1964 Job Corp facility constructed

1969 Maryville College takes over as Tremont EE Center

1978 fall – Closed: dorms condemned

1979 Dorms and Quonset hut removed

1980 Re-opened by GSMNHA for groups after vocational building converted to dorm &
classrooms added to upstairs of gym

1982 Center and roads closed as entry bridges condemned, dining hall condemned

1984 Fall Re-opened after bridge repairs, and conversion of gym to dining hall, old dining hall removed.

1986 Name change to Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont

1989 Staff apartment constructed, trailers across river removed

1992 Director's house constructed

1993 Trailer across from office removed

1994 Flood closed portions of Tremont road for nearly 2 years

2001 GSMIT separates from GSMNHA established as an independent non-profit organization.

2003 Conceptual site master plan completed

2005-07 Environmental Assessment (E.A.) for site and facilities

2008 Preferred alternative chosen from E.A.

2009 Tremont’s 40th & GSMNP’s 75^th anniversaries

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