2026 Chamber Awards
2026 Lifetime Achievement Award winners - Hal and Kossie Buckelew
Congratulations to our 2026 Chamber Awards Winners!
Blount County Schools
High School Ambassadors of the Year
Appalachian - Denise Molina
Cleveland - Mackenzie Maniscalco
Hayden - Wyatt Dillard
Locust Fork - Cortlyn Williamson
JB Pennington - Trinity Pankey
Southeastern - John Noles
Susan Moore - Yariheisy Villa
Teachers of the Year
Danielle Thomas * Jarrod Smitherman
Support Staff of the Year
Vickie Foster
Oneonta City Schools
High School Ambassador of the Year
Anthony Nunez
Teachers of the Year
Carol Kenyon * Wendy Smithson * Lynne Sargent
Support Staff of the year
Jennifer Horton
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Martha Chasteen - Fancy Plants
Emerging Business of the Year
Bee Kind Honey and Bee Supply
Business of the Year
Neely School of Music & Arts
Eldridge Bynum Award for Community Service
Community Beautification Group - Blountsville
Charles Carr Volunteer of the Year
Linda Johnson
Pat Bellew Citizen of the Year
Amy Burgess
The BOCC Lifetime Achievement Award
Hal and Kossie Buckelew
