June 2019 Newsletter

PARTNERS NEWSLETTER | JUNE 2019

Iris Festival

The 25 ^th Annual Iris Festival, held in downtown Greeneville, was a success. Thousands of festival-goes shopped with the 116 vendors, enjoyed numerous offerings of activities during the May 18 -19 weekend. Over 240 cars were showcased in the 4 ^th annual Sundown on Depot Car Show. Our sincere appreciation goes out to the many businesses, committees, and individuals that assisted in making the festival a success. A special thanks to Greeneville Light & Power System, the Town of Greeneville Public Works, GFD, GPD, and EMS for all their help in preparation of and during the festival.

Leadership Greene County

Attention Leadership Greene County Alumni! Save the date for our first Alumni Cookout! Take a break from work and join us to network with your fellow alumni.

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.

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

The Green Coat Ambassadors attended ribbon cuttings this past month. Capitol Theatre held a Ribbon Cutting and facade' unveiling on Saturday, May 11 and the Greene County Range & Firearms Sports Complex held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, May 29.

Please join the Green Coat Ambassadors at a ribbon cutting for Luttrell Staffing Group for Wednesday, June 26 at 11:30 a.m. The business is located at 2255 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy.

Welcome New Member

The Greene County Partnership welcomes Haney Electric LLC as a new member.

Tourism

NJCAA DIII World Series

Congratulations to Cumberland County College Dukes Athletics for winning the NJCAA Division III World Series!! More details from the 2019 NJCAA DIII World Series will be included in the July newsletter.

Membership Anniversaries & News

Happy Anniversary to these wonderful members!

Jarden Zinc Products, 49 years

Edward Jones Investments/Rob Gay, 38 years

Comcare, Inc., 31 years

Walters State Community College, 30 years

Free Will Baptist Family Ministries, Inc., 29 years

State Farm Insurance, Lisa Crum Agency, 27 years

Gateway Ford, 27 years

Davy Crockett TA Travel Center, 26 years

SumiRiko Tennessee, 23 years

Greene County Habitat for Humanity, 22 years

Profile Products, LLC, 21 years

Brookdale Greeneville, 20 years

Joy Rader Nunnally, 19 years

Wimberly Lawson Seale Wright & Daves, PLLC, 17 years

Smoky Mountain Home Health & Hospice, 17 years

Blackburn, Childers & Steagall, PLC, 17 years

Love Business Systems, 13 years

Parrish Properties, 12 years

Still Hollow Farm, 11 years

Summit Marketing, 10 years

Christian Self-Help, Inc., 5 years

Kelly Services, Inc., 4 years

Community Insurance, 4 years

Vicki Kirk, 4 years

Greeneville Gymnastics Academy, 4 years

Change Is Possible (CHIPS), 3 years

Realty Executives East Tennessee Realtors of Greeneville, 3 years

Publix Super Markets, Inc., 2 years

Get Healthy Greene’s Step It Up Spring Walking Challenge is under way. Participants are in week 5 of the six week challenge. The original goal of walking across Tennessee has been surpassed with teams recording 38,591 miles during the first 4 weeks. To see how the teams are doing, follow them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gethealthygreene

American Downtown Celebration

Town of Greeneville's seventh annual "American Downtown" Fourth of July Celebration to include a nighttime parade, live music, fireworks and other family fun. The history-themed "American Downtown" will be held in the afternoon and evening of Thursday, July 4. Admission to the "American Downtown" if free. The event will kick off at 3 pm. The theme of this year's parade will be "There’s No Place Like Home," celebrating the 150th anniversary of President Andrew Johnson's return to Greeneville from the nation's capitol.. Entry to the parade will be free to everyone. The nighttime parade will Light Up Main Street beginning at sunset from Towne Square Shopping Center, turning right onto Summer Street, left onto Main Street, right onto Tusculum Boulevard, and end at Greeneville High School. In addition to the parade, the free family celebration includes live music, dancing, food, a kids zone, Hot Dog Eating Contest and fireworks. For additional information contact Amy Rose at 639-7105 or check out "American Downtown 2018" event at www.facebook.com/TownofGreeneville or at www.greenevilletn.gov.

Thank you to our newsletter sponsor!

Greeneville Community Hospital East and Greeneville Community Hospital West