Clarksville Parks and Recreation announces Clarksville Film Festival registration deadline February 14th
February 9, 2019
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – Can you make an awesome film using an iPhone? Do you animate or use stop motion?
Clarksville Parks and Recreation has partnered with the Roxy Regional Theatre to give aspiring and professional filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their talents on the big screen as part of the Clarksville Film Festival scheduled for February 15th-17th, 2019.
Visit Clarksville Launches New App and Online Trip Planner
June 11, 2018
Build and Map a Trip; Explore Things to Do, Events, Hotels & More
Clarksville, TN – Planning the perfect day in Clarksville just got much easier! We’re excited to unveil the Build Your Trip Guide on our website with integrated mobile apps, an interactive way to map out everything you don’t want to miss in Clarksville.
Designed with our partners at Visit Widget, this tool provides a new way to explore what the city has to offer, including upcoming events, popular restaurants, downtown hot spots, hotels, and points of interest.
Visit Clarksville creates New App and Online Trip Planner for Clarksville.
American Red Cross launches New App to Recruit Volunteers
July 20, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The American Red Cross today launched the Team Red Cross App, which allows people to sign up to help, get an overview on basic tasks and receive notifications about Red Cross disaster volunteer opportunities in their community.
“When people see an emergency happening in their community, they often want to help but may not know how,” said Julie Campos, Chapter Executive, Two Rivers Chapter. “The Team Red Cross App provides an easy and quick way for people to sign up to help the Red Cross and support their community.”
American Red Cross worker Bob Tyler loads food boxes to be distributed to residents of Stewart County, Tennessee, who were affected by recent flash floods in May, 2013. (Robert W. Wallace)
APSU Students conduct research on different GPS devices accuracy for field purposes
December 4, 2012
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Late last year, a group of Austin Peay State University geosciences students hiked through the woods in rural North Carolina, conducting field research.
They were looking for unusual rock outcroppings, and after each discovery, the students painstakingly scribbled down the longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates of the rocks into their notebooks.
That is, except for APSU student Maurice Testa. He simply pulled out his smart phone and quickly went to work.
APSU students James Martin, Maurice Testa and Eric Whitaker stand before their poster at the Geological Society of America meeting.
Austin Peay State University GIS Center develops app for Clarksville Academy
November 17, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this year, officials with Clarksville Academy brainstormed ways to improve communication with parents, current students and prospective students. They decided to create iCougar, an app for the Apple iPad and iPhone.
The idea was to make it a centralized digital location for information on the school, but then came the next question – how do you create an app?
Clarksville Academy iPhone App
City of Clarksville launches new Website Design
August 1, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan is introducing a new website design for the City. The new design is available today, August 1st, 2012 and offers significant changes to the City’s website look and increased usability.
“We’ve been working on the redesign for about 6 months and I’m very excited about the changes. It looks entirely different and we’ve added some tools to make it easier to locate information quickly. My goal since taking office has been to increase transparency in government and to provide information that citizens want and need to be a part of their government. The website redesign is the next step in this effort,” said Mayor McMillan.
City of Clarksville’s New Web Site
APSU app now available for Android smartphone
March 29, 2011
Clarksville, TN – Months after Austin Peay State University launched its first mobile app for the iPhone, the Peay Mobile 2 app is now available for Android smartphone users.
The new release for the Android is similar to the app released last August for the iPhone but with additional features: [Read more]
Better Homes and Garden Real Estate Hometown Connection brings a new focus to area real estate market
January 3, 2011
Maurice Vaughn, owner of Better Homes and Garden Real Estate Hometown Connection in Clarksville.
Clarksville, TN – Like many other industries the Real Estate business has undergone major changes since the rise of the Internet. Local Realtor Maurice Vaughn with over 28 years of experience in the business had come to see the writing on the wall. Businesses had either adapt their business models to utilize the new technology, or face extinction.
Keeping up with constantly changing technology is expensive, which can put it out of the reach of many small businesses. So to enable his reality company to continue to succeed, Vaughn partnered with the Realogy Corporation who signed a licensing deal in October 2007 with the Meredith Corporation to use the Better Homes and Gardens brand to market real estate.In just one year Vaughn’s company “Better Homes and Garden Real Estate Hometown Connection,” has risen to become one of the top three real estate companies in Clarksville-Montgomery County. “We started out with 7 agents, and in just a year we now have 64, a growth of 800%.”
APSU iPhone app now available on iTunes
August 27, 2010
Austin Peay State University launched its own iPhone app August 25th. The app is available as a free download through the iTunes Store, operated by Apple – the manufacturer of the iPhone, iPad and other Mac computer products.
The APSU iPhone app has eight features for users:
- A blog by APSU President Tim Hall.
- Google map of the main campus.
- APSU news.
- Sports news.
- Event calendar.
- Faculty and staff directory.
- Course catalog.
- My Schedule, allowing students to see their class meetings.
Two APSU students and an alumnus created the University’s iPhone app. [Read more]
