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Clarksville Living Magazine — June 2026

The June 2026 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine covers a wedding trend built on inherited china, a zinc plant set to reshape Montgomery County's economy, and the tenth Natural Living Fair.

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Today's couples are not planning their grandparents' wedding. The etiquette rules have loosened; traditions survive only where they mean something, and usually with a modern turn. That is the argument behind a visit to Annabelle & Ollie Vintage Goods & Marketplace, the vintage and retro store Brandi Bazzell Coon opened on Strawberry Alley in November. Coon spent nineteen years as a human resources manager at Walmart before building a store around bohemian and vintage taste — special china, colored glassware, vintage clothing — and now works directly with brides and grooms. She chose the Strawberry Alley location so customers would wander downtown and stumble into the shop. The name is a memorial to her great-grandmothers: Annabelle, a fashion aficionado and kindred spirit who taught her to macramé and to appreciate handwork, and Ollie.

The Crucible Zinc groundbreaking brought out the state. Deputy Governor Stuart C. McWhorter attended alongside Korea Zinc chairman Yun B. Choi and project vice presidents Kiwon Park and Seung-Ho Lee, with Montgomery County Mayor Wes Golden and former county mayor Jim Durrett representing local government. Golden framed it as a long-term bet rather than a ribbon-cutting: “Crucible is going to be a major part of Montgomery County's future. We are very good at collaboration, pulling together and working together to make things happen.” Construction is expected to begin in late 2026 or early 2027.

The Natural Living Fair returned for its tenth year and its fourth at Tanglewood House, drawing hundreds across two days to more than 40 vendors selling locally grown plants and flowers, handcrafted goods and holistic living products. Organizer Amy Patton of The Sunday Morning Flower Farm says vendors keep returning for the relaxed venue and the plant-loving customers as much as the sales. The magazine notes many vendors return year after year, drawn as much by the relaxed venue and plant-loving customers as by the sales — a fixture of the Clarksville summer calendar.

The issue closes out the first half of the year with a nostalgic wedding feature, reception meal ideas, and the June calendar.

Table of Contents

  • Tying the Knot with Nostalgia (p. 5)
  • Crucible Zinc, Inc Opening (p. 7)
  • Natural Living Fair (p. 8)
  • Millan Foundation Dinner (p. 12)
  • Business After Hours (p. 14)
  • Veteran Business of the Month (p. 16)
  • Miss Clarksville 2026 (p. 18)
  • Colin Thomas Isotti (p. 20)
  • Nashville Kats Season Opener (p. 22)
  • Hilltop BBQ Cook Off Party (p. 26)
  • APSU Candlelight Ball (p. 28)
  • API Festival (p. 32)
  • Hilltop BBQ Cookoff (p. 34)
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters (p. 35)
  • Mother’s Day at Oak Grove Racing (p. 38)
  • Mahjong at Tanglewood House (p. 40)
  • Black Cat Plant Shop (p. 44)
  • El Toro Mexican Restaurant (p. 10)
  • Wedding Reception (p. 24)
  • Wild Neighbors (p. 30)
  • Clarksville Party (p. 36)

Regular departments

  • Calendar (p. 45)

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