Clearly, our sponsors are important to us. Without their help, there would be no event! In an effort to more clearly explain why they are supporting our event, we are providing some space here to discuss their connection to the work that the ETCFC does, or to the greening of the transportation industry. For some, you already knew it; for others, you probably had no idea! Please take a minute and peruse the information below to learn a little bit more about our sponsors and what they do, and why they support us. # of years as RfCA sponsor Alstom Power Read more about what they do on the Alstom page, or visit the Alstom Website. 2 WBIR Channel 10 WBIR has been helping the ETCFC through the Run for five years... they have undoubtedly reached the most market for us in our relatively short time as local air quality awareness event. We could not do it with out them! They help so many community groups that I don't know how they do it. I'm just glad we are one of them! Thank you WBIR! Visit the WBIR homepage at WBIR.com. 6 Knox County Air Quality Management The ETCFC has been involved with the KCAQM division since the Regional Clean Air Coalition (RCAC) got started roughly five and half years ago. Lynne Liddington who heads the KCAQM office also heads the RCAC, and regularly brings together folks from all over about six counties to discuss ideas and share on-going events and thoughts on air quality and ways to make it better! Visit the KCAQM Website. 4 Genera Energy Genera Energy is the research-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant that is located in Vonore, TN. Primary partners the Univ. of Tennessee, DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, LLC, and the State of Tennessee are collaborating to advance ethanol in the U.S. through helping us move to non-food based resources and improve the life-cycle energy efficiency of producing ethanol. ETCleanFuels is partnering with Genera to primarily work on education this year mainly through reaching K-12 students with a discussion about our transportation fuel issues and how we can begin using cleaner fuels by simply making a decision to do so. We are pleased to have them as a Run partner, so please visit them here, www.generaenergy.net. 1 Strata G We started getting to know Strata-G about four years ago, and developed relationships with a couple of different Strata-G employees. That led to meeting President Dan Hurst, and now we work to stay in-touch to discuss ways we can synergize. I'm not sure anything puts what they do better than their mission statement: "A veteran-owned small business committed to a legacy of environmental and energy stewardship through the successful application of engineering, science, and technology." They have worked on a number of alt-fuel related projects locally, including helping Genera Energy find the best spot to locate Genera's switchgrass- and corn cob-based research, cellulosic, ethanol refinery. Visit them to learn more at www.stratag.org. 3 Nissan Nissan has grand plans for cleaner, American fuels and cars... and for Tennessee. Not only will the full-speed, all-electric LEAF go on sale in Tennessee starting late this year (before many other markets), but they will begin building the car in Tennessee in 2013. Top onto that they will manufacture the battery very close to their Smyrna, Tennessee production facility, and you have an awesome Tennessee partner! Electricity as a vehicle fuel--as suprising as it may seem to some--is much cleaner than gasoline or diesel. And they are fantastic at helping reduce pollution in cities, where you typically find nonattainment areas, because they have no tailpipe, and no pollution! We are very pleased to have Nissan join us as a partner in the Run, and we look forward to having an actual LEAF at the Run in 2011! To learn more about the LEAF, visit here. 1 Friends of the Smokies Friends of the Smokies has been a major partner with the ETCFC through the Run for Clean Air since Day 1 - our first Run in 2004. They have been a high-level supporter all this time and we appreciate their consideration and thoughtfulness. To speak of what they do... you should know this! They are the major organization that rounds up all the folks that love the Smokies from near and far to help provide for the Park, largely what doesn't get provided by federal funding as it should. Don't just visit their Website, visit their Website and join! --> www.friendsofthesmokies.org. 7 Pilot Travel Centers Goodness... where to start with Pilot. They opened East TN's first E85 station, and now operate two in Knoxville. They have been a big supporter of the ETCFC through the Run but also through supporting our CAC/AmeriCorps partnership and paying for one of our two positions over the last two years. We help each other out from time to time with certain issues, and recently, they helped us in submitting two LARGE federal proposals to expand access to E85 and B20 along interstates I-75 and I-40 (keep your fingers crossed we get the grants!). In each proposal, Pilot helped fill-in E85 locations where we were having trouble otherwise finding a partner for placing E85. If that's not a good local partner, I don't know what one is. 5 Jim Gray Gallery We have been so blessed to have Jim Gray Gallery providing our MAJOR PRIZE pieces as Jim Gray prints... they are a sought-after prize at the Run! Thanks to Jim Gray, and his son Chris Gray with Church Mouse Gallery who line these up for us each year and make the donation. Visit Jim Gray's online home at the Church Mouse Gallery here. 7 B&W Y-12 Our relationship with B&W Y-12 started through a couple of different venues, including them bringing THE LARGEST team we've ever seen (usually around 60 people - thanks to Elijah Shekinah for being the Team Leader!), and having DOE-ORO friend David Myers on the Run committee and as a volunteer for the event; he was one of our photographers for the last year or two. Of course they are also one of the biodiesel-using fleets in East Tennessee... actually one of the larger ones. We very much appreciate all their participation in the Run and their proactivity for advancing cleaner fuels in our region! Learn more about B&W Y-12 here. 4 Dollywood and Dollywood Splash Country have been helping us for a couple of years now with great prizes for our participants. If you have not visited both or either, you are missing it! Dollywood is a great adventure with all kinds rides, entertainment, craftsmen, and much more, while Dollywood Splash Country is a waterpark of vast proportions. Rides like the "Slick Rock Racer" (new in 2010!), "Big Bear Plunge," and "Raging River Rapids" (to name only a few) will having you chilling out and having a blast while in the summer sun! We appreciate Dollywood helping us by helping our participants to a good time in the Smokies! Visit their Websites by clicking here for Dollywood or here for Dollywood Splash Country. 2 Terex Utilities Terex Corporation began contacting some coordinators and Jonathan of ETCleanFuels in 2009, and became a sponsor of the national Clean Cities coordinators retreat in Gatlinburg, TN that fall. David Hanks is our primary contact, and David was able to enjoy our collective trip to the Wahoo Ziplines (as is discussed on this page). We are currently looking for utility or other fleets in Tennessee and beyond that could utilize their HyPower (TM) system to signficantly reduce diesel consumption and emissions while making their vehicles' operation a safer task in our communities. Please visit their Website to learn more about Terex and specifically the Terex HyPower (TM) hybrid system! 1 Waste Management Our relationship with Waste Management starts with Barry Marshall. ETCleanFuels met Barry in the 2004 and began discussions about their moving to using biodiesel. Barry was able to champion and move both his greater Knoxville and beyond operations and the Tri-Cities operations to B5 in 2005. Not only that, he has continued to listen and be open to other ideas, although we have taken steps backward. In 2007, the local WM offices stopped using biodiesel, but not by Barry's choosing. We are very pleased to have WM as a Run partner, and we look forward to the day we can help get the local operations back to using an alternative fuel. Learn more about Waste Management nationally and their green efforts here. 3 Camel Custom Canvas Thanks to an ask by Run for Clean Air Father Ted Buel, we've had quality canvas over our heads each year since 2004, our first year. The folks at Camel Custom Canvas have been mind-readers too: about every other year, they've increased the size of our tent, and it's been perfect timing! They do a great job and work with us on the site and put up and take down. Please take a moment and visit their Website at www.camelcanvas.com. 7 Jack FM We've been partnering with South Central Media's radio stations in Knoxville over the past years through their station B-97.5 (WJXB), but switched to Jack this year. They have been helping us for several years thanks to 1) their commitment to community activities and 2) Jonathan's getting to know their markeing manager (Terry Gillingham) almost 10 years ago through both of us volunteering for the National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee. Terry did some huge things to help the NKFET, and he and his team are helping us raise awareness on local air quality and what can be done to make it better! Learn more about all the activities that Jack supports by visiting their site. 6 Regal Fuels Regal has been a partner to the ETCFC for a number of years, and were one of the first regional fuel suppliers based in Knox County to begin carrying biodiesel. They were also the first to open a public B20 station in Knoxville! Since those "early days," they've had to make changes and their B20 pump is now the sole one in Knox County and is off of Lovell Road. (Click here to see exactly where!) click here to visit their Website. 4 Cub Cadet Cub Cadet is becoming a parnter this year due to our stronger efforts recently to get propane mowers in use. Would you like to cook your dinner tonight using gasoline, or diesel? Then why are OK with cokking your meal on propane? Because it burns much cleaner, that's why! Now imagine turning America's lawn mowing work from gas/diesel to propane. That equals a cleaner America. Visit Cub Cadet's Website and learn about their propane mowers! 1 Metro Pulse Metro Pulse, the friendly, alternative weekly paper for the larger central East Tennessee region, has been helping us let folks know about the Run since 2005! They have run articles about alternative fuels and the ETCFC, and we've used them as a primary advertising tool over the years. What can you say? They hit our market. Visit the Metro Pulse's new Website here. 6 Wahoo Ziplines We are really glad we have diversified our team prizes some this year by adding Wahoo to the team! A number of us were able to experience the Wahoo Ziplines last November, including Jonathan, Emily and Wenny, and had a blast! 6 ziplines that combine to be the longest in America. And a couple of lines that let you go tandem, do flips, and even race in teams of two! Visit their Website and see what we are talking about from their videos on the homepage. 1 Growth Energy Growth Energy is the result of the transformation of the what used to be EPIC, or the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, into a new company. Supporting continued growth and use of biofuels to support America's economy and national security, either Growth or EPIC has been supporting the ETCFC (and many coalitions like us) for years. Not only have they become an ETCFC supporter through the Run, Robert White (who used to be with EPIC) attended several grand openings of E85 stations in our area or other events to help us grow our local ethanol use. They have been a good partner to East Tennessee. Please visit their Website to learn more about Growth Energy. 4 Farragut Press The Farragut Press is the main paper for the Farragut area and helps us reach into that market to let Farragutians know about the event. They've been helping us going on four years now, and we're pleased to have them as a sponsor! Visit there Website to learn more about them. 5 Efficient Energy of TN Robbie Thomas and Harvey Abouelata of EE of TN are working on many projects in the greater East Tennessee region and we are happy to welcome them as a sponsor of the Run for Clean Air this year! We plan to have a booth dedicated to all things solar at the Run so you can see and learn about projects that are on-going in the area. Considering Tennessee's substantial commitments to solar and the even more substantial commitment that major manufacturers have made in Tennessee recently (read Hemlock Semiconductor in Clarksville, Wacker Chemie, AG in Cleveland, and Confluence Solar in Clinton), Tennessee has some major opportunities to create a solar-powered future for buildings and vehicles! Visit the EE of TN Website to learn more about their work and to stay in-touch with solar activities in Tennessee. 1 ORAU Oak Ridge Associated Universities, or ORAU, is a big partnership. From their Website... "From our 98 member universities to our strategic partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, we bring together university faculty and students to collaborate on major scientific initiatives that strengthen America’s leading edge in science and technology." We are happy to have them as a new sponsor! Visit there Website to learn more about their educational efforts. 1 City of Knox. Parks & Rec. Dept. Our humble event is held in one of the city's fine parks: Sequoyah Hills. Not only is this one of the cities most beautiful parks, but it borders the Tennessee River and is almost always part of the annual Dogwood Arts Festival neighborhood tours, where hundreds of Dogwoods come into full bloom during April each year. The city has been assisting with some features of the event and we very much appreciate their support and assistance! Please visit the Parks 7amp; Recreation Website to learn more about all the parks in Knoxville or about Sequoyah Hills park. 1 WUOT 91.9 FM WUOT has been a partner to the Run for several years and that partnership grew a little more in the past couple of years. I'd have to say (this is Jonathan) that I am a little partial to WUOT... among the mix I listen to, they are where I always start in my car radio listening (that's mixed in with some other stations and my XM radio). Of course, if you've never witnessed "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!", then you just live under a rock. It's one of the most hilarious hours you will spend any and every week (that is if you stay tuned into national and international events). We are pleased to be able to partner with WUOT for our event! Please visit them online!. 3 Event Rentals by Rothchild This is our first year partnering with Rothchild as they are becoming a sponsor and helping us keep more dollars in the house! Thanks to Bedros at Rothchild's events arm--Event Rentals--for reaching out to us to work with us. If you are considering an event where you would need catering or equipment like tents, chairs, tables, or carnival equipment, please check them out!. 1