FCA NEWS!

FCA News Releases:

January 13th, 2008
FCA Debuts Website 3.0

FCA launches its third website (3.0) that replaces the earlier version that was created in 2006 and the first website created and launched in 2004. Welcome to www.FarragutCommunityAlliance.org !!!

January 5th, 2008
FCA Plans Open House for West Knox / Farragut Candidates

FCA decides to host an Open House for West Knox / Farragut Candidates seeking office in Knox County in 2008. More details to follow.

December 11th, 2007
New Brands / Logos for FCA

FCA has updated its logos to support its new brand management initiative. FCA appreciates the work of Guerrilla Graphix of Albuquerque, NM for their graphic design firm's work in developing innovative and trademarked brands for the Farragut Community Alliance and its Leadership Farragut program.

January 27th, 2005
Farragut Learns of FCA and Leadership Farragut

From the Farragut Press article by Leslie Tucker on Jan. 27th, 2005

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• Strengthen neighborhoods and homeowners associations

A past president of the Fort West Owners Association, Johns said that Farragut’s neighborhoods “are the strength of our community. … There’s a lot of issues facing neighborhoods. … The town needs to engage the neighborhoods to have a lot more citizen participation and input. …

All the neighborhoods face the same issues … but there’s not a formal mechanism to bring that knowledge together.”

That’s one reason Johns is launching FCA, the Farragut Community Alliance, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is spelled out: “to bring Farragut citizens, neighborhoods and organizations together in a collaborative effort to provide the vision and roadmap for the community … and prepare the town for future challenges and opportunities.”


• Develop tomorrow’s community leaders.

“The best compliment a leader can have is developing future leaders, and that mechanism has not been in place here,” Johns said.

He proposes the development of Leadership Farragut, whose mission will be to: “build a leadership base of dedicated individuals who are committed to fostering and enhancing the growth of Farragut.” One objective would be to provide a forum for people with a “sincere interest in Farragut” to gather, identify community needs and possible solutions. Johns worked with UT MBA students to develop the curriculum. The group compared such programs statewide, including Leadership Germantown, where Johns was in its 1996 inaugural class.

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