Perry Perkins, candidate for Hamilton County Commission District 7, will be meeting with members of the Apison community on Tuesday, April 1 from 6-8 p.m. at the Prairie Pass Club House on Prairie Lake Road. Bill and Connie McCoy of McCoy Homes, Inc. are sponsoring the event.
Residents will have the opportunity to speak with Perkins and hear about his vision for the district.
Neighbors will be discussing issues surrounding public education, economic growth and public safety in the County.
“Apison is home to my wife, Monica and me," Mr. Perkins said. “We want to ensure that residents in Apison and Collegedale are heard in the race for County Commission District 7.”
Mr. Perkins will run for the Republican nomination in the primary election on May 6. The current commissioner for the district, Larry Henry, is running for Circuit Court Clerk.
Mr. Perkins is a graduate of Tyner High School and UTC. He began working in his grandfather's painting business in 1974, and in 2005 started his own residential painting business, Perry's Painting, Inc. Perkins served as a Reserve Deputy with Hamilton County from 1978-1982 and from 2006-2011 as well as with the city of East Ridge from 1982-1987. An active member of the Alhambra Shriners, Mr. Perkins has been an associate member of the board of the Shriners Children's Hospital in Lexington, KY since January 2010. He also works with the Hamilton Family YMCA and served as a board member from 2006-2008. From 1992-2004, he chaired the Fundraising and Activities board for the Fraternal Order of Eagles, helping raise money for the local Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program. Mr. Perkins resides in Apison, TN with his wife, Monica.