Posted on December 29th, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
As the new year approaches, our friend and colleague, Ellen Robinson, has accepted a new challenge. She is leaving her post as vice president at Moxley Carmichael to head up the marketing efforts of Lewis, King, Krieg and Waldrop, the largest law firm in Knoxville (if you rank by number of attorneys).
Since we often do [...]
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Posted on December 28th, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
I hope you have heard by now that the Emmy-winning ABC television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is coming to Knoxville to build a home for a deserving family next month. This is the show that enlists tons of community volunteers and donated materials and — while the selected family is whisked away for a [...]
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Posted on September 7th, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
We threw a little cocktail party the other day to thank all those patient souls who have been on The Blue Streak the most during the past year. Without the cooperation of all the folks who patiently pose for the photos, this blog would not be possible.
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Posted on August 1st, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
Election years always provide the best material for the good folks from the Society of Professional Journalists who are writing and producing the annual Front Page Follies shows. The shows, performed largely by local journalists and PR people, are designed to raise money for journalism scholarships. The strategy: Serve cocktails and dinner. Have an auction. [...]
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Posted on July 6th, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
Randy Boyd, the CEO of Knoxville-based PetSafe, spoke to the young-ish business folks in Nucleus Knoxville for about 20 minutes recently. Here’s what they found out:
Boyd is committed to making Knoxville the most pet-friendly city in the country — and he is succeeding.
He wants every kid in Tennessee to have the opportunity to go to [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
To celebrate the great time we are having in our new offices in the historic Miller’s Department Store building at 445 S. Gay Street, we made “coming back to Miller’s” the theme of our annual mid-winter client party this year.
The invitation had historic photos from Miller’s in its heyday. And we chose the time setting [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait until Restaurant Week! That is a first-ever event in Knoxville set for Feb. 27 through March 4. During that time, about 30 high-profile Knoxville restaurants will offer fixed price meals — three courses for either $25 or $35 — and donate $5 per meal to Second [...]
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Posted on January 6th, 2011 by Cynthia Moxley
• “He said all the right things.”
• “He seems like a good guy. And he’s from UT!”
• “He doesn’t seem like a loose cannon!”
Those were some of the comments heard in the crowd of nearly 300 business people gathered at the Knoxville Convention Center Monday to welcome the new University of Tennessee president, Joe DiPietro.
The [...]
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Posted on December 31st, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
I took a reporter to Regas a while back and was flabbergasted when he said he’d never been there before. I don’t think I could have had a reporting or a business career if it had not been for Regas Restaurant. I’m only exaggerating a little.
In the 1980s, when I was a reporter for the [...]
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Posted on December 21st, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
“If drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve!”
That’s how Mickey Mallonee paraphrased Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman last night when I asked her if she would really consider running for mayor of Knoxville, a rumor going around. Talk of that started six or eight weeks ago as kind of a joke among Mickey’s friends, [...]
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