Sewanee Messenger Launches The Mountain Now Website—Provides Links to Area Services and Events

The Sewanee Mountain Messenger is pleased to announce the launch of its newest service to the community, The Mountain Now. The Mountain Now is a comprehensive website providing information on area events and services. It is intended to be a one-stop site for everyone in the community to get accurate information. The website address is <www.TheMountainNow.com>.

“The time was right to provide this website as a service to the South Cumberland Plateau,” said Janet Graham, co-publisher of the Messenger. “We hope to make this the one place that everyone in the community goes in order to find information, whether it is finding the phone numbers of area libraries, local government information or the latest gallery offerings.” 

The Messenger’s news website, <www.sewaneemes​senger.com> will continue to have each week’s newspaper, the online archives of past issues and a calendar of events. The Mountain Today is linked to the news site with access to the community calendar on both sites. Of course, the Community Calendar on the back page of the Messenger will continue for those folks who prefer the paper version. 

“In the future, we want The Mountain Today to spotlight area attractions, local events, new writers and serve as a way for the South Cumberland Plateau community to be engaged,” said Laura Willis, Messenger editor. “Plans also include a comprehensive list of area hotels, restaurants and services.”

On the new site, “We encourage people to email photos while they are out hiking, send a message about an event, or let us know about an area that the community should visit,” Willis said. “This is a work in progress. We will need your input to make this website the best possible source of information for people who live here, are moving here or just want to visit the Mountain.”

Kiki Beavers is the editor and designer of the new site, which contains a comprehensive calendar of events, a local guide and a list of services that are in the Messenger distribution area, organized by town. Aaron Welch of Big A Designs has provided technical support for the project.

To provide feedback about the site, email <themoun​tainnow@gmail.com>. If your event or listing is not on the site, please use the Submit Event page to send the information. Go to <www.TheMountainNow.com>.