Deadline for TN Certified Site Summer Round 2023 applications is July 2023. Letters of Intent and Step 1 applications will be reviewed in July. (TNECD Weekly Recap newsletter)

Child care in the U.S. is short 60,000 teachers as of March 2023, according to a report by Child Care Aware. Nearly 16,000 centers and home-based day cares closed between December 2019 and March 2021, a drop of 9 percent overall. (The Washington Post: ‘The Daily 202’ newsletter)

The now-closed Copper Cellar restaurant, a longtime staple on Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville, is set to be demolished in spring 2024, with new construction anticipated to begin immediately thereafter, according to a planning document. (From published reports)

Colortech and KaTom Restaurant Supplies will sponsor a free concert performed by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 at the Cherokee Park Amphitheatre in Morristown. Aram Demirjian is Music Director.

Corporate order forms are now available for the May 12 All Saints’ BBQ fundraiser. To request a form, email kwender@allsaintsmorristown.org.

Cumberland Gap “Eat, Sip, Shop and Stroll’ will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, featuring food and beverages provided by host businesses in the downtown area.

Mobility Plus will hold a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 20, at its location at 1935 West Morris Blvd., Suite 250, hosted by the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce. Jay and LeElyn Linx, owners.

Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce will host its Small Business Awards of Excellence on Tuesday, April 25. The event will be held at 11:30 a.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal School. For more information, call the Chamber offices at 423-586-6382.

Spring Shopping Expo, presented by Hometown Businesses of Grainger County and the Grainger County Chamber of Commerce, will be held 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29 at Rutledge Elementary School, located at 7480 Rutledge Pike. More than 100 vendors are expected to participate.

Tennessee Valley Authority is preparing to return the remains of more than 4,800 Native Americans to their ancestors in 21 tribes. The public utility filed notice with the Federal Register that the remains and burial items removed from sites in TN, KY and AL will be available to be claimed after April 29. (The Tennessee Journal newsletter)

UT Regional Health Center-Morristown is expected to open in early May. The state-of-the-art health care facility will offer specialty care, diagnostics and infusion services to Morristown and surrounding counties. The newly contructed facility is located at 6232 West Andrew Johnson Hwy. in Talbott. (Citizen Tribune newsroom)