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Cybersecurity: Why We’re Being Proactive Against Threats and Breaches

Feb 23, 2018 | General, Leadership

Mitch Cox Companies formed an internal committee in late 2017 to formalize its treatment of potential outside invasions of the company’s premises, data, and IP assets. It’s an initiative that seeks to implement preemptive and responsive protocols in the event of an attack. “While most news headlines focus on incidents that arise at Fortune 500 […]

LabConnect Adds 15,000 Square Feet to Johnson City Silverdale Office

Feb 23, 2018 | Construction, General

Next door to Mitch Cox Companies at the Silverdale Commons office park, global laboratory services firm LabConnect is expanding its offices to a total of 54,000 square feet. Mitch Cox Construction, led by President Odell Cash, began renovation on Monday, February 5th, 2018 and is expected to finish in the end of July 2018. “We […]

Supporting Good Samaritans Ministries

Jan 29, 2018 | General

The work being accomplished at Good Samaritan Ministries is significant and has encouraged Mitch Cox Companies employees to come together with the common goal of service to others. In the past, the employees of Mitch Cox Companies have packed food and gift boxes, as well as, provided gifts to several adopted seniors during the holiday […]

Read the Community Builder Newsletter Q4 2017

Dec 13, 2017 | Community Builder

In this issue: Mitch Cox Speaks to ETSU Seniors About His 6 Personal Leadership Lessons HMS Acquires 2 Florida Hotels, Growing Portfolio to 22 The Greatest Demographic Challenge Facing the Tri-Cities Noteworthy Construction Projects, feat. the architectural design of Southeastern Retina Featured Property for Lease / Sale: People’s Professional Plaza Karen Ricker Receives CMCA […]

HMS Acquires 2 Florida Hotels, Growing Portfolio to 22

Dec 6, 2017 | Hotels

Hotel Management Services (HMS), the hospitality division of Mitch Cox Companies in Johnson City, Tennessee, acquired the Suburban Inn extended stay hotel in Lakeland, Florida and the WoodSpring Suites in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Suburban Inn property was purchased on October 31, 2017 and the WoodSpring Suites property on November 22, 2017. The addition of […]

6 Leadership Lessons I’ve Learned Since the Founding of Mitch Cox Companies

Dec 6, 2017 | General, Leadership

By Mitch Cox In the following paragraphs, I’d like to share some lessons learned since the founding of Mitch Cox Companies in 1979. What is leadership? I define leadership as simply the ability to get others to follow. However, leaders usually have a strong foundation of principles that results in effective skills and behavior patterns […]

Mitch Cox Speaks to ETSU Seniors About Leadership

Dec 6, 2017 | General, Leadership

On November 13th, 2017, founder and CEO Mitch Cox presented at East Tennessee State University to a senior-level class called Leadership Theory and Practice. The class teaches students of all majors theories of leadership through group observation, reflective journaling, and interviews of local established leaders. Mitch Cox was selected through a class nomination process that […]

JMC Manager Karen Ricker Receives CMCA Certification

Dec 6, 2017 | General, Management

JMC Management Company, the residential property management division of Mitch Cox Companies, celebrated Community Association Manager Karen Ricker and her achievement of earning a Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA) designation through the Community Association Institute (CAI). “Karen’s expanded knowledge and management experience greatly benefit the communities she manages,” said Sharyon McKinney, Senior Property Manager […]

Noteworthy Construction Projects

Dec 6, 2017 | Architecture, Construction, General

Mitch Cox Construction completed four projects in the third quarter of 2017, including the Kingsport Pediatric Dentistry, a 5,400 s.f. project; the Highlands Union Bank, a 2,368 s.f. project next to AAA on People’s Street in Johnson City; a 5,000 s.f. expansion of the Mitch Cox Companies office headquarters; and Southeastern Retina, a 5,120 s.f. […]

The Greatest Demographic Challenge Facing the Tri-Cities

Oct 3, 2017 | General

Whatever else that can be said about the Baby Boom Generation, the fact remains they radically changed virtually everything from the culture to the economy as they moved along their timeline, and that won’t be over until the Boomers say it’s over. The labor force is a prime example because the elders of the Tri-Cities’ […]