East TN Conservative

Kingsport Ballet $5,000

Summer Concert  $70,000

Kingsport Theatre Guild  $5,000

Kingsport Art Guild  $2,000

Symphony of the Mountains  $5,000

Art Council of Greater Kingsport  $7,000

Kingsport Housing Redevelopment Authority  - Lincoln Street property  $200,000

Kingsport Housing Redevelopment Authority - redevelopment program  $63,000

Kingsport Chamber Foundation  $110,000

Kingsport Tomorrow Inc community program  $23,000

Networks  $225,000

Downtown Kingsport Association  $40,000

Children Advocacy Center of Sullivan County $5,900

First Tennessee Development District  $3,200

Sullivan County Humane Society  $36,000

First Tennessee Resource Agency  $10,900

Kingsport Chamber of Commerce - Move to Kingsport $45,000.  Plus Kingsport will pay another $45,000 matching funds

Holston Business Group  $50,000.  Plus a percentage of the city annual budget.

Kingsport Chamber of Commerce gets a large percentage of the hotel tax

City Manager got a 4% pay raise on July 1, 2008 plus his performance increase

Data from Kingsport TN Government