Kingsport Academic Village

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Best Practices, Reopening Plan & Public Health Order #2 - Kingsport, TN As our cities and counties move forward with reopening plans and procedures, local leaders remind citizens that we are not returning to “normal.” Our new normal will look different, with business and health precautions remaining a large part of everyday life. It is more important than ever to co...

Please be aware of the Safer at Home Order that has been issued for Sullivan County and Kingsport.

Stay safe!

Safety Preparedness: City of Kingsport COVID-19 Response - Kingsport, TN CDC is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel (new) coronavirus that was first detected in China and which has now been detected in more than 100 locations internationally, including in the United States. The virus has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes...

[This applies to all city parks and green spaces.]
Please read over carefully and thank you for doing your part to save lives.

It's hard to adjust to spending more time in your home. We're all feeling compelled to get outside and stretch our legs in the outdoors, and parks like ours offer a much-needed reprieve. But we have to keep parks as safe places by practicing social distancing and preventing overcrowding.

What does that mean? Here are some practical tips:
• Pay close attention to guidance in your community before heading outside. Tennessee executive order currently prohibits social gatherings of 10 or more people.
• Avoid times and places of high use.
• Keep your groups to three people or less—preferably people in your household.
• Per CDC coronavirus guidelines, maintain a distance of at least 6 feet from everyone on park grounds, parkings lots and on the trails.
• If you approach others on the trail or anywhere else, safely step to the side to allow at least 6 feet of distance for passing.
• As much as you can, stick to activities and areas that are within your regular routine. Take it easy.
• Be considerate and kind to others. We're all in this together!

Important information on current COVID-19 actions.

Tri-Cities mayors, health officials: Area at 'tipping point' in COVID-19 battle Local health and government officials held a joint press conference Wednesday to reinforce the call for public adherence to basic prevention steps to slow spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus. Members of the public are urged not to travel.

Please check out this page and share it help inform our residents of the most current updates, along with local resources if they need assistance.

https://www.kingsporttn.gov/residents/safety-preparedness-city-of-kingsport-covid-19-response/

Share your thoughts about Main Street in Kingsport!

Main Street Redevelopment Online Survey Now Available

Kingsport, TN - The Main Street project involves the visioning of the best streetscape for Main Street between Market Street to Sullivan Street. In addition to taking care of the basics, like repairing failed roadway sections, repaving, repairing damaged curbs and updating the sidewalk system to fill-in gaps, the city is making repairs and ensuring ADA compliance. The project aims to set the vision of what Main Street should be. Some of the items already considered include the addition of streetscape include additional trees and landscaping, the addition of parking spaces and attractive street lighting as well as the potential to remove the overhead utility lines.

Please see the flyer below for information about the online survey for the Main Street Redevelopment project. Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback and encourage others to take the survey as well. The survey will be available through September 8th. Go to the website below and select the "Main Street Online Survey" link.

https://www.kingsporttn.gov/city-services/kmtpo/mtpo-projects/main-street-project/

Interested in taking classes? Want to see what programs are offered? Check out www.learnkingsport.com!

Home - The Kingsport Academic Village The Welding/Metal Fabrication program prepares individuals as welders or metal fabricators. The curriculum focuses on the development of knowledge and skills in Oxy-fuel welding, brazing and cutting, plasma arc cutting and carbon arc cutting, Flux-Core Arc Welding (FCAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW...

ETSU joining Kingsport higher ed center (VIDEOS)  Less than a year after Tusculum College and the University of Tennessee left the Kingsport Center for Higher Education, ETSU has decided to begin offering classes at the facility. 

ETSU to join Kingsport Center for Higher Education In a special called meeting of the Kingsport Higher Education Commission and the Kingsport Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the two bodies voted to add East Tennessee State University as a member insti…

KINGSPORT (Aug. 31, 2016) – East Tennessee State University and Wellmont Health System are partnering to expand the university’s accelerated bachelor of science in nursing program in Kingsport and increase the number of nurses in the community.

Nursing Education KINGSPORT (Aug. 31, 2016) – East Tennessee State University and Wellmont Health System are partnering to expand the university’s accelerated bachelor of science in nursing program in Kingsport and increase the number of nurses in the community. The new ETSU-Holston Valley Medical Center Accelerated…

Good morning Kingsport and Happy Holidays - great news soon.

ETSU nursing program coming to downtown Kingsport Twenty students began the program last week and ETSU officials are expected to welcome 20 additional students into the fold each fall and spring semester. The downtown campus currently serves 480 students throughout the day each week, with classes in social work, education, psychology and business.