MUSIC CITY CENTER ANNOUNCES 2024 VENDOR OF EXCELLENCE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Music City Center announced Kelsan as the 2024 Vendor of Excellence at the annual MCC Purchasing/Diversity Business Enterprise Appreciation Breakfast held Tuesday, December 10.

The Vendor of Excellence designation is awarded to a business partner who displays outstanding achievements in service and commitment to MCC and supports the DBE cause. Kelsan is a family-owned, Knoxville-based company, offering facility supplies, packaging supplies, and equipment services and sales. Director of Sales Pryor Browning, Nashville District Sales Manager Tillman Keller, and Field Sales Specialist Williams Stiles accepted the award.

“Kelsan is humbled to receive the Vendor of Excellence award. The Music City Center's entire team is a joy to work with and care deeply about their vendor partners,” said Stiles. “While we are honored to receive this recognition, Kelsan owes the Music City Center team a thank you for giving us their time and allowing us to be part of their facility experience.”

“There is great value in dependability and quality, but there is also tremendous value in connection. We have all of that with Kelsan,” said MCC President and Chief Executive Officer Charles Starks. “We’re proud to celebrate our partnership with this award, and we look forward to future shared successes.”

The annual award is traditionally presented at the invitation-only breakfast for small and diverse businesses. The event is an opportunity to reflect on the previous year and preview the upcoming year as it relates to the DBE program, while thanking the facility’s contracted DBE vendors and suppliers for their trusted partnerships.

In fiscal year 2024, a total of 26 small, minority-owned, women-owned, and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses participated in the DBE program, which accounted for more than 35% of all MCC contracted business for the year.

For more information on the MCC DBE program, visit the MCC website at www.nashvillemcc.com/about/business-opportunities or contact MCC Purchasing/DBE Director Jasmine Quattlebaum at Jasmine.Quattlebaum@nashvillemcc.com or (615) 401-1445.

About Music City Center

Located in the heart of downtown Nashville, Music City Center is a 2.1 million square foot convention center with more than 353,000 square feet of exhibit hall space, two ballrooms, 60 meeting rooms, and a covered parking garage with 1,800 spaces. The mission of MCC is to create significant economic benefit for the greater Nashville area, while focusing on community inclusion, sustainability, and exceptional customer service, through conventions, trade shows, and community events.

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