Electric Charging Station Arrives at Chamber Office

4/17/2012

The Blount Partnership, in conjunction with the Black Bear Solar Institute, are proud to have electric vehicle charging stations at both its Maryville and Townsend offices.

The Townsend Visitor's Center charging station has been in operation since December, while the Chamber Office location went into operation over the weekend.

Black Bear Solar Institute is sponsoring and operating 24 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Blount County.  Six are in Maryville and 18 are in Townsend.   

Townsend is the most EV friendly City on Planet Earth with 18 public EV charging stations sponsored and operated by Black Bear Solar Institute for a population of 545 people.  One public charging station per 30 residents gives it the highest per-capita availability for EV charging in the world.  Most are located along the bike and walking paths that extend the length of the City of Townsend.  Six more BBSI charging stations are located along the route through Blount County to Townsend.


Black Bear Solar Institute Charging Station Locations – 

5 at Trillium Cove Shopping Village in Townsend – the only shopping area in Blount County with EV charging.

5 at Laurel Valley Restaurant and Country Club in Townsend – the only golf course in Blount County and all of East Tennessee with EV charging.

2 at Townsend Visitor Center – located just a few feet from the bike and walking path that runs the length of Townsend.

2 at Talley Ho Inn in Townsend - the only overnight lodging in Blount County, Tennessee with EV charging installed. Talley Ho is also the only lodging near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park equipped to accommodate Electric Vehicles.

2 at Carriage House Restaurant in Townsend – additional EV charging adjacent to Talley Ho Inn.

2 at Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center and Museum in Townsend - EV Charging location nearest to any entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center and Museum.

2 at Cycology / Little River Trading Company in Maryville

2 at Maryville College’s Clayton Center for the Arts

2 at Blount Partnership / Chamber of Commerce in Maryville

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