It started as a joke… …like all good jokes, the story becomes more important than the punchline. So if you see our Christmas tree decorated in sparkling little mirrors, this…

Did you know that you could go to work and be PAID to blow things up, shoot guns, play in the water, or even mess around with fans and…


Spark Plaza partnered with Startup Tri-Cities for the March First Friday. Startup Tri-Cities gave a state of the Startup Union address, and talked about “Who Startup Tri-Cities is?” and “What…

We made a thing …more specifically, a song! For our February First Friday, we got creative and wrote a song. Most of our members agree that as individuals we…

As it has always been said, “all good things must come to an end.” With our Cruise Director/Community Manager, Heath, leaving, we at Spark Plaza understand this statement. Heath has been…

ICYMI: 2017 is here …and last week was our First First Friday of the new year! We warmed up during the snowstorm thanks to a tea (clarification, southerners—hot tea) tasting workshop with Laura…

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,…