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Take the Art Bus to see PHILADANCO

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The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts promises to connect you to a creative community. Join the Creative Crowd on Thursday, September 20 as we jump on the art bus and head over to NE State for an evening of contemporary dance with PHILADANCO. Leave your car at the Renaissance Center and join your Kingsport neighbors for this social trip over. Your ticket of $20 will provide both your transportation and your ticket to the performance. Optional box supper is available for an additional $10. This concert is presented by our friends over at the Mary B. Martin School of Arts. Tickets are limited for this special Kingsport Art Bus! The Art Bus will leave the RenCen at 6:30 PM.‚  Reserve your spot today by logging on to www.engageKingsport.com or by calling 392-8414.

The Philadelphia Dance Company, affectionately known as PHILADANCO, has danced its way into the hearts of America with superlative technique, well trained dancers and an exciting repertoire of choreography. Over the more than 40 years of its existence, PHILADANCO’s repertory has included the works of world-renowned choreographers such as Milton Myers, Elisa Monte, Ron K. Brown, Lynne Taylor Corbett, Gene Hill Sagan, Talley Beatty and more recently Rennie Harris, Christopher Huggins and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.

Across the nation and around the world, PHILADANCO is celebrated for its innovation, creativity and preservation of predominantly African-American traditions in dance. It provides world-class dance instruction, promotes emerging dancers and choreographers and engages its many communities through performances and outreach activities. Founded in 1970, PHILADANCO is recognized for its artistic integrity, superbly trained dancers, and electrifying performances. For more information, visit PHILADANCO.

The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts encourages you to get engaged in the arts!‚  www.EngageKingsport.com

City offices closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day holiday

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KINGSPORT – Most City offices, including the Library, Senior Center and Renaissance Center will be closed Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

There will be no changes whatsoever to garbage, trash, recycling and brush collection routes. In addition, the Senior Center will be closed on Saturday, although the Renaissance Center will be open.

Bays Mountain Park will be open on Monday on its fall schedule running from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with expanded weekend hours. On weekends, the Bays Mountain Park Nature Center will close at 7 p.m., with the entire park closing at 8 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

2nd Sunday Art Series Offered at Kingsport Renaissance Center

Kingsport Art Guild ‚ and the Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts will launch Second Sunday Art Series on Sunday, September 9, 2012 with ‚¬Assessing Your Artistic Growth.‚  These art sessions are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.‚  The class will meet in Room 239 at the Kingsport Renaissance Center, 1200 East Center Street‚  from 2pm ‚¬ 4pm.‚  Please pre-register by calling Kathy at 423-292-9900 or emailing khcarmack@charter.net.

The Kingsport Art Guild is launching the first of its free monthly Second Sunday Art Series designed to bring a diversified set of topics and artists to the Kingsport Art Community.‚ ‚  The first meeting will be conducted by JoAnne McDonough and will be an interactive, experiential class on assessing where a person is and where they may be going with their artistic growth.‚  McDonough won Best in Show at the 2012 juried Appalachian Art Show and was also juried into the 2012 Virginia Highlands Festival.‚  She is an accomplished painter and instructor and currently serving as vice president of the Art Guild.‚  The workshop is designed to allow participants to have fun, get to know others and find out how the Kingsport Art Guild can help them in their artistic growth.‚  Participants should come with an open mind and be prepared to get a bit messy.‚  These sessions are geared toward adults in all skill levels.‚  The Kingsport Art Guild may be found online at www.kingsportartguild.com .‚  The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts encourages you to get engaged in the arts!‚  www.EngageKingsport.com

Kingsport – Bristol sales tax collections join U.S. retail sector for better July

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KINGSPORT – Retail sales tax collections in the four-county Kingsport-Bristol MSA for July followed the national retail sector and ended three months of disappointing performance. 

According to newly released seasonally adjusted data from the Business and Economic Research Center at MTSU, retail sales tax collections in Kingsport – Bristol were the bright spot among the state MSAs on the month-over-month metric. The other MSAs showed declines from June collection levels and the state posted a 0.1% increase.

July’s Kingsport-Bristol collections were….This article is courtesy of Kingsport Times-News, to read more click here.


 

Fairview Avenue sewer work to impact traffic flow

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KINGSPORT– Sewer line replacement work will require the closure of the 900 block of Fairview Avenue, from Mimosa Drive to Clinton Street, beginning Monday, August 27th, 2012 and continuing for the next six weeks. During the work period, traffic will be limited only to property owners within the project area. Motorists are asked to plan ahead and use extra caution in the work zone.

Water valve work to impact water service near Midview Street on Monday

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KINGSPORT – Work to replace a water valve will interrupt water service to customers in the vicinity of Midview Street, Midview Place and Noble Street on the morning of Monday, August 27th, 2012, from 8 a.m. till 1 p.m. Residents might want to consider disconnecting their water heaters during the work period.

KOSBE Award applications accepted until September 7

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Have You Applied Yet?! 2012 KOSBE Award Application – Call of Entries!


THANK YOU TO OUR 2012 SPONSORS!

Grainger Foundation donates to S.H.O.U.T.

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Kingsport, TN, August 21, 2012 – The Grainger Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Kingsport Chamber Foundation in support of its S.H.O.U.T.!‚® Youth Leadership ‚¬ Students Helping Others Understand Tomorrow program.

This grant will be used to provide bard, program expenses and transportation, and to ensure the program continues to be held in the highest regard among participants, parents, and schools, said Vickie Snodgrass, Director of Kingsport Leadership Programs.‚  We are grateful to The Grainger Foundation for its generosity.

Vickie Snodgrass said, These programs currently serve 80 participants each summer.‚  We host one session in June and another in July. ‚ Our participants come from all area high schools, including DB, South, North, East, Volunteer, Central, Home Schooled, Gate City, and Daniel Boone.

This donation was recommended by Randy Sexton, Branch Manager of W.W. Grainger, Inc.s, Johnson City location.‚  Grainger has been a part of the Tri Cities business community for more than 60 years as the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair, and operating products.‚  We are proud to recommend the programs offered by the Kingsport Chamber Foundation, said Sexton.‚  We understand the need for youth leadership in the local community.

The Grainger Foundation, an independent, private foundation based in Lake Forest, Illinois, was established in 1949 by William W. Grainger, founder of W.W. Grainger, Inc.

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For further information about Grainger contact:

Kristen Lawrence, Communications Manager

678.540.0136 or kristen.lawrence@grainger.com

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For further information about S.H.O.U.T.!‚® Youth Leadership contact:

Vickie Snodgrass, Director of Leadership Programs

423.392.8816 or vsnodgrass@kingsportchamber.org

Netherland Inn Teddy Bear Picnic

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Child Passenger Safety Seat Checkpoint

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KINGSPORT – In conjunction with National Child Passenger Safety Week, which is observed during the week of September 16 through 22, 2012, the Kingsport Police Department and the Kingsport Fire Department will be conducting a joint Child Passenger Safety Seat Checkpoint. This checkpoint will take place on Friday, September 21, 2012 from 3:30 PM until 5:30 PM at the Kingsport Fire Department Fire Station #2 located at 1804 Crescent Drive in Kingsport.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Motor vehicle injuries are the leading cause of death among children in the United States.‚  But many of these deaths can be prevented. Placing children in age and size appropriate car seats and booster seats reduces serious and fatal injuries by more than half.

In the United States during 2009, 1,314 children ages 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 179,000 were injured.

One CDC study found that, in one year, more than 618,000 children ages 0-12 rode in vehicles without the use of a child safety seat or booster seat or a seat belt at least some of the time.

Leading up to the event, K.P.D. Patrol Officer Terry Christian and K.F.D. Public Education Officer Barry Brickey, who are both certified child passenger safety seat technicians, will be visiting local elementary schools providing child passenger safety seat education and advertising this upcoming checkpoint.

Parents and guardians are encouraged to stop by the checkpoint and have their childs car seat inspected and/or properly installed by certified child passenger safety seat technicians.

A limited number of child passenger safety seats and booster seats will be available for distribution for those who may be in need of one.

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