After months of planning and development, the Tennessee Downtowns Program Steering Committee members recently met with Mary Evins, Gaius Overton, and William Kooienga to view the perspective designs for the new open-air stage to be built in Evins Park in Downtown Smithville later this year. “The stage will be a welcome and beautiful addition to the county allowing for outdoor concerts, performances, and other community events for the public to enjoy and use,” says Tennessee Downtown Committee chair Steve White.
“This is just one facet of our many plans for the downtown revitalization efforts,” says Chamber Director & TN Downtowns Steering Committee Member Suzanne Williams. “We are excited to partner with the Evins Foundation on this initial project and believe this to be one of the many successes coming out of the committee’s hard work, vision, and planning.”
The 3-D Models, rendered by Architect Gaius Overton and Artist William Kooienga, are available for viewing at the Chamber’s new location in the Courthouse, Room 201. If you are interested in volunteering to help with this project, being on one of the new TN Downtown Program Committees, or making a donation to the downtown revitalization efforts, call the Chamber of Commerce office at 597-4163.
Pictured l-r:
Steve White, TN Downtowns Program Steering Committee chair; Alan Webb, TN Downtowns Program Steering Committee; William Kooienga, Sculptor/Beech Hollow Studios; Mary Evins, Evins Foundation; Gaius Overton, Architect; Jackie Smith, TN Downtowns Marketing Committee; Suzanne Williams, Chamber Director and TN Downtowns Program Steering Committee; and Wade Smith, TN Downtowns Program Steering Committee; (not pictured) Mark Ashburn, TN Downtowns Program Steering Committee
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