"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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