Kingsport Mayor Dennis Phillips Has Directed The City Attorney To Draw Up An Agreement To Send 48-Thousand Dollars In Funding That Was To Go To The Downtown Kingsport Association – Instead To The Kingsport Convention And Visitors Bureau. The Mayor Says, Because Of Inaction By The Dka On Requested Bylaw Changes And Failure To Reach A Merger With The Rival Downtown Business Association, Something Needed To Be Done.