Frazier Allen: Why Holiday Shopping Begins in Summer
Clarksville, TN – Big-box retailers increasingly push consumers to forget the date on the calendar and purchase back-to-school items, pumpkins and Christmas trees in the same shopping trip. Known as “Christmas Creep,” this early arrival of the holidays is a tactic retailers commonly employ in their race against time toward a profitable holiday season.
As much as 30 percent of a store’s annual sales can come during the holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), the largest retail industry trade association. Stocking holiday merchandise sooner gives retailers a jump on the competition and extends the amount of time consumers have to buy, for good reason.
Discover the reasons retailers start the holidays sooner and how those decisions impact store operations.
APSU ROTC Cadet Zachary Lepley named 2017 Command Sgt. Maj. Darol Walker Award winner
Clarksville, TN – ROTC Cadet Zachary C. Lepley was presented the 2017 Command Sgt. Maj. Darol Walker Award during a breakfast ceremony held April 27th at Austin Peay State University.
Lepley is pursuing his Bachelor of Science in political science with a minor in military science from APSU.
Cadet Zachary C. Lepley is honored with the 2017 CSM Darol Walker Award on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Austin Peay State University. (Cassidy Graves, APSU)
TBR vice chair Emily Reynolds to speak at APSU commencement on May 5th
Clarksville, TN – Vice chair of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Emily Reynolds will deliver the keynote address at Austin Peay State University’s 88th Spring Commencement on May 5th in the University’s Dunn Center.
Reynolds has had an extensive career in public service and politics, having served under two U.S. senators from Tennessee—Senator Howard Baker and Senator Bill Frist. Both men also served as majority leader of the U.S. Senate.
Emily Reynolds, TBR vice chair, to deliver Keynote address at Austin Peay State University’s 88th Spring Commencement on May 5th.
At Home Opens Newest Decor Superstore in Clarksville
Specialty retailer brings on-trend furniture and accessories for any style or budget
Plano, TX – At Home Group Inc. (NYSE: HOME) will open its new Clarksville location on May 10th, at 2780 Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.
The home décor superstore will be more than 100,000 square-feet and is Tennessee’s 7th location, offering more than 50,000 home items from furniture, rugs, art and housewares to tabletop, patio and seasonal items.
At Home to open new location in Clarksville on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.
Clarksville’s Valleybrook Park to get new Playgrounds
Clarksville, TN – Valleybrook Park, a neighborhood green space on Crossland Avenue near downtown, will be getting a $447,000 facelift thanks to a federal grant secured by the City of Clarksville.
Improvements include two new playgrounds, a new restrooms, a new pavilion, conversion of the current restrooms to an additional pavilion, and repaving of the parking lot.
Grant also will Fund New Restrooms, Pavilions at Valleybrook Park.
Annual Industry Appreciation Lunch to be held May 11th
Clarksville, TN – On May 11th, the Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board will hold their annual Industry Appreciation Lunch.
This event is for all company employees.
3rd annual Be More Like Wade Scholarship 5k Run/Walk/Crawl set for Saturday, July 29th
Cunningham, TN – On Saturday, July 30th, 2016 the 3nd annual “Be More Like Wade Scholarship” 5K Run/Walk will take place at the Montgomery Central Schools on Saturday, July 29th, 2017 in honor of Wade Morgan. Registration starts at 8:00am and the race is slated for 8:30am.
Tickets can be purchased online at ticketleap. Registration will also take place the day of the race.
All proceeds will be placed in the Scholarship Fund in Wade’s memory. Scholarships will be given to graduating Seniors at Montgomery Central High School who demonstrate similar characteristics of #bemorelikeWade.
3rd annual Be More Like Wade Scholarship 5k Run/Walk/Crawl to take place at Montgomery Central High School on Saturday, July 29th.
APSU celebrates 90th anniversary with special event and tree planting
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University President Alisa White and her husband, Elliott Herzlich, commemorated the University’s 90th anniversary with a special ceremony and tree planting on Wednesday.
The noon event took place on the lawn in front of the Browning Building, and it included performances by the Governors’ Own Marching Band, the APSU Chamber Singers, the University Choir, the Austin Peay Dance Team and members of the APSU Cheerleading Squad.
Austin Peay President Alisa White and alumnus Evans Harvill (’46), son of former APSU president Halbert Harvill, planted a tree on the Browning lawn. On February 10th, 1954, President Harvill helped plant a tree in honor of Austin Peay State College’s 25th anniversary. (Beth Lowary, APSU)
Austin Peay State University hosting Ladies of Fort Campbell Flag Football event on April 29th
Clarksville, TN – On Saturday, April 29th, 2017 at 2:00pm, Austin Peay State University will host the Ladies of Fort Campbell Flag Football Competition at Fortera Stadium.
The event is free.
APSU Fortera Stadium
Clarksville’s Roxy Regional Theatre Presents Hilarious Hit Musical [title of show], April 28th – May 13th
Clarksville, TN – To anyone who has ever had a dream and dared to try and make that dream a reality, no matter what the obstacle, the Roxy Regional Theatre has just the show for you. Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell’s unique, unusually named hit musical comedy [title of show] comes to the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville, April 28th – May 13th.
A hilarious musical about a musical by people who write musicals, this Tony Award-nominated one-act centers on two struggling writers, Jeff and Hunter, who are desperate to get a piece into the New York Musical Theatre Festival. The only problem is they have no ideas … and the submission deadline is a mere three weeks away.
![(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th - May 13th.](http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Title-Of-Show-b.jpg "(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th - May 13th.")
(Top L to R) Jessica Medoff, Grant Fitzgerald, Ryan Bowie and Beth Kirby star in [title of show] at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 28th – May 13th.
