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Robin Harp Joins Firstbank

Robin Harp has joined FirstBank as a relationship manager in the Knoxville market. A long-time resident of Knoxville, Harp has years of experience working within local banks, and will be a strong addition to FirstBank’s community centered approach to banking.
6/7/2022

Monsters Made With Love

Knoxville Marble City Dentistry & Facial Esthetics partnered with Laurie Kay of Monsters Made with Love to host a First Friday art showcase that featured a selection of monsters created by local artists and artisans. In addition to their own interpretations of monsters, each one has created a fleece monster from one of Kay’s monster kits. 
6/7/2022

New Business – Papermill Nutrition

Papermill Nutrition is located at 5911 Kingston Pike in the Food City Bearden Center. Papermill Nutrition is a new business offering fresh-made shakes, teas and coffees as “healthy options”. The shop offers more than 80 flavors of shakes, and more than 100 flavors of teas...
6/7/2022

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5/12/2022

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee Presents Awards

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee held its annual Spring for Food Awards dinner recently at Scrambled Jake’s. These awards recognize individuals, companies, pantries and supporters who are dedicated to Second Harvest’s mission to lead the community in the fight to end hunger...
5/9/2022

Moxley Carmichael hires Katherine Whitehead as account associate

Moxley Carmichael has hired Katherine Whitehead as an account associate to assist the firm’s account executives in client support, public relations and marketing strategies.

Prior to joining Moxley Carmichael, she served as a marketing specialist at Del Conca USA, Inc., a tile manufacturer based in Loudon, Tennessee.

5/6/2022

The Trust Company of Tennessee Announces New Hires

The Trust Company of Tennessee has hired Todd “TK” Kelly Jr. as a wealth management associate, Laura Beeler as a client specialist, Jaylene Baisley as a client service associate, Codi Brannan as a retirement plan services (RPS) daily operations manager, and Michael Berger as a client specialist. 
5/6/2022

Jeff Thode Recognized as Premier Advisor

Jeff Thode, Managing Director-Investment Officer, of Wells Fargo Advisors Knoxville, TN has been recognized on the 2022 Premier Advisor list by Wells Fargo Advisors. Jeff has more than 35 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is a graduate of Penn State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering.    
5/6/2022

VIProfile: Steve Jenkins

Steve Jenkins, CEO of the Choice Health Network, said his career path has been rewarding but not what he originally planned. The Knoxville native graduated from Farragut High School and earned a B.S. in psychology from the University of Tennessee. 
5/6/2022

French Country Manor

When Mitch and Debby Steenrod contemplated leaving their home on the twelfth green at Fox Den, they wanted to move closer into town and Mitch had a look in mind: “I wanted to build a structure that would look like a golf course clubhouse with a French Country look.”
5/6/2022

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4/5/2022

Editor's Letter

The April issue of VIP Knoxville will be my last as editor.It’s been a fantastic four years. I love VIP Knoxville and its great team. It was a privilege to get the magazine up and running and to navigate it through the challenging event-free covid years. I have enjoyed profiling interesting people in the community and being welcomed into so many beautiful homes.
4/4/2022

Pellissippi State Welcomes New Deans

Pellissippi State Community College recently welcomed two new campus deans who have weathered both a pandemic and a ransomware attack since their start dates.Dean Stella Bridgeman will lead the college’s Magnolia Avenue Campus; Dean Priscilla Duenkel will lead the Blount County Campus. Bridgeman joined Pellissippi State on Dec. 1, 2021...
4/4/2022

Tennessee Theatre Launches "Pass The Mic"

The Tennessee Theatre is launching a new series of immersive arts events titled, “Pass the Mic: Creating a Stage for Change.” The series will provide a stage for artists from marginalized and underserved communities to share their art with a broader East Tennessee audience. 
4/4/2022

Grow Knoxville Wins Pinnacle Award

Grow Knoxville, a Shane Archer Concept, was selected by the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce as the 2022 Pinnacle Business Impact Award winner. The Impact Award is presented to a business that displays a strong commitment to making East Tennessee a better place to live through the development and support of a community project or program.
4/4/2022