, contact the Partnership at 638-4111 or email
gcp@greenecop.com
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Farm-City Banquet
Over 160 people attended the Annual Farm-City Banquet that was held on Thursday, November 21. Dr. Phil Hunter was the recipient of the J.W. Massengill Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award. Many thanks to the following sponsors: George Mays, Andrew Johnson Bank, C&C Millwright Maintenance Company, Consumer Credit Union, Farm Credit Mid-America, Delfasco, Greene County Farm Bureau, Greene County Veterinary Medical Center, Greeneville Federal Bank, Greeneville Light & Power System, Heritage Community Bank, John Deere Power Products, The Greeneville Sun, Tusculum Farm Bureau-Wayne Hughes, Still Hollow Century Farm, First Tennessee Bank, Eastman Credit Union, The Timeless Fence Systems, Edward Jones-Rob Gay, Greene County Soil Conservation District and Chantz Scott Auto Group.
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Ribbon Cutting
The Green Coat Ambassadors attended a ribbon cutting for 70 & Summer Coin Laundry on Monday, November 18.
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NJCAA Recieves Sports Destination Management Award
Sports Destination Management, the leading publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market, has announced the 2019 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism. This year’s winners are responsible for contributing more than $1 billion to the national economy over the past year and for the second consecutive year, the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III World Series, hosted by the Sports Council of the Tourism Department has won! All winners of awards have been recognized in a special feature published in the November/December 2019 issue of Sports Destination Management. The entire article with full details on the winners can also be found online. (
https://tinyurl.com/sr3uqdn
) The 2019 NJCAA World Series resulted in an economic impact to our community at $2.4M. The dates for the 2020 World Series are May 21-27. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of this award winning event, contact Tammy Kinser at
tkinser@greenecop.com
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Festival of Trees
The Tourism Department sends a huge thanks out to the 56 businesses, churches and organizations that supported the annual Greeneville Tourism Festival of Trees that took place from November 17-26 in the Greeneville Commons. The event hosted more than 2,000 people from across the region participating in the 10-day silent auction. New to this year, Tourism teamed up with Kiwanis Club of Greeneville for “Pictures with Santa” on Saturday, November 23
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. More than 150 children of all ages and their parents visited the Festival to get their photo made, enjoy hot cider and cookies, write letters to Santa and vote on their favorite entry. Sammy the Shark also made a special Christmas appearance. The 2019 People’s Choice entry went to Merkel Brothers Construction. This entry will be featured on the 2020 poster. The Committee would like to thank their sponsors Food City, SRK Tennessee, Radio Greeneville, The Greeneville Sun, Air Pro Heating & Cooling, Greeneville Light & Power, Jaron Snoeyenbos/State Farm, MECO Corporation, Captain’s Cleaning Service, Melvin Seaton with Greene County Government and his crew, Firemen on Call, Fatz Café, and all the businesses, volunteers and attendees for making this the best year yet for entries and fundraising. To find out how you can participate in the 2020 Tourism Festival of Trees, contact Tammy Kinser at
tkinser@greenecop.com
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Trash to Art Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Keep Greene Beautiful Trash Art Contest. Students were encouraged to develop creative ways in which to recycle using something that they would normally throw away. The contest was held in conjunction with America Recycles Day. Camp Creek winners from left to right:
Jonah Southerland (3rd place), Wyatt Bowens (1st place) and Trevin Julian (2nd place). Nolachuckey winners left to right: Abby Steward (2nd place), Aiden Hawk (1st place) and Noah Case (3rd place).
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New Board Member Opportunity
Keep Greene Beautiful is seeking for new board members. Contact Jennifer Wilder at 638-4111 if you are interested in serving and would like more information.
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Pictured left to right: Deanna Johnson and Linda Greer Kelley
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Adopt-A-Road
Keep Greene Beautiful is proud to announce a new Adopt-A-Greene County Road participant.
Linda Greer Kelley & Deanna Johnson have adopted Spencer Street. The Adopt-A-Greene County Road program provides individuals or groups like Kelley & Johnson the opportunity to become involved with the preservation of our county’s natural beauty by picking up roadside litter on at least a quarterly basis.
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Greeneville Community Hospital
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