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What Do Charlotte & Kingsport Have In Common?
Recently, a friend who lives in Kingsport’s Fairacres visited Charlotte and sent me a photograph of a sign from a walkabout she took in Historic Independence Park. She knew right away, when she saw the name John Nolen, that I would be interested. Nolen was Kingsport’s designer, too. The sign noted that Independence Park was…
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Best Wishes to Our Neighbors from Rye Cove
Rye Cove, located 27 miles north of Kingsport in Duffield, Virginia, will play for the Virginia High School Football Championship this Saturday. For many in our region, home is on both sides of the state line. I hope they know their friends, family, and neighbors in Tennessee are pulling for them! “Wednesday afternoon, Collier and…
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Move to Kingsport – January 2025
The Move To Kingsport program was one of several initiatives launched following the 1999 Economic Summit. It was among five non-traditional economic strategies designed to help the city navigate significant downsizing in domestic manufacturing, a sector crucial to Kingsport’s industrial heritage. The other four strategies focused on higher education (notably a downtown campus), tourism (including…