Artist to Perform at Keynote Dinner Honoring Local Veterans at Knoxville Convention Center The Tennessee Veterans Business Association is pleased to welcome Country Music Icon Lee Greenwood to the 8th Annual TVBA Keynote Dinner later this month at the Knoxville Convention Center. The TVBA Keynote Dinner will be held 6:30-9 p.m., Monday, January 28th at…
Vanquish recognized as Top 3 veteran-owned small business in United States
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Knoxville-based Vanquish Worldwide LLC, announced today it has grown over the past four years into the third-largest veteran-owned small business in the country providing professional logistics support management services. In a September 2018 prime contract spending analysis report by Deltek GovWin IQ, Vanquish was listed third as a federal prime contractor under…
Vanquish recognized as Top 3 veteran-owned small business in United States
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Knoxville-based Vanquish Worldwide LLC, announced today it has grown over the past four years into the third-largest veteran-owned small business in the country providing professional logistics support management services. In a September 2018 prime contract spending analysis report by Deltek GovWin IQ, Vanquish was listed third as a federal prime contractor under…
Villa Collina Renewed: The Fountains Flow Forth
Editor’s Note: “Villa Collina Renewed” is a 15-part blog series detailing owner Dr. Eric W. Barton’s work to restore the largest home in Tennessee to its original Italianate beauty. Each week we will discuss renovation projects across the 40,250-square-foot waterfront mansion, from geothermal upgrades and energy efficiency to state-of-the-art lighting, marble renovations and fountain upgrades….
Villa Collina Renewed: The Best Cellar
Editor’s Note: “Villa Collina Renewed” is a 15-part blog series detailing owner Dr. Eric W. Barton’s work to restore the largest home in Tennessee to its original Italianate beauty. Each week we will discuss renovation projects across the 40,250-square-foot waterfront mansion, from geothermal upgrades and energy efficiency to state-of-the-art lighting, marble renovations and the wine…
Villa Collina Renewed: A Beautiful High-Tech Fortress
Editor’s Note: “Villa Collina Renewed” is a 15-part blog series detailing owner Dr. Eric W. Barton’s work to restore the largest home in Tennessee to its original Italianate beauty. Each week we will discuss renovation projects across the 40,250-square-foot waterfront mansion, from geothermal upgrades and energy efficiency to state-of-the-art lighting, marble renovations and fountain upgrades….
TVBA Announces Lt. Colonel Oliver North as 8th Annual Keynote Dinner Speaker
The Tennessee Veterans Business Association is proud to announce Lt. Colonel Oliver North as its Keynote Speaker for the 8th Annual TVBA Keynote Dinner in January. North is a combat decorated U.S. Marine, best-selling author, syndicated columnist, former host of Fox News Channel’s “War Stories” and currently serves as President for the National Rifle Association….
Villa Collina Renewed: Italianesque Beauty Meets Technology of the Future
Editor’s Note: “Villa Collina Renewed” is a 15-part blog series detailing owner Dr. Eric W. Barton’s work to restore the largest home in Tennessee to its original Italianate beauty. Each week we will discuss renovation projects across the 40,250-square-foot waterfront mansion, from geothermal upgrades and energy efficiency to state-of-the-art lighting, marble renovations and fountain upgrades….
Registration open for Tennessee Veterans Business Association 2019 Expo and Job Fair
The Tennessee Veterans Business Association’s Business Expo and Veteran Job Fair will return to Knoxville in January 2019, and booth space is available now for purchase. The expo and job fair, part of a two-day event by the Tennessee Veterans Business Association (TVBA), will be held Jan. 28-29, 2019, at the Knoxville Convention Center. Interested…
Marine Veteran Makes Transformational Gift to University of Tennessee School of Music
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Music has received a $3.14 million gift from Eric W. Barton of Maryville, Tennessee, a former Marine who went on to start several businesses serving the US Armed Forces in the Middle East. “I met Eric in our Introduction Knoxville class,” said Jeffrey L. Pappas, director of the…