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TASTE OF BLOUNT
Sept. 3 at Theater in the Park
A tasty way to sample flavorful cuisine is back for the 14th consecutive year as Taste of
Blount, hosted by the Blount Partnership and the city of Maryville and sponsored by MK
Russell & Abbott, Citizens Bank of Blount County, Clayton Homes and Partners Development, is being held at the Theater in the Park in Maryville (across from the Blount County
Courthouse) Thursday, Sept. 3 from 6–8 p.m.
Twenty-one restaurants, caterers and gourmet grocers are participating this year’s event.
They include: Apple Valley Country Store & Café, Buffalo Wild Wings, Calhoun’s, Chadwick’s
Churn, Chick-fil-A Hunter’s Crossing, Dead End BBQ, Dominos, Hilton Knoxville Airport, Honey
Baked Ham, Full Service BBQ, Jet’s Pizza, Kroger of Maryville, Lambert’s Southern Pies &
Bake Shop, Lemon Grass of Maryville, McAlister’s Deli, Miss Lily’s Café, Rocky’s Jamaica
Sunrise, Roland’s Bistro, Ruby Tuesday, Smokin’ Joe’s Bar-B-Que and Vienna Coffee House.
Advance tickets, which are $25 for chamber members, $30 for the public and $15 for
students 17 and under, are available at the Chamber office (201 S. Washington St., Maryville,
Tenn.), by phone 865.983.2241 or online at www.BlountChamber.com. Tickets on the night of
the event are $30 for Chamber members, $35 for non-members and $20 for students. Also
enjoy the NEW beverage experience for $10.
Ticket holders can try savory favorites and vote for their favorite appetizer, beverage, sandwich, main course, dessert, presentation and overall winner.
Rocky’s Jamaica Sunrise is back to defend its Best Overall title, an honor it has won the
past two years, as well as Best Main Course for four consecutive years. One other four-time
defending champion is Vienna Coffee House which has won Best Beverage.
Other streaks include Full Service BBQ for Best Sandwich and Chadwick’s Churn for Best
Dessert; each have won their respective categories for three straight years.
Media sponsors include The Daily Times, WNOX-FM, WATE-TV, Merle-FM.
Save Local Now
New Members
We’d like to welcome new members to the Blount
County Chamber of Commerce who joined since
last month. If you are interested in joining or finding out more information, please call 865.983.2241
or go to www.BlountChamber.com
Christy’s Creative Café
www.facebook.com/christyscreativecafe
ECS Central, PLLC
www.ecslimited.com
Five Point Finds
www.facebook.com/Fivepointfinds
We are SO EXCITED to introduce our newest
member benefit, Save Local Now. Free to our
members, you’ll be able to take advantage of their
awesome digital marketing platform. Email and
event marketing, deals and promotions publishing,
SEO services, and more.
Digital marketing can be time consuming and
complicated, we get that. [Drum roll, please] Our
newest member benefit, Save Local Now, makes
digital marketing quick, easy and effective.
Schedule your free 1-on-1 training session today:
www.savelocalnow.com or call Rachel Coffman at
865.273.1208 for more information.
Get Fit Maryville
www.getfitmaryville.com
Little River Trading Co.
www.littlerivertradingco.com
Renewal by Andersen of Knoxville
www.renewalbyandersen.com
Smoker Holler RV Resort
865.453.8777
Business Counseling
Are you looking to start
a small business or need
help in your current one?
Then check out the Tennessee Small Business
Development Center
that visits the Blount
County Chamber every
Thursday.
To schedule a FREE small business counseling
session or to make an appointment with a representative from the Tennessee SBDC call Kasey at
983-2241.
The event calendar on BlountChamber.com
allows the community to post its events directly to gain added exposure. These are great
opportunities to connect and network with
potential customers. Visit our website to receive
notices of events and meetings you would
like to attend – BlountChamber.com, click on
Events Calendar.
SEPTEMBER
1-25 Clayton Center exhibit: Paula Campbell
2 Blount County Eye Center - Ribbon Cutting
3-5 Ford Truck F-100 Gathering @ the Talley Ho
3 14th Annual Taste of Blount
3 Hot Summer Nights Concert Series
- Knoxville Opera Company
4-5 Qualla Art Exhibit at the Heritage Center
8 Outlet Key Shop - Ribbon Cutting
9-30 H&R Block Income Tax Training Classes
10 Transportation Briefing
10 GrowthWheel Seminar
1 1-12 New Midland Plaza Fall Arts & Crafts Fair
12 Great Smoky Mountains Half Marathon
12 Cades Cove Heritage Tour
13 Townsend 15K Race
13 Tiny Tot Triathlon
14 An Evening with Dr. Bill Bass @ Blount
County Public Library
16 United Way Public Service Luncheon
16 Chamber Ambassadors Meeting
17 Supervisor Training - Human Resource/
Legal Seminar
18 Dave Serrano Golf Classic Fundraiser
benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters
18 Soft Skills Training - Time Management
Techniques to Improve Your Productivity
19 Big Orange Trash Bash
19 Cades Cove Heritage Tour
22 Jets Pizza Charity Golf Outing
benefitting The Dream Connection
22 Backyard BBQ benefitting Blount County
Habitat for Humanity
23 ABRA Auto Body & Glass Ribbon Cutting
24 Coffee Club at Second Harvest
Foodbank of East TN
24 Small Business Startup Seminar
24 Songs By The Brook Concert Series
25-26 Townsend Fall Heritage Festival
25 Fall Music Series - Good Thymes Ceilidh
Band @ Heritage Center
26 Big Orange Trash Bash
26 Blue Ribbon Country Fair @ The
Heritage Center
26-27 Nawger Nob Arts and Crafts Festival
28 Blount Memorial Classic Golf Tourney
29 Blount Young Leadership Development
(BYLD) Social
29 Dr. Aaron Astor: “No Man’s Land: The
Civil War Along Tennessee’s
Cumberland Plateau”
If you have any events you would like listed on our
community calendar, click on Add Your Event at
www.BlountChamber.com
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