Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Commissioner Bob Rolfe announce Amazon to Create 500 New Jobs in Clarksville
August 18, 2021
Amazon’s fourth fulfillment center project in Tennessee in roughly 18 months
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe, and Amazon officials announced today that the company will establish a new, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Clarksville.
Clarksville to dedicate ‘Tennessee Triumph’ Suffrage Statue on August 15th
July 30, 2020
Clarksville, TN – Tennessee holds a special place in passing the 19th Amendment into law, extending voting rights to women.
We were the final state needed for ratification, and our legislators came through with a two-vote victory margin on August 18th, 1920, with the law becoming effective eight days later.
Steering Committee members Elizabeth Black, Khandra Smalley and Rosalind Kurita stand with the Tennessee Triumph maquette.
APSU Board of Trustees presents awards, approves 2020-21 budget
June 21, 2020
Clarksville, TN – During the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Board of Trustee’s summer meeting on June 5th, 2020 trustees honored five individuals with the board’s annual awards – the APSU Philanthropist of the Year Award, the Govs Who Lead Through Military Service Award and the Govs Who Lead Through Service Award.
Joe and Cathi Maynard. (APSU)
I Have a Voice: Tennessee’s African American Musical Heritage Opens at Customs House Museum
January 30, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center presents the exhibition, I Have a Voice: Tennessee’s African American Musical Heritage, open now. The exhibition, organized by the Tennessee State Museum, gives a snapshot of Tennessee’s rich African American musical heritage and its influence on worldwide musical genres.
B. B. King, “King of the Blues,” by Murray Lee. (Image courtesy of Tennessee State Photographic Services)tar, Lucille
Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation names Robin Burton Executive Director
January 27, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation has selected Robin Burton as its Executive Director. Ms. Burton most recently was director of marketing for Premiere Speakers Bureau in Franklin.
Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation Executive Director Robin Burton.
Forbes, JUST Capital name First Horizon One of America’s Most JUST Companies
November 16, 2019
Memphis, TN – First Horizon National Corp. (“First Horizon”) (NYSE: FHN) today announced that it has been named to the 2020 list of America’s Most JUST Companies.
First Horizon ranked 3rd overall among banks and 2nd in the financial services industry for how it delivers value to its shareholders as well as how it invests in its employees.
Austin Peay State University CECA announces the 2019-20 Tennessee Artist Fellow: Carl Moore
November 16, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts (CECA) is pleased to announce the 2019-20 recipient of the Tennessee Artist Fellowship, artist and designer Carl Moore of Memphis, Tennessee.
Carl Moore’s Mothers Pain
Justice Enlow, Miss Belle Meade, Crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2020
October 12, 2019
Pageant Celebrates 20 Years in Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – Justice Enlow, Miss Belle Meade, was crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2020 Saturday, October 12th, 2019 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Ansley Ecker, Miss Memphis, was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2020.
The new title-holders and the runners-up received numerous prizes and scholarships.
Justice Enlow is crowned Miss Tennessee USA 2020 at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville Saturday, October 12th, 2019.
Celebrating a Tennessee Triumph: New monument to honor Clarksville’s suffragists
August 16, 2019
Clarksville, TN – On a July afternoon in 1914, more than 75 people crowded into a house on Madison Street for a meeting of the newly established Clarksville Equal Suffrage League.
The women who joined the league that afternoon spent the next six years facing ridicule and threats of violence in the pursuit of their goal – earning women the right to vote.
A woman casts her first vote in this miniature replica of the statue. (APSU)
APSU celebrates 10 years of alternative break trips
March 19, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – A few years ago, a group of Austin Peay State University (APSU) students found themselves deep in the Florida Everglades, helping clean up an abandoned military site.
Few people knew the installation existed because, during the Cold War, the U.S. Government kept 11,000-pound Nike Hercules missiles – all aimed at Cuba – at this hidden base.
Austin Peay State University Alternative Break Trips. (APSU)
