Clarksville-Montgomery County Hosts Successful Red Carpet Community Tour Event
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board (IDB) hosted its sixth annual “Red Carpet Community Tour” for site selection and economic development consultants.
The event, scheduled around the Nashville-based CMT Awards Show, is an excellent opportunity for attendees to gain first-hand knowledge of the assets that Clarksville-Montgomery County and the surrounding area have to offer.
Clarksville-Montgomery County annual Red Carpet Community Tour Event
Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library teams up with Adult Literacy Council to offer new computer, social media class
Clarksville, TN – Adults can learn basic computer and social media skills in a new class provided by the Adult Literacy Council at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library.
The basic computer class will provide an in-person guide who can show adults the basics of using a computer and how to communicate with friends and family via Facebook.
Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library
Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council hires Michelle Dickerson
Economic Development Council Taps Michelle Dickerson to Lead Marketing & Communications Efforts
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County Economic Development Council (EDC) announces the hiring of Michelle Dickerson as Marketing and Communications Director.
In this role, she will manage the marketing, public relations, advertising and communications efforts of the Economic Development Council and its member entites, the Industrial Development Board, Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Michelle Dickerson
Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s Movies in the Park features Guardians of the Galaxy Saturday, June 18th
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, June 18th, Clarksville’s Movies in the Park, the city’s free, outdoor movie series will be showing the movie Guardians of the Galaxy (rated PG-13)!
This showing is at a new location – McGregor Park! The showings at McGregor Park, located at 640 North Riverside Drive, will take place at the North Extension (behind O’Charleys). The season will continue with the last five showings at Liberty Park, located at 1188 Cumberland Drive.
Guardians of the Galaxy will be shown this Saturday at McGregor Park.
Poet, Zone 3 Press contributor, Norman Dubie wins 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize
Clarksville, TN – Zone 3 Press, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Center for Excellence in Creative Arts’ literary press, is proud to congratulate poet Norman Dubie, whose latest collection of poems, “The Quotations of Bone,” was recently awarded the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize.
Included in Dubie’s award-winning collection is the long poem, “The Fallen Bird of the Fields,” which was itself the first chapbook published by Zone 3 Press. Published in 2010, “The Fallen Bird of the Fields” represented both a literal and metaphorical uniting of themes and disciplines.
Norman Dubie. (Arizona State University)
Frazier Allen: The Sharing Economy Matures
Clarksville, TN – The sharing economy – made up of peer-to-peer, access-driven businesses – is growing up quickly.
Just seven years ago, Airbnb began an online platform connecting people with extra space with travelers looking for a room; now it’s a juggernaut recently valued at $25 billion with an average of 425,000 guests per night, 22% more than Hilton Worldwide.
Frazier Allen
Austin Peay State University Department of Communication wins OVC Digital Network Program of Excellence
Clarksville, TN – Barry Gresham, Austin Peay State University (APSU) communication instructor, knew his department’s sports broadcasting program was becoming one of the best in the region, and earlier this month, officials with the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) agreed with him.
On June 2nd, the OVC’s Digital Network announced its Program of Excellence awards, with APSU earning four of the program’s seven awards, including Overall Award of Excellence in campus production.
David Ellison, APSU video production coordinator, and Barry Gresham, APSU communication instructor, display the OVC awards the APSU Department of Communication’s Sports Broadcasting Program received earlier this month. (Photo by Lakyn Jarman/APSU)
Lions Club Sheriff’s Office Appreciation Breakfast
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Queen City Lions Club held their annual Sheriff’s Office Appreciation Breakfast over the weekend.
After a breakfast of sausage and pancakes, local Lions Club President Ed Lantz presented awards to three deputies in recognition of their service to Montgomery County.
Deputy Adam Liberatore received The Lions Cub Award. The award is presented to a deputy with less than one year of service.
Adam Liberatore and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lantz
2016 Edelweiss Club Scholarship awarded to Austin Peay State University student Jillian Vogel
Clarksville, TN – Jillian Vogel, a music major and German minor at Austin Peay State University (APSU), was selected to receive the Clarksville Edelweiss Club Scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year.
Vogel was honored during an awards ceremony at the Edelweiss Clubhouse on June 8th, and received a certificate from Bob Perkins, president of the Clarksville Edelweiss Club.
Jillian Vogel, a German minor at Austin Peay State University, receives a scholarship from Bob Perkins, president of the Clarksville Edelweiss Club.
TWRA held their annual Youth Fishing Rodeo in Clarksville, Saturday
Clarksville, TN – Despite hot weather, 215 kids descended on the Liberty Park Saturday, June 11th for the annual Youth Fishing Rodeo held by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) in partnership with the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department. The event gives the youth of Clarksville an opportunity to enjoy a day of free fishing.
“Today is our annual free fishing day here with the Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department. This is our 14th year of coming out and offering this event for kids 16 years and younger,” stated TWRA officer Jereme Odom.
The annual TWRA Youth Fishing Rodeo was held Saturday at the Liberty Park Pond.
