Kingsport uses the council-manager system, which was established in 1917 when the city was re-chartered. Kingsport is governed locally by a seven-member Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The citizens elect the mayor to a two-year term and the six aldermen to four-year terms. The elections take place in odd-numbered years, with the mayor and three aldermen elected every two years. New terms begin on July 1. The board elects a vice mayor from among the six aldermen. The council or board then hires a professional city manager.
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Congratulations to the Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett Marching Band on winning the Bands of America Chattanooga Regional. In addition to the Class 3 competition based on size, they won the overall competition of all sizes from the Atlanta, Cincinnati, Birmingham, Evansville, Nashville, and Charlotte metro areas. Well done! On to nationals!
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So this happened last night. I've had this quote on my Facebook for nearly 20 years: "𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆. 𝗕𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂." (𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲-𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗮 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟮)" I didn't just start loving my community when I became a city employee in 1984, and I didn't stop loving my community when I retired in 2019. Humbled, grateful, (and a little embarrassed) by this recognition. "City Manager Chris McCartt honored former City Manager Jeff Fleming during Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Mayor & Aldermen with a special plaque placed on permanent display in the Montgomery-Watterson board room in City Hall. The plaque recognizes Fleming for his 35 years of devotion and service to the Model City, starting out as an intern in the city's planning department and rising to the top position within the city in 2014."
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Perspective.
https://lnkd.in/g98uJGqd Great Farmers Market… Way to go Kingsport.
Kingsport Archivist releases latest book on Model City Kingsport Archivist Brianne Wright has written a new book on the City of Kingsport, one that explores many of the city’s diverse industries established during the first half of the 20th century. Kingsport: City of Industry features hundreds of historic photographs from the Kingsport Archives with detailed information on such notable industries as Tennessee Eastman, Holston Ordnance Works, the Kingsport Press, Borden Mills, Holliston Mills and Blue Ridge Glass. The book also highlights a sampling of the smaller industries from Kingsport’s early days, including Southern Maid, Pet Dairy, the Dixie Maid Bakery, Federal Dyestuff, General Shale, Union Supply Company and Slip-Not Belting. The book ($24.99) goes on sale October 23 and can be found at Hudson’s General Store on Broad Street, on Amazon.com, the Arcadia Publishing website (www.arcadiapublishing.com) and other online bookstores. All proceeds go to the Friends of the Kingsport Archives. “I find Kingsport history fascinating, especially with industry and how the city came together,” Wright said of her reasoning behind writing the book. “Above all else, I hope the book provides a history lesson to folks and those who read it have a better appreciation of how Kingsport came to be.” Wright graduated from the University of Tennessee and received her master’s degree in Archival Studies from East Tennessee State University. She is the author of On this Day in Kingsport History and Images of America Downtown Kingsport. She lives in Church Hill, Tennessee, with her husband, Mitch, and daughter, Lily. Wright has received various awards during her tenure in Kingsport, including the East Tennessee Historical Society’s Award of Excellence in 2014 and 2017, the East Tennessee Historical Society’s Community History Award in 2017, the Society of Tennessee Archivists John H. Thweatt Archival Advancement Award in 2018 and the Society of American Archivists Foundation Travel Award in 2020 and 2022.