Resume
Leadership, marketing, and systems background.
Read the accessible HTML version first, or download the printable PDF.
Cody BoringEast Tennessee
Tennessee heritage, county by county.
I'm Cody Boring. I run Rocky Mount State Historic Site, a state-owned National Historic Landmark under the Tennessee Historical Commission. This site shows the work I've been doing to think about heritage at the county level across Tennessee, and what that work could mean for the Commission.
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site
- National Historic Landmark
- State-Owned, THC-Administered
The Commission's data, on the real map
2,248 National Register properties. All 95 counties.
Every Tennessee county, drawn to its true borders and shaded by National Register density. Select any county for its detail.
East Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
West Tennessee
True county borders (U.S. Census). Color intensity reflects National Register density.
Sullivan County
East TNFrontier roots. Statewide legacy.
47National Register properties
Where the governmental machinery that became Tennessee was based and proved successful. Rocky Mount served as the territorial capital; the Bristol Sessions gave country music its birthplace.
Flagship listings
- Rocky MountPiney Flats · 1970
- Netherland InnKingsport · 1969
- Long Island of the HolstonKingsport · 1966
- Pemberton OakBristol · 1973
- 2,248
- National Register properties
- 95
- Tennessee counties
- 1
- connected public heritage layer
For reviewers
Start here.
If you have five minutes, review these in order. They show the work, the plan, and the fit for the Commission.
Live work first
Step 1: Open the working Heritage OS demo.
See the statewide county map, Sullivan County proof, and public service model running now, not described in theory.
Open the live systemDecision package
Step 2: Read the operating blueprint.
The blueprint connects the concept to statutory mandate, governance, rollout, technical architecture, and measurable public value.
Read the blueprintFit and trust
Step 3: Verify the leadership background.
The resume and references show site operations, board governance, capital work, teaching, systems design, and statewide relationships.
The proof
Work already running.
These are real projects, built and running. They started from a question worth answering: what would it look like if every county in Tennessee could see its heritage in one place, and if the Commission were the institution that made it possible?
Working system
A statewide heritage platform
Every County Has a Story.
95 counties on one map. County profiles with verified heritage stories. Story trails that connect sites across regions. A preservation help pathway that routes people to the right Commission program. A submit-to-review pipeline. An editorial layer that tracks when facts were last verified. Working software, not a slide deck.
heritage-os-tn.codyboring.workers.devLive site
Sullivan County, one county, fully built
Where Tennessee Began.
59 hand-verified heritage locations. Trip routes. Live conditions. Lodging links that keep bookings with the property. The statewide concept, proven in one county at production quality.
wheretennesseebegan.comExecuted event
America 250, already underway
Common Ground at Rocky Mount.
April 17, 2026. Sullivan 250 kickoff at Rocky Mount. Four mayors, Venable, Turner, Montgomery, and Staton, on the same ground at a state-owned historic site. The county's entry into the America 250 commemoration, programmed and executed from a Commission property.
Read the full accountA vision for the Commission
A vision for the Commission
The master blueprint maps Heritage OS to the Commission's statutory mandate, current programs, partner model, technical architecture, 90-day demonstration, roadmap, and measures. It preserves existing systems of record, keeps professional authority with staff and boards, and uses 95 to 1 as the first public proof campaign.
95-county mapStory trailsHistoric sitesMarkers and cemeteriesPreservation helpEditorial verification
Background
Where this comes from.
Rocky Mount State Historic Site
Executive Director
A state-owned National Historic Landmark, administered by the Tennessee Historical Commission. I manage daily operations, capital projects under state standards, THC compliance, and America 250 programming. I work inside the Commission's system, its contracts, its oversight, its standards, its reporting, every day.
King University
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Brand systems, consumer behavior, applied marketing. The Every County Has a Story concept, the county service model, and the Heritage OS architecture all come from the same discipline: how institutions make their value visible to the people they serve.
Credentials
MBA · Baldrige Examiner · StoryBrand Guide
MBA in marketing from King College. Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence Baldrige Examiner, the performance framework that evaluates organizations against mission, leadership, strategy, and results. Licensed Auctioneer. StoryBrand Certified Guide.
References
Operational, institutional, and statewide references.
Direct-link document, kept out of search indexes because it includes contact details.
Thank you for your time
Consulting, systems design, or operational leadership.
Everything on this site is live and clickable. The vision document is downloadable. If you'd like to talk through any of it, I'd welcome the conversation.