In association with the Douglass High School Alumni Association, the Riverview Residents Association, and Kingsport Parks and Recreation, the program we have planned, begins at 12 Noon at the Douglass Ballfield (if the weather is nice), or in the V.O. Dobbins Center (if the weather is bad or too cold). There will be speeches, songs and entertainment to commemorate the history and legacy of the apartments, then we will adjourn to the beginning site, where the construction crew will begin the work, of tearing down part of our history. Afterwards, we will go back to the V.O. Dobbins Center, for refreshments and fellowship.
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR. This will no doubt be a traumatic and dramatic experience for many of our seniors and former apartment residents, and we need to stand together with them as a community, as we face the future together.
If you have any questions, or wish to contribute a speech or song to the event, please call either Calvin at 423-421-7784 (csneed@newschannel9.com), or Johnnie Mae at 423-246-6623 (newvision_kpt@yahoo.com).
Orders are still coming in for bricks from the apartments. Obviously, all of the apartments will not be coming down this Saturday.. they will be torn down as the demolition crew gets to them, so get your name to Johnnie Mae ASAP.
SEE YOU SATURDAY AT HIGH NOON AT DOUGLASS!
