🌱 What Maryville’s sold-out AI summit revealed about our AI future

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In today's newsletter:

• What Maryville’s sold-out AI summit revealed about our AI future
• See how a Jefferson Avenue building is becoming a homeless resource hub
• What this new Royal Oaks medical campus means for Maryville traffic and growth

Also on today's calendar: Swim Lessons - Right Start Ages 3-5 and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 77 and low of 50 degrees.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 71, low: 45.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Here's what happens when teachers, business owners, and creatives all walk into an AI summit (teknovation.biz) — Maryville residents packed the downtown Maryville center for Maryville College’s sold-out AI Summit, exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping classrooms, local businesses, and creative work. Speakers with ties to Maryville City Schools and area tech firms urged attendees to balance excitement and caution while learning how different fields are already using AI in daily workflows.
   

2. Ladder to success: John 3:16 Outreach one step closer to opening resource center (thedailytimes.com) — A longtime commercial building on Jefferson Avenue in Maryville is being transformed into a community resource center for people experiencing homelessness, with fresh paint just completed by 70 volunteers. The John 3:16 Outreach Ministry site will eventually offer showers, laundry, lockers, mail service, and meeting space, and recent help from local partners is speeding up renovations even though an opening date isn’t set yet.
   

3. New medical office building going in near Royal Oaks subdivision (thedailytimes.com) — Maryville City Council has approved rezoning 16 acres of former Royal Oaks Golf Course land for a large Prisma Health medical office campus, despite nearby residents’ concerns about traffic and privacy. The project includes a new connector road, traffic signal, and up to 575 parking spaces, with construction expected to last 18–24 months alongside several other city infrastructure and zoning decisions.
   

4. Maryville's Sawyer Robinette signs with Alabama Huntsville track (thedailytimes.com) — Maryville High School pole vaulter Sawyer Robinette has signed to compete for the University of Alabama Huntsville while pursuing aerospace engineering. The All-State athlete helped Maryville win a sectional title and will return to the TSSAA state meet next week, continuing a journey that began climbing Shields Stadium and local climbing gyms.
   

5. Keep Tennessee Beautiful Awards 2026 Scholarships to Nine Graduating Seniors (wasteadvantagemag.com) — A Maryville student, Katherine Wallace, has been named one of nine Tennessee seniors to receive a $1,250 Keep Tennessee Beautiful scholarship recognizing environmental commitment. The program honors students from all three Grand Divisions and is funded through book sales and cleanup sponsorships, supporting future studies in sustainability and community improvement.
   

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📸 Around Maryville

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Maryville

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday May 14

• Blackberry Smoke →
  The Shed Smokehouse & Juke Joint, 1820 W Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Thursday May 14

• Baccalaureate Thursday, May 14th @ 6 PM, East Maryville Baptist C
  Heritage High School Maryville, TN 37804
  6:00 pm
• MRIS 5TH, 6TH, 7TH GR. ORCHESTRA CONCERT
  Montgomery Ridge Intermediate School Faith Promise Church
  6:00 pm
• CGIS Orchestra Spring Concert
  Coulter Grove Intermediate School Maryville, TN 37804
  6:00 pm

Monday May 18

• MRIS Band Low Brass Recital 5th-7th gr
  MRIS Theater
  4:00 pm
• Swim Lessons - Right Start Ages 3-5 →
  John Sevier Pool, 1998 Sequoyah Ave, Maryville
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 19

• Tennis - Sandy Springs (Session 1) →
  Sandy Springs Park, 702 Best St, Maryville
  4:30 pm

Tuesday May 26

• Networking Maryville →
  TNBANK, 1311 W Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• MHS Senior Breakfast at CGIS
  Coulter Grove Intermediate School Maryville, TN 37804
  8:00 am
• đ¤ AMS Chorus Concert
  Alcoa High School, 1205 Lodge St, Alcoa
  5:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• Senior Awards Ceremony
  Alcoa High School Bill Bailey Stadium/Goddard Field, 1325 Faraday St, Alcoa, TN 3
  8:00 am
• CGIS Orchestra Spring Concert
  Coulter Grove Intermediate School Maryville, TN 37804
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello everyone, I want to share the amazing remodeling that happened in my bathroom.
  Although I haven’t painted yet, but I can’t wait to share. First contractor that came left me high and dry after gutting my bathroom and leaving… (Nextdoor Eagleton Village)
• Does this sweet boy belong to anyone locally?
  I haven’t seen him around before and we live on Peterson, which is a super dangerous road for outdoor pets. (Nextdoor Oxford Hills)

• Clean Team posted a job opening for Commercial Janitors - Maryville in Maryville. Apply here.
• Maryville College posted a job opening for Assistant Director of International Student Services in Maryville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Maryville here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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