Extending warm holiday greetings from all of us here at Spark Plaza to your rainy Wednesday morning inbox. We hope that the season has started wonderfully with family, friends, food, hot chocolate…
Entrepreneurs, creatives, startups, tech junkies, developers and geeks—welcome to downtown Johnson City, Tennessee. We have seen an influx of you and your businesses into the region over the past year…
For November First Friday, we took a little (mental) field trip to India… This month’s guest speaker was Spark Plaza’s newest member, Shashank Mohan. Shashank tried to, just tried, to compare political,…
The brewery game in Johnson City will never be the same. Duffek Mobile—our in-house mobile development experts and simultaneously expert beer connoisseurs—have launched the BrewFund. This is a mobile app that allows users to send and…
Last week, we asked all of our Spark Plaza members to share their favorite Ted Talks for some motivation and inspiration to close out the summer. The results did just…
Tennessee is a state that is well-known for some of its alcohol like whiskey or craft beer. Back prior to the days of prohibition, in this area, whiskey was a…
July 4th Celebrations Are Making Sparks! The 4th of July is almost here! There are plenty of activities going down to keep Johnson City celebrating all day. Pine Oaks and…
The lost State of Franklin is a piece of east Tennessee history that isn’t that well-known, yet remnants of this story are everywhere you turn. Johnson City, as well as east…
Johnson City is the home of over 65,000 people and has been around since 1856. It has also been the home to many great changes and developments. You cannot truly…
One of the coolest festivals is back again! We are excited to sponsor the Blue Plum 5K for our June First Friday! Not to mention, the 5K starts at 7pm…