Knoxville Biz Ticker: Local entrepreneurs earn $10,500 in Knoxville Area Urban League business pitch contest
The Knoxville News-Sentinel 1/29/2021 Knoxville News Sentinel
Local entrepreneurs earn $10,500 in Knoxville Area Urban League business pitch contest
Five winners of the Knoxville Area Urban League’s business pitch contest have received checks totaling $10,500 for enterprises ranging from health care to art classes.
Mark Isom, the founder and president of Premiere Building Maintenance Corporation, presented the entrepreneurs with checks during Impact Week, a virtual fundraiser held in late 2020 for the Knoxville Area Urban League’s community initiatives, including the 10-week CO.STARTERS training program for entrepreneurs.
Isom provides funding for the program, along with Randy Boyd, founder and executive chairman of Radio Systems Corporation, and his wife, Jenny Boyd.
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The symphony and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Local 546 announced the agreement Monday. The agreement covers the remainder of the 2020-21 season with the musicians returning to work on Feb. 1, 2021, the announcement states. It offers flexibility to the musicians and to the KSO as the organization continues to navigate the ongoing pandemic and its effects on the Symphony’s ability to safely serve the East Tennessee community. Specific plans for performances are expected to be announced in January.
According to the announcement, the musicians will be at work through the end of the season May 23, 2021. They ll get 80 percent of their weekly pay beginning Jan. 4, 2021.
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