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Thursday, January 31, 2008

"What's Old Is New---Riverview!" Program for the Demolition of the Historic Riverview Apartments

(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

"What's Old Is New---Riverview! Celebration
DEMOLITION BEGINS OF THE HISTORIC RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS



SATURDAY PROGRAM, 12 NOON, FEBRUARY 2, 2008
V.O. DOBBINS, SR. COMMUNITY CENTER
301 LOUIS STREET, KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE



WELCOME: Opening Remarks--Calvin Sneed, Sons and Daughters of Douglass, Riverview
Residents Association
MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES: Johnnie Mae Swaggerty


OPENING PRAYER: Rev. Kenneth Calvert, Shiloh Baptist Church

SONG: Douglass Alumni Chorus

REMARKS: Mrs. Mamie Gillenwater (one of the first families to move into the
Apartments in 1940, and one of the first families to move into the new
HOPE VI Redevelopment Homes)

REMARKS: Terry Cunningham, Executive Director, Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment
Authority

REMARKS: The Honorable Dennis Phillips, Mayor of Kingsport

REMARKS: Dean Reynolds, Field Representative, U.S. Congressman David Davis' Office
(1st District)

REMARKS: From Those Who Cannot Attend in Person, But in Spirit by Calvin Sneed

SKIT: New Vision Youth, Kingsport

SONG: Douglass Alumni Chorus

CLOSING REMARKS: Calvin Sneed, Sons and Daughters of Douglass, Riverview Residents
Association

SONG: "I Cried My Last Tear" by Dana Skaggs

BENEDICTION: Rev. Kenneth Calvert, Shiloh Baptist Church

ADJOURNMENT IN SONG TO THE HISTORIC RIVERVIEW APARTMENTS ("Amazing Grace," other songs)

DEMOLITION BEGINS

THEN, EVERYONE IS INVITED BACK TO THE V.O. DOBBINS, SR. COMMUNITY CENTER FOR REFRESHMENTS AND FELLOWSHIP



SPONSORED BY: Douglass Alumni Association, Douglass Releford, President
Riverview Residents Association, Mary Ellen Cox, President
City of Kingsport Parks and Recreation, James "Moose" Henry
New Vision Youth
South Central Kingsport Community Development, Inc.---Weed and Seed

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Van Dobbins, Jr.

Food City

Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Terry Cunningham, Executive Director

D.H. Griffin Wrecking Company, Bristol, VA/TN

The People of Riverview, South Central Kingsport, and Kingsport

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