Johnson City, TN has 2 of only 13 FREE EMBARQ phones nationally for homeless

Johnson City, TN has 2 pay phones of 13 in the United States to have free 10 minute calls offered by Embarq to families at homeless shelters…… the Salvation Army Center of Hope and the Johnson City Housing Authority, according to Sue Guinn Legg, writer for the Johnson City Press. The phones are available for homeless shelter residents to call their families or friends throughout the U.S. Johnson City (and Jonesborough TN, which is the "Oldest City in Tennessee) are located in the Tri-Cities Metro Area of Northeast TN (Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN/VA)

“Johnson City (TN) was the only city in Tennessee and one of only two cities in the Southern Appalachian region included for free service,” according to Legg. The calls began at 8:00 a.m. on Christmas Eve and will continue until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, the 28th of December.

The 11 other shelter sites are in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Nevada.

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Counties in NE Tennessee, Washington and Sullivan,Tennessee’s lowest unemployment rates in November, 2008

Two Counties in NE Tennessee, Washington and Sullivan, had two of Tennessee’s lowest unemployment rates in November, 2008. And the Tri-Cities TN rate was the lowest of all Tennessee large metro areas, according to staff reports in the Johnson City Press. “The Tri-Cities’ 5.9 percent rate was a full percentage point below the state average.” The TN state average in November was 6.9 percent.

Washington and Sullivan Counties of NE Tennessee include the Tri-Cities’ largest towns, Johnson City, Kingsport, and Bristol, as well as the smaller communities of Gray, Jonesborough, Piney Flats, Blountville, Bluff City, Colonial Heights, to name a few.

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