Clarksville Parks and Recreation earns Green Certification Gold status
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department
Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville’s Parks and Recreation department recently received a status of “Gold” from the Clarksville-Montgomery County (CMC) Green Certification Program for their efforts in creating a healthier, environment-friendly workplace.
The CMC Green Certification Program is designed to help governments and businesses learn and implement the best practices in environmental stewardship, in an effort to sustain the community’s resources through a series of free workshops taught by environmental and other subject area specialists.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department earns recognition for conserving resources and reducing waste.
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum August 2018 Exhibits and Activities
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
Some of the events in August at the Museum are: Fantastical Patterns: Best of Tennessee Craft, International Reflections: The Art of Women Artists Mentors, Our Town: Stories Within Clarksville’s Doorways, and Model Trains Special Run.
Tennessee Craft: Lisa Kurtz – Hydrangea Vase
New APSU vice president to speak at University’s Military and Veteran Graduate Recognition Ceremony August 8th
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – Retired Lt. Gen Ronald Bailey, Austin Peay State University vice president for external affairs, will be the guest speaker at APSU’s Summer 2018 Military and Veteran Graduate Recognition Ceremony this August.
The ceremony, set for 5:00pm on August 8th, 2018 in the APSU Morgan University Center, honors the University’s graduating students who are either veterans, active-duty military personnel, reservists or members of the National Guard.
Austin Peay State University vice president for external affairs retired Lt. Gen Ronald Bailey.
Manna Café purchases property for The Manna Village
Manna Café
Clarksville, TN – If you were to walk down the street and ask every person you saw what their dream was, they would have something to tell you. No matter how big or small, everyone has a dream.
For Kenny York, Founder and CEO of Manna Café, that dream has been a community of people who share the same mission: to meet the needs of homeless and low-income families in Montgomery County. After many years of waiting, that dream will finally become a reality.
Manna Café’s Kenny York and Victoria York in front of property that will become The Manna Village.
Last Jammin’ in the Alley of the season August 3rd
Jammin’ in the Alley
Clarksville, TN – Jammin’ in the Alley, a free concert series on Strawberry Alley in the heart of downtown Clarksville, continues on with the final show of the season on August 3rd, 2018 with a free concert and family fun.
The concert will be from 7:00pm-10:00pm Friday, August 3rd with a performance by the Chris Robertson & The Country Music Band, a popular local band.
Chris Robertson & The Country Music Band next in Jammin’ in the Alley downtown concert series
Austin Peay State University now offering doctoral degree with new Ed.D.
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) took a major step forward today with the announcement of the first doctoral degree in the institution’s history.
Beginning this fall, the APSU Eriksson College of Education will offer a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree in Educational Leadership for K-12 professionals looking to advance their careers.
The campus of Austin Peay State University. (APSU)
Clarksville’s Dunbar Cave, a Natural Treasure
Visit Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – Dunbar Cave State Park will intrigue nature lovers, history buffs, spelunkers and budding archeologists. This 144-acre park in Clarksville is situated around Dunbar Cave which has the distinction of being the 280th largest cave complex in the world, stretching 8.5 miles toward the center of the earth.
The entrance to Dunbar Cave was inhabited by local prehistoric peoples for thousands of years before settlers arrived.
Entrance to Dunbar Cave.
Visit Clarksville Board Names Officers; Two New Members
Visit Clarksville
Clarksville, TN – The Visit Clarksville board of directors announces that Tom Kane has been named chairman for the 2018-19 year, which began July 1st, 2018.
Kane is president and CEO or Fortera Credit Union, a position he has held for six years. Kane is originally from Wisconsin, but has worked in financial services in numerous locations across the country for 25 years. He also served as chairman of the Aspire Clarksville Foundation in 2016-17.
(left) Jerry Allbert with (right) Tom Kane.
Former 101st deputy commanding general to speak at APSU’s summer commencement
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Brigadier General Scott E. Brower, former deputy commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, will deliver the keynote address at Austin Peay State University’s summer commencement at 2:00pm on August 10th, 2018 in the APSU Dunn Center.
Brower, a Passaic, New Jersey native, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1989 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Defense Artillery.
Brigadier General Scott E. Brower, former 101st Airborne Division deputy commanding general, to speak at Austin Peay State University’s Summer Commencement.
Serving patients and their families lifts APSU nursing student to prestigious Vanderbilt award
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – When Austin Peay State University nursing student Hunter Burkhart was 8 years old, his dad suffered a heart attack. When Hunter was 9 years old, his dad suffered a stroke.
Those events arrested life for Hunter and his family. They spent weeks in the hospital, caring for his father. The memories will never fade.
Austin Peay State University nursing student Hunter Burkhart won Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Credo Award in the critical care track during a summer internship at the hospital. (Denzil Wyatt)
