Of course, we’ve been operating for the last 31 years across the street at the Townsend Visitors Center and we saw an opportunity to expand our service. And so we worked with a local property ...

The center has sparked tension between the Blount Partnership, city leaders and community members. TOWNSEND, Tenn. — Saturday ...

Blount County officials, coming together to try and keep their area in the tourism rush here in East Tennessee. This comes ...

Under the proposed bill, if the Townsend Visitor’s Center were to be pulled from the city’s jurisdiction, all sales tax made on events would go to Blount County. “It’s how we operate.

The Blount Partnership worked with state legislators to introduce a bill that could give the economic support group control over the event center.