APSU business students excel at investment competitions
December 5, 2019
Clarksville, TN – If you’re looking for someone to manage your investments in the next few years, make sure they have a degree from Austin Peay State University (APSU). That’s because a group of APSU business students recently earned several prominent accolades for their work overseeing close to a million dollars in investment funds.
Austin Peay State University Business Students Blake Streeter, Patrick Bush, Griffin Dove, Matthew O’Brien, Riley Perkins and Bryan Warren. (APSU)
LG Electronics Plant Project Wins Engineering Excellence Award
November 23, 2019
Clarksville, TN – A project completed for LG Electronics in Clarksville has been recognized with a Grand Award in the 2019 Engineering Excellence Awards competition, presented by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee (ACEC Tennessee).
The award is one of the highest honors an engineering firm can receive and is considered the “Academy Awards of the engineering industry.”
LG Electronics in Clarksville Tennessee.
DBS & Associates Engineering Announces Merger with TTL, Inc.
November 18, 2019
Nashville, TN – Engineering firm DBS & Associates, Inc., which has offices in Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee and Cadiz, Kentucky, announced Monday, November 18th, 2019 that it will merge with TTL, Inc., an Alabama-based firm with offices in Nashville and four southeastern states.
The merger will become effective January 1st, 2020.
Founder and CEO of DBS & Associates, David Smith.
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
Clarksville Montgomery County Economic Development Council releases information on multi-use development project
November 13, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Montgomery County Economic Development Council announced today that a Nashville real estate development company is cooperating with the Hand Family on a $50 million mixed-use development of the four-acre site across from the planned Montgomery County Multi-Purpose Event Center (MPEC).
Artist remediation of Riverview Inn renovation, outdoor greenspace, parking garage and market place of retail & restaurants.
Clarksville Civil War Roundtable to hold next meeting on October 16th, 2019
October 8, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The next meeting of the Clarksville (TN) Civil War Roundtable will be on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 at the Bone & Joint Center, 980 Professional Park Drive, right across the street from Tennova Hospital. This is just off Dunlop Lane and Holiday Drive and only a few minutes east of Governor’s Square mall. The meeting begins at 7:00pm and is always open to the public.
Our speaker this month is Dr. David E. Gregg. His topic is – “John Bell Hood’s Muscle Shoals, Alabama Encampment, 1864”
Confederate General John Bell Hood
Clarksville’s First Thursday Art Walk to be held October 4th, 2019
September 30, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Produced by The Downtown Clarksville Association, First Thursday Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour spanning a 5-block radius that combines visual art, live music, engaging events and more in the heart of Downtown Clarksville.
With 10+ venues, bars and businesses participating each month, the First Thursday Art Walk in Clarksville is the ultimate opportunity to savor and support local creative talent.
First Thursday Art Walk in downtown Clarksville
Clarksville-Montgomery County School System announces Administrator Appointments
September 28, 2019
Montgomery County, TN – The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) has announced that Jessica Harris, who has 18 years of academic experience in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, has been tapped as the Director of the 24 elementary schools.
Jessica Harris has been named Director of 24 Elementary Schools by the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System.
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)
Austin Peay State University alumni Lynn Von Hagen realizes lifelong dream working with elephants, locals in Kenya
August 14, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) graduate Lynn Von Hagen’s work with elephants in the Kenyan bush is the culmination of a dream for her.
“I have loved elephants and wildlife as long as I can remember,” Von Hagen, 46, of Nashville, said. “I always wanted to make an impact through conservation of the natural world, while also helping people.”
Lynn Von Hagen is developing community workshops to increase livelihood stability and reduce human-elephant conflict. (APSU)
