FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2013

Plan now to join us at CAPPE-FEST,
a mini music festival at The Betsy House in Rockford, TN
Sunday, September 15

Performance schedule:

1pm - gates open
2pm - Daniel Kimbro (link...)
2:45pm - Greg Horne (link...)
3:30pm - Jay Clark & The Tennessee Tree Beavers (link...)
4:30pm - Jeff Barbra & Sarah Pirkle
5:30pm - The Lonetones (link...)
6:30pm - Jimmy Davis (link...)

Reservations are requested and can be made by emailing jayclarkmusic@comcast.net
Directions and other details will be sent after reservations are made.
This is an outdoor concert!
Food/supper & non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.
Bring your own adult beverages, chairs, blankets, etc.

Tickets are $20, children under 16 tickets are $10.
(In case of rain, the show will be moved inside "The Betsy House". The first 55 people that show up and pay are guaranteed a seat in "The Betsy House".)

All proceeds go to CAPPE: Citizens Against the Pellissippi Parkway Extension, Inc.
For more information please visit (link...) or (link...)

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Please join us on Thursday, August 19, from 7-9:30pm at The Market on High Street in Maryville.

SAVE IT, DON'T PAVE IT!

Thursday, August 19 from 7-9:30pm

Join us for BBQ (pork and chicken), cole slaw, iced tea, and beer at The Market at High Street in Maryville.

The Spurgeon Boys (local old-time musicians) and CAPPE's long-time friend, singer-songwriter Jay Clark, will be with us.

$25 suggested/person at the door; cash or check.

RSVP PLEASE by Friday, August 13 to cappe@discoveret.org OR call 977 7399.
(we need your reservation to ensure we will have enough food on hand)

Please carpool and park at The Market or across High Street on the west side of Blount Memorial Health.

This event is a benefit for Citizens Against the Pellissippi Parkway Extension, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Contributions to CAPPE are not tax-deductible.

CAPPE
PO Box 494
Alcoa, TN 37701
(link...)
cappe@discoveret.org

CAPPE (Citizens Against the Pellissippi Parkway Extension, Inc.) members are preparing for the upcoming TDOT meeting on October 25 at Heritage High School from 5-8pm. For initial analysis, see below. For background, see (link...)

Also worth noting is that TDOT gave less than 3 weeks notice for this meeting, in violation of their own policy to provide 30 days notice for all public meetings. See (link...)

At the Oct. 25 meeting TDOT will present the ‘Purpose and Need’ for the PPE as well as ‘initial alternatives.’ The public will have opportunities to comment on the Purpose and Need and the alternatives. Written comments can be sent to TDOT for 21 days after the Oct. 25 meeting.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 7pm, Maryville College

Location update from comments: Chilhowee Club, Maryville, approx. 2 blocks from Maryville College. From S. Court St. take W. Goddard Ave.; turn left onto Cate St. Parking is on the left.

CAPPE is one of several local organizations co-sponsoring a presentation by Gerry Cohn, Southeast States Director for American Farmland Trust (AFT). AFT is a national non-profit organization that has worked for decades to help individuals, communities, organizations and local and state governments develop programs to strengthen and preserve farming and agricultural land.

Just wanted to get the word out about the following events, swiped from an alert from CAPPE (Citizens Against the Pellissippi Parkway):

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 7pm, Maryville College (location to be announced)

CAPPE is one of several local organizations co-sponsoring a presentation by Gerry Cohn, Southeast States Director for American Farmland Trust (AFT). AFT is a national non-profit organization that has worked for decades to help individuals, communities, organizations and local and state governments develop programs to strengthen and preserve farming and agricultural land.

AFT’s key strategies are:

Transform U.S. farm policy to strengthen the future of American agriculture;
Protect the best land by supporting effective state and local farmland protection initiatives;
Plan for agriculture to keep farming viable and help communities balance growth while protecting working land;
Keep the land healthy and productive by encouraging stewardship practices that safeguard our nation's natural resources.

Gerry will share with us what other communities have done to protect farming and agricultural land. He will help us think about the kinds of programs and initiatives that are appropriate for Blount County . The mission of AFT is to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.

You can learn more about AFT at (link...)

Co-sponsors currently are the Center for Strong Communities at Maryville College , Foothills Land Conservancy, The Raven Society and CAPPE.

OCTOBER 27, 3:30-7pm, 6th Annual Rural Preservation Party & Auction!

Kelmont Farm Barnyard

We’ve moved our signature event to the fall to take advantage of cooler temperatures and harvest themes. We’ll have live music, our famous bake sale, pumpkin painting, an auction, cakewalks, a costume parade and contest, and other activities being planned.

Note: My family attends this every year and wouldn't miss it for the world! Lots of fun.