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Volume 135 • Issue 26
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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City hires new Marketing, KM Independence Tourism, and Events Manager Celebration July 1 By Loretta Cozart
With the season of concerts and special events already in full swing in Kings Mountain, Susan Mosk, the city’s new manager of Marketing, Tourism, and Events hit the ground running on her first day on the job. “We have been busy refocusing the whole department, just continuing to do our events and that lane of the department is moving, and is continuing to move well, very well,” she said.
SUSAN MOSK “We continue to expand into the other two lanes focused on marketing and
tourism,” she added. Last night, City Council decided during their June meeting whether to contract with Kings Mountain Forward, Inc. for ongoing services in support of the Municipal Service District; the Downtown; and small business corridors within the City of Kings Mountain and that will guide the city in moving forward. “If that contract is approved, our department will be working with those folks, and I’ll be the liaison See HIRE, Page 5A
Celebrate our nation’s independence on Saturday, July 1, as the City of Kings Mountain presents Revolutionary 4th! The city will produce this event in honor of our country on its 247th birthday. Bring your family to Patriots Park in Downtown for food trucks, games, and inflatables. DJ Tony Cutlass and Eric Bowman will MC the event from Liberty Falls Amphitheatre. The event starts at 6:00 pm. Charlotte’s own New Local will take the stage at 6:30 pm. The City of Kings Mountain will present their signature, unrivaled fireworks display See CELEBRATION, Page 5A
Rides, Inflatables, Games and more at Revolutionary 4th Pickin’ at the Park returns to Kings Mountain’s Patriots Park on Thursday evening. Photo by Angela Padgett
Pickin’ at the Park returns on Thursdays Thursday nights in Downtown Kings Mountain sound much sweeter as the City of Kings Mountain and the Cleveland County Music Hall of Fame partner to host Pickin’ at Park in Patriots Park at 220 South Railroad Avenue in Kings Mountain. Join Cleveland County Music Hall of Fame Board
Member and Kings Mountain resident Drew Fulton and other talented musicians as they play tunes at the Patriots Park gazebo. The pickin’ starts at 6:00 p.m. Bring your lawn chair and join the fun. Want to participate? All pickers are welcome! No registration is required.
For more information on Pickin’ at the Park, contact the City of Kings Mountain’s Special Events Department at 704-730-2101, or the Cleveland County Music Hall of Fame at 704-860-4068. Pickin’ at the Park returns to Kings Mountain’s Patriots Park on Thursday evening.
Sec. Granholm toured Albemarle
When residents of Kings Mountain attend the Revolutionary 4th Festival, they attend for two reasons, FIREWORKS and FOOD! For the littlest residents of our city, Revolutionary 4th will offer a whole lot more. Presented by Groves Insurance, children up to 12 can step inside an awesome KIDS ZONE featuring rides, inflatables, games, and of course the Patriots Park Splash Pad. Found at the upper end of the park, The Groves Insurance, Revolutionary 4th Kids Zone will open July 1 at 6:00 p.m.
Balloon animals are always a favorite with the youngsters. See more photos on page 3A. Photos by City of KM
By Loretta Cozart U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm visited Albemarle Corporation in Kings Mountain on Monday afternoon to kick off a four-state southern tour she calls the “People Powered Summer Road Trip.” While at the facility, she visited the Albemarle’s mine, Dry Room in the Battery Materials Innovation Center, the Technology Center, and the Experience Center. Secretary Granholm commented on the imKent Masters, CEO of Albemarle Lithium with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm during a press portance of starting her tour here, “First of all, conference at Albemarle Corporation in Kings we started here in North Carolina, because it Mountain on Monday. Photo by Loretta Cozart has been an amazing attractor of investments, both in the electric vehicle supply chain, but overall. The number is that there’s over $8.6 billion worth of event including Battleground investment just in clean enTravel to be impacted and Railroad Avenues, Cans- ergy since the President took during Revolutionary 4th ler, Gold and Mountain office.” celebrations “Of those key investments Streets downtown, Highway is a partnership with Albe161/Cleveland Avenue and The City of Kings Mounmarle through our battery surrounding side streets. tain looks forward to the RevUse extreme caution when grant. That was what they olutionary 4th celebrations traveling these roads due to competed for and got,” she scheduled for July 1, at Patri- the increase in motor vehi- continued. “The whole point ots Park. cles and pedestrians. Please here is to have the whole supMany roads within the city plan to travel using different ply chain for all these clean will be impacted during this roads if you are impacted by energy technologies in the this change. The city thanks United States. And the South citizens for their cooperation is becoming a real up-andSee ALBEMARLE, Page 8A in this matter.
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