The Sevierville Chamber of Commerce held their annual banquet. The annual awards were presented as well as announcing new board appointments and retirements.
- Renovation/restoration: New Orleans on the River
- Best new landscaping: Clarion Inn Willow River
- Best new signage: Smoky Mountain Children’s Home
- Best new construction: Hillside Winery
- John Sevier Award winners, given to those who died in the past year, for their accomplishments: Bill Atchley, Harold Atchley, Grant Cantwell, Pete Hailey, Dwight Wade Sr.
- New board members: Jeanie Allen of mountain National Bank, Joe Fall of Walters State Community College, Devin Koester attorney at law, Emily Whaley of Fairfield Inn.
- Retiring board members: Sue Frazier of Walters State, Kristy Becker of Clarion Inn Willow River, Howard Kingsbury of The Diner, Ray Johnson (chairman) of Johnson Pest Control.
- Officers and Executive Board for 2009-2010: Ashley Johnson (chairman) of Johnson & Murrell, Allen Robbins (vice chairman) of Sevier County Electric System, Debbie Newman (secretary) of Comfort Inn Apple Valley, Debbie Dowling (treasurer) of Dr. Robert F. Thomas Foundation, Ray Johnson (ex-officio) of Johnson Pest Control.
- Board of Directors: Kay Green of Hidden Mountain Resort, Travis McCroskey of Landmark Inn, Kevin Kilpatrick of The Apple Barn and Cider Mill, Jeannie Allen of Mountain National Bank, Ron Rader of Colonial Real Estate, Joe Fall of Walters State Community College, Steve Ownby of Kodak, Phil Word of Hampton Inn, Lauren Chesney of Tennessee Smokies Baseball, Emily Whaley of Fairfield Inn, Eric Schreiner of Sevier County Bank, Todd Thompson of Thompson Carr & Associates, Devin Koester attorney at law.













