On Monday, July 27, a new era will begin for the Sullivan County Trustee’s Office: it will reopen after a three-day closure in a new location, with much more room and, most significantly, easier access for the public.

“This is one more step to provide improved service to Sullivan County residents,” Sullivan County Richard S. Venable said last week. “The relocation of the Trustee’s Office to The Blountville Campus brings with it a large, flat parking lot and much more room for the public to conduct their business during the trustee’s busiest times of the year.”

“The Blountville Campus” refers to the sprawling 28-acre property formerly home to Blountville (High, then) Middle School and Blountville Elementary School. Bringing the buildings and athletic facilities back to life has been a passion for Mayor Venable. At close of business on Tuesday, July 21, Trustee Angela Taylor and her staff served their last customers from the Trustee’s Office in the historic Sullivan County Courthouse.

On the 27th, they will reopen in the “front right wing” of the former Blountville Middle School (which originally was Blountville High School) off Blountville Boulevard near the Sullivan County Public Library. The new Trustee’s Office is the latest completed renovation of the former schools that once called the campus home. The old elementary is now the Sullivan County Finance & Administration Building and houses the county’s Finance Department, Purchasing Department, Mayor’s Office, I.T. Department, and a conference room, among other things. “It is sad in a way to be leaving the historic courthouse,” Taylor said. “But my staff and I are all looking forward to being in the new location and I’m most happy that it will make it easier for our customers, the residents we serve each day. I hope people will be able to get used to the new location quickly, it’s just up the street and one right turn and you’re here (at the new location).

We’ve put signs out at the old location and our signs on the building here will be up sometime this week.” Taylor noted the new location – which she helped design – is ADA compliant and just all-round easier for anyone to come and go thanks to the flat parking lot, which offers ample parking right outside the door. At the historic courthouse, on-street parking along State Route 126 was a limited option. Parking across the street at the bank was a second (requiring darting across the road). The third was parking in the rear, downhill slope behind the building. All three could be challenging for any number of reasons.

Taylor recently was named Trustee of the Year by her peers across the state The recognition is presented to trustees who demonstrate exemplary service to the state of Tennessee and to the citizens of their county through dedicated public service.

The exact street address for the former Blountville Middle School building on The Blountville Campus (where the Sullivan County Trustee’s Office reopened in the front right wing) is: