Grant Summers News Today

Officials from the city of Johnson City, Summers-Taylor Inc. and the local Chamber of Commerce were among those who gathered Friday to officially cut the ribbon on the redevelopment of

The farmers market will be open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays from May 7 until the end of October.

In less than two weeks, the Johnson City Farmers Market will return downtown, offering visitors a chance to peruse locally grown produce.

A developer who spearheaded construction of a mountain bike park overlooking downtown Johnson City is moving forward with plans to build 16 single-family homes on an adjacent property.

Long housed on East Market Street near City Hall, the Chamber of Commerce has now moved to a suite in the newly renovated Model Mill — a location the organization

Johnson City commissioners may start the process Thursday of annexing 40 acres of land on Indian Ridge Road, which could become a future residential project.

For roughly 20 years, Summers-Taylor Inc. has been the only company to bid for contracts associated with Johnson City’s paving program.

Robert Houk A rider takes a turn on the asphalt pump track at Tannery Knobs Mountain Bike Park. Cyclists prepare to hit one of the seven trails at the 40-acre Tannery Knobs Mountain Bike Park. Robert Houk Tannery Knobs Mountain Bike Park was constructed by the International Mountain Biking Association. The seven trails are color-coded based on their difficulty level.  Robert Houk The view of Johnson City, with Buffalo Mountain seen in the horizon, from Tannery Knobs Mountain Bike Park. Rober...

That recommendation will go before the Unicoi BMA at their next meeting. Summers-Taylor president, Grant Summers, made the official request to the planning commission to rezone land the company bought last year from agricultural to heavy industry. Summers-Taylor already owns the former asphalt plant, Construction Asphalt Paving Services, and it is operational. It was grandfathered in when the town wrote its zoning rules that would actually prevent another asphalt opening in Unicoi. “Weâ€...

2020 was undeniably dominated by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), but other important events happened, too.