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It's Pigs and Politics week. Make plans to come out to the Clayton Center Courtyard on June 26 at 4:30 p.m. Read more below.
We also have coffee club on Thursday, June 26 at 7:45 a.m. at Citizens Bank of Blount County (CBBC).
And finally, be sure to have fun this weekend at Summer on Broadway, a celebration in downtown Maryville with music, BBQ, arts and crafts, June 27-28. Click here for a complete schedule of events. Don't forget about Freedom Fest in Alcoa this Saturday.
JOIN US FOR THE THIRD ANNUAL PIGS AND POLITICS LEGISLATIVE DAY
The Third Annual Pigs & Politics Legislative Day is set for Thursday, June 26 from 4:30-7:30 p.m., at the Clayton Center for the Arts Courtyard on the Maryville College Campus. Tickets are $25 (public), $20 (Chamber) and $10 (kids). Call 865-983-2241 to get tickets.
This is a great opportunity for the public to visit with candidates and elected officials as they mingle in a summer pig roast setting with the business community. There are no speeches; just a lot of Calhoun's BBQ, beer provided by Smoky Mountain Brewery and a live performance by the Jeff Jopling Band. Event sponsors include Novacopy, Calhoun's, Merle FM 98.7, Kramer Rayson LLP, Maryville College and Paine, Tarwater and Bickers LLP. Additional sponsors include: Cherokee Millwright * City of Alcoa * Massey Electric Company * TEAMHealth * Vulcan Materials * Northwestern Mutual * Rentenbach Constructors, Inc. * Tom Hatcher, Circuit Court Clerk CHAMBER BOARD NOMINATIONS The Blount Partnership is accepting nominations for the 2015 Blount County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors until July 15. Please submit the name, business, phone and brief bio of the individual that you think would make a good board member. GOT AN EVENT? WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT Is your organization hosting an event in the community? Submit it here on our community calendar. If it's a tourism event, please email Ashlee so she can post it on www.SmokyMountains.org. Also, please send us any news releases or good news about your business. We'd love to share it with the community. REMEMBER WHEN We go back to this week in 1990 when Roxette topped the Billboard single chart with "It Must Have Been Love," which was included on the soundtrack to the popular film Pretty Woman. The ballad became the duo's third No. 1 hit in the United States.
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