Clarksville, TN – The 35th Annual Queen City Road Race will be Saturday, May 4th. Registration is going on now.
The Queen City Road Race event is a Clarksville tradition promoting fitness and fun for all ages. The 7K and 5K race route takes runners through the streets of Historic Downtown Clarksville, beginning and ending at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium, while the One Mile Movement takes you on an exciting tour of a portion of the APSU campus.
For over thirty years, hundreds of Clarksville-Montgomery County and Fort Campbell school students, teachers and family members have participated in this Clarksville tradition.
 Queen City Road Race, Clarksville TN.
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35th Annual Queen City Road Race featuring new 7K Race registration going on now
March 13, 2013 |
Clarksville, TN – It’s that time of year again to lace up those running shoes and begin preparing for the 35th Annual Queen City Road Race scheduled for Saturday, May 4th.
The Queen City Road Race event is a Clarksville tradition promoting fitness and fun for all ages. The 7K and 5K race route takes runners through the streets of Historic Downtown Clarksville, beginning and ending at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium, while the One Mile Movement takes you on an exciting tour of a portion of the APSU campus.
For over thirty years, hundreds of Clarksville-Montgomery County and Fort Campbell school students, teachers and family members have participated in this Clarksville tradition.
 Queen City Road Race, Clarksville TN.
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35th Annual Queen City Road Race featuring new 7K Race now accepting registrations
February 13, 2013 |
Clarksville, TN – It’s that time of year again to lace up those running shoes and begin preparing for the 35th Annual Queen City Road Race scheduled for Saturday, May 4th.
The Queen City Road Race event is a Clarksville tradition promoting fitness and fun for all ages. The 7K and 5K race route takes runners through the streets of Historic Downtown Clarksville, beginning and ending at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium, while the One Mile Movement takes you on an exciting tour of a portion of the APSU campus.
For over thirty years, hundreds of Clarksville-Montgomery County and Fort Campbell school students, teachers and family members have participated in this Clarksville tradition. «Read the rest of this article»
34th Annual Queen City Road Race registration underway
March 15, 2012 |
Clarksville, TN – It’s that time of year again to lace up those running shoes and begin preparing for the 34th Annual Queen City Road Race scheduled for Sunday, May 6th.
The Queen City Road Race event is a Clarksville tradition promoting fitness and fun for all ages. The 5K race route takes runners through the streets of Historic Downtown Clarksville, beginning and ending at Austin Peay State University’s Governors Stadium, while the One Mile Movement takes you on an exciting tour of a portion of the APSU campus.
 2011 Queen City Road Race, Clarksville TN.
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The Final Horne: Thanks to run by High School Teams in State Tournament add ‘Hoops City’ to list of Clarksville’s nicknames
Clarksville, TN – Every city is known for something and its fair to say Clarksville is know for many things. Tobacco, Wilma Rudolph, Fort Campbell, Harry Galbreath, the 1999 Tornado, Mason Rudolph and Austin Peay (the governor and the university), are just a few.
Clarksville’s nicknames have ranged from: The Queen City, Queen of the Cumberland, Gateway to the New South to the current Tennessee’s Top Spot.
 Fly Williams addresses the crowd in the Dunn Center during his jersey retirement ceremony February 5th, 2009.
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August Chamber of Commerce Events
August 3, 2011 |
Clarksville, TN. – August 1st, 2011 - The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce announces upcoming events during the month of August.
On Tuesday, August 2nd, the Chamber will be hosting a Women In Business event at 11:30am at the Hilton Garden Inn, 290 Alfred Thun Road. Tresa Halbrooks will serve as the Keynote Speaker. Her personal story will touch and inspire you; her humor will undoubtedly make you laugh and you will enjoy hearing about her journey through a male dominated industry. «Read the rest of this article»
APSU Students produce Monograph on City’s Public Art Pieces
July 6, 2011 |
Clarksville, TN – Throughout the city of Clarksville, a number of statues and other pieces commemorate the history of the local community, honor heroes and celebrate the spirit of the town.
There’s the statue of John Montgomery, for whom Montgomery County is named, located in front of City Hall, facing Strawberry Alley downtown. The legend of Wilma Rudolph, Clarksville’s most famous woman athlete who was the first female to win three gold medals in the Olympics in 1960 in Rome, Italy, is preserved in her classic crossing-the-finish-line pose at McGregor Park at the intersection of College Street and Riverside Drive. «Read the rest of this article»
June Chamber of Commerce Events
June 4, 2011 |
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Area Chamber of Commerce announces upcoming events during the month of June.
A Power Breakfast will be held at Riverview Inn, 50 College Street, on June 9th at 7:30am. Rudy Kalis will serve as the keynote speaker for this event. From his humble beginnings as a 5-year-old German immigrant, Emmy award winner Rudy Kalis has garnered a long and exciting career as one of the nation’s premiere sports newscasters. Rudy has crossed paths with some of the greatest names in sports history such as Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Jack Nicklaus, Wayne Gretzky, Wilma Rudolph, and Darrell Waltrip. «Read the rest of this article»
APSU begins spring sessions of Library Athenaeum
March 9, 2011 |
Clarksville, TN – The popular Library Athenaeum series at Austin Peay State University will begin its spring schedule of sessions next week.
Library Athenaeum events, held on the third floor of Woodward Library, are free and open to the public; students especially are encouraged to attend. «Read the rest of this article»
My Official Position on the East-West Corridor
June 19, 2010 |
By Gabriel Rasmus Segovia
The East -West Corridor being debated by our Clarksville City Council is a hotly contested plan. The immediate families who stand to lose multi-generational farms are among the most vocal opponents, along with other property and home owners in the path of the proposed road from Gate 1 to Wilma Rudolph.
I recently attended a public hearing held at the Kleeman Center on this proposed road. At this meeting, I was able to ask several key planners on this project some specific questions. After reflecting on the answers I was given, I made a decision about what I would recommend the best course of action should be.
Let me start by saying that the first question I always ask is, “How much is this going to cost?” When I spoke to the person who should know the answer, he told me that the figure given to the public at that meeting ($30 million) was a three year old estimate. I asked another person there, and he told me that you can add about 3% per year for inflation, but even then that figure was a rough estimate. «Read the rest of this article»
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