Tag: art
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Everyday Heroes
by Deborah Daugherty, Past President, Rotary Club of Kingsport A little background: the first conversations had about this art sculpture and who it would honor started almost five years ago, as four of us began making a strategic plan for how Rotary Club of Kingsport should celebrate their centennial year with the 100th celebration planned…
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Kingsport’s Potential Noted…in 1876
Today we think of Kingsport as the Model City incorporated in 1917. But there was a previous town incorporated in 1822 that we often overlook in history. It’s interesting to see newspaper articles published two generations before Northern industrialists arrived on the scene to build the city we know today. The time period was 1876–slightly…
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Kingsport’s Rising Popularity: 637 New Families in a Year
Over the past year, Kingsport has attracted 637 new families from 45 different states, averaging roughly 2.6 out‐of‐region arrivals per workday. In contrast, May 2025 alone saw 78 families move here from 27 states—an equivalent of about 3.7 families per workday. Of those 78, just 33 were home purchases (accounting for nearly $18 million in…
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Remembering Kingsberry: Kingsport’s Prefab Legacy
Did you know that one of Kingsport’s most desirable neighborhoods is made up of prefabricated homes? Don’t let the word prefabricated fool you. It simply means the home’s components were precision-cut in regional Boise Cascade factories and then shipped to the building site. From there, local builders assembled the houses on-site. Think of it like…
Kingsport Spirit 