Articles about Allan

W. Allan Jones Lends Support to Community Organization

from the Cleveland Daily Banner

The non-profit Mosaic organization now has an affordable new home thanks to an outreach by Allan Jones.

[Link to the article published in "Clevelandbanner.com" Winter 2012]

W. Allan Jones' Cashdales Make a Splash at Parade

from the Cleveland Daily Banner

A pair of historic Clydesdales owned by W. Allan Jones' Check Into Cash were introduced to the public at the Cleveland Christmas Parade recently.

[Link to the article published in "Clevelandbanner.com" Fall 2011]

Legendary Painter Teams with W. Allan Jones

from the Cleveland Daily Banner

Acclaimed Civil War Artist Don Troiani recently visited Cleveland at the request of W. Allan Jones. The artist was commissioned to paint the Henegar House.

[Link to the article published in "Clevelandbanner.com" Fall 2011]

W. Allan Jones Urges Support for Youth Wrestling Club

from the Cleveland Daily Banner

W. Allan Jones recently partnered with the Higher Calling Wrestling Club of Cleveland in an effort to build character in young athletes.

[Link to the article published in "Clevelandbanner.com" Fall 2011]

Magnolia rooted in history

from the Cleveland Daily Banner

Allan Jones has been a champion of tree preservation for many years and personally planted trees in Cleveland parks, playgrounds and the courthouse square. He also worked hard to help the city of Cleveland become a Tree City USA. Several years ago, he donated historic Johnny Appleseed trees to each school in the city system. The trees were grafted from trees planted by John Chapman in the 1800s and were perfected at the American Forest of Historic Trees in Jacksonville, Fla.

[Link to the article published in "Clevelandbanner.com" Summer 2011]

Cleveland State Community College launches mentor program

from the Times Free Press

Cleveland State Community College, in cooperation with the Allan Jones Foundation, has launched bradleyAchieves, a financial and mentoring program to give Bradley County high school graduates an opportunity to attend the college in return for community service.

[Link to the article published in "timesfreepress.com" Summer 2011]

Cleveland, Bradley students get college tuition help

from wrcbtv.com

A contribution by Allan Jones, CEO and founder of Check Into Cash, Inc., makes it possible for tnAchieves to launch its scholarship and mentoring program in all three Bradley County high schools. The local program is called "bradleyAchieves." The Jones' donation also ensures that every student in Bradley County public schools will have the opportunity to attend Cleveland State Community College.

[Link to the article published in "wrcbtv.com" Summer 2011]

CSCC, Jones help students with new plan

from Cleveland Daily Banner

Cleveland State Community College and the Allan Jones Foundation officially announced the launch of "bradleyAchieves" on the college campus Thursday.
Allan Jones, CEO and founder of Check Into Cash Inc., is making a donation to the Cleveland State Foundation to start the program that will ensure every public high school student in Bradley County will have the opportunity to attend Cleveland State.

[Link to the article published in "Clevelandbanner.com" Summer 2011]

Greg Louganis recalls being recruited by UT

from knoxnews.com

Multiple Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis cannot remember if he took a visit to the University of Tennessee when he was in high school in the late 1970s, but he does remember being recruited by then-Vol diving coach Vince Panzano.

[Link to the article published in "knoxnews.com" Summer 2011]

Allan Jones Foundation Makes Final Payment For Cleveland, Bradley Central High School Wrestling Facilities

from TheChattanoogan.com

The philanthropic foundation established by Allan Jones has made its final payments to complete its contribution to wrestling facilities at Cleveland and Bradley Central high schools.

The final payments by The Allan Jones Foundation completes a multi-year commitment to each school.

[Link to the article published in "TheChattanoogan.com" Summer 2011]

Cleveland hosts official Tennessee Arbor Day ceremony

from the Times Free Press

State forestry officials joined local leaders and urban forest advocates today for Tennessee's official Arbor Day observance.

The ceremony was held at businessman Allan Jones' Creek Ridge estate.

[Link to the article published in "TimesFreePress.com" Summer 2011]

Life Lessons Learned from the Wrestling Mat

from The University of Tennessee "Achievement Magazine"

Allan and Janie Jones of Cleveland, Tenn., generously support UT Chattanooga wrestling and Tennessee Athletics. In recognition of Allan's lead gift to establish the new UT aquatic center, the facility was names in his honor. Allan Jones learned the greatest life lesson as a teenager while sandwiched on a wrestling mat of the gym floor at Cleveland High School...

[Link to the article published in "Achievement Magazine" Summer 09]

The Richest Man in Town

Author: W. Randall Jones
Publisher: Business Plus; 1 edition (May 4, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446537837
ISBN-13: 978-0446537834

Have you ever wondered who the richest man in town is? W. Randall Jones has. The former magazine executive found himself in a country club near his hometown of Carrollton, Ga., one day when someone he was with pointed out a man at another table and said: "See him? He's the richest man in town."

That got Jones thinking. What his friend did is what people have been doing for millennia: pointing out the richest man in town. Sometimes people just want to know out of curiosity; other times it's because they think such proximity to wealth might present an opportunity.

So Jones got out a map and began identifying the largest metro areas in the U.S., then set out on a two-year search to find out who the richest men were. He spent more than two years interviewing local business editors, and business and community leaders in 100 towns across America in an effort to uncover their wealthiest citizens. In addition, he and a team of researchers combed through all available public data, including SEC filings, LexisNexis, EDGAR, and newspaper and magazine accounts. He even "Zillowed" their homes to determine their valuations.

Excerpt from “The Richest Man in Town: The Twelve Commandments of Wealth” about Allan Jones

Allan Jones of Cleveland, Tennessee, says, “I failed the sixth grade twice and I made a 15 on my ACT, so I’m definitely not the smartest guy in town, but I can run accounting circles around the numbers guys who I went to school with, and I know how to get people motivated to accomplish things. I believe there are multiple levels of intelligence.” Jones has both IQ and EQ. At his core though, he is a people person who loves to have a good time. My bet is that most folks in Cleveland would say he is a lot more fun than his accountant friends, too. For twenty-five years, he threw Cleveland the best Halloween bash in the state right in his front yard. He invented a character call Tall Betsy-in essence a ten-foot-tall, ugly witch (Allan Jones in full costume and on stilts)- to greet thousands of kids and their parents on his favorite night of the year (pg. 133).

[Link to the book, "The Richest Man in Town]

Payday loans mushroom in middle class

from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

With its quaint downtown and tree-lined streets, this little city in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains seems an unlikely epicenter for a $50 billion-a-year financial industry.

But this is where W. Allan Jones founded Check Into Cash, the granddaddy of modern payday lenders, which cater to millions of financially strapped working people with short-term loans at annualized interest rates of 459 percent.

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More in middle class using payday lenders

from The Los Angeles Times

W. Allan Jones founded Check Into Cash, the granddaddy of modern payday lenders, which cater to millions of financially strapped working people with short-term loans -- at annualized interest rates of 459%.

"It's the craziest business," said Jones, 55, a genial homegrown tycoon who founded his privately held company in 1993. "Consumers love us, but consumer groups hate us."

In years past, a worker might have asked his employer for an advance on his paycheck. Now, with a driver's license, a pay stub and a checking account, he can walk into a typical payday loan store, postdate a check for $300 and stroll out with $255 in cash after a $45 fee.

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Cleveland's Allan Jones Takes The Plunge At New UT Aquatic Center

from the chattanoogan.com

The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center at UT-Knoxville last month hosted the U.S. Olympic diving team selection camp, but the loudest applause there likely came Saturday night.

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Tennessee Dedicates Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center

from CSTV Networks, Inc.

The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center gives Tennessee's swimming and diving programs one of the nation's finest facilities. Construction on the facility began in the fall of 2005 and was complete in April 2008. The facility is highlighted by an eight-lane 50-meter by 25-yard competition pool. A separate competition diving well is slated to feature five platforms with heights varying from one to ten meters. Other amenities include permanent seating for 1,800 spectators with a spacious deck area to accommodate up to 2,000 additional individuals, teams and other personnel comfortably during meets.

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Articles about Allan

CEO AND FOUNDER OF CHECK INTO CASH, INC.

"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit." - Greek Proverb

ALLAN JONES Cleveland, TN CEO and Founder of Check Into Cash, Inc.

CEO AND FOUNDER OF
CHECK INTO CASH, INC.

"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit."

- Greek Proverb

ALLAN JONES
Cleveland, TN
CEO and Founder of
Check Into Cash, Inc.