Join the Green Coat Ambassadors in welcoming The Shoe Department at a ribbon cutting on Monday, August 15 at 11:30 a.m.  The new business is located at 2345 E. Andrew Johnson Hwy. in the old Blockbuster Video building. 

Mark your calendars now for the September Membership Breakfast, scheduled for Tuesday, September 13, at 7:30 a.m. at the General Morgan Inn & Conference Center.  Sponsors of the breakfast are Laughlin Memorial Hospital and Mountain States Health Alliance. The cost of the breakfast is $3 with reservations, $8 without.  Please RSVP by either calling 638-4111 or email Lori Collins  at gcp@greenecop.com by Friday, September 9. 

Tusculum College will host an open house Thursday, September 15, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Chalmers Conference Room of the Niswonger Commons Building. Learn more about their degree programs in education, business administration, organizational management and psychology/behavioral health. For more information, call 888-488-7285 or visit www.tusculum.edu/adult.

CenturyLink is announcing its 2011 Faith in the Future Awards in support and celebration of businesses in the Northeast Tennessee region that lead us into the future. The competition is open to Chamber members across the region at no cost, and to non-members at a cost of $25. The Greeneville Water Department and FreeWill Baptist Family Ministries were local recipients of last year's awards.  For more information on the competition, contact Heather Cleve 461-8004, or click here for an application. Deadline for entry is Friday, September 30th, 2011 at 5 p.m. 

The Tourism Department, along with the National Park Service, hosted more than 50 elected officials and tourism professionals August 3 on the lawn of the Andrew Johnson Early Home for the Tennessee press launch of the new "Civil War: The Home Front" map produced by the Appalachian Regional Commission.  Tourism Commissioner Susan Whitaker, Dr. Carroll Van West, the executive director of the Center for Historic Preservation at MTSU, Earl F. Gohl, federal co-chair of the ARC and Edwin Grosvenor, CEO and editor-in-chief with American Heritage Publishing were in attendance.  These maps are available at the Partnership office or at the Andrew Johnson Visitor Center and are also available as an interactive feature online at www.visitappalachia.com.