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Peaceful Side Brands, Benton’s team up for new Townsend cafe

benton's bacon

Peaceful Side Brands is preparing to open Sharons’ Half Day Cafe, a new fast-casual breakfast and lunch restaurant in Townsend focused on Appalachian ingredients and local partnerships. The business is a partnership with Benton’s Bacon and Country Hams. The approximately 80-seat restaurant is expected to open Aug. 5 at 7955 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway. It […]

20,000-square-foot Ferguson Waterworks facility headed to Regal Drive

ferguson waterworks site plan

The Alcoa Regional/Municipal Planning Commission unanimously approved the company’s site plan July 16. The development will be located on Regal Drive and include an approximately 20,000-square-foot wholesale warehouse, an ancillary plumbing showroom and a fenced outdoor storage yard. Plans also show 56 parking spaces for employees and customers. Ferguson Waterworks is a national supplier to […]