Alzheimer’s Tennessee’s building gets a fresh paint job after winning contest by local painting company [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Alzheimer’s Tennessee is getting a facelift thanks to a contest run by a local painting company.

The purple outside the Alzheimer’s Tennessee Knoxville building is now brighter thanks to the Paint it Forward event.

“We are here on Kingston Pike and with our purple building, kind of a landmark in the community, and we are getting a fresh coat of paint inside and outside,” said Janice Wade-Whitehead, the CEO and president of Alzheimer’s Tennessee.

The building was in need of a fresh coat after the sun faded the paint.

Purple is our signature color,” said Wade-Whitehead. “We absolutely love it, but it does fade with the sun and we never want to seem like we’re fading because we’re always gonna be front and center with families.”

The annual event is put on by McLain’s Painting Service.

Matt Hall, the field operations manager …