KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 2021 Farmers Markets are open! Nourish Knoxville continues the Double Up Food Bucks in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Health and Amerigroup. For a complete list of markets and farm stores that participate in Double Up in East Tennessee, visit nourishknoxville.org/programs/snap/ Splash pads open this weekend for the 2021 season. Knox County…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (September 14, 2020) — The Knox County Parks and Recreation Department plans to build 10 new dog parks within the next couple of years thanks to a grant program initiated and funded under the Boyd Family Foundation. The non-profit Knox Neighborhood Dog Parks (KNDP) grant plan was established in 2020 to support animal…
KNOXVILLE, TN (March 26, 2021) – Residents of the Western Heights Knoxville Community Development Corporation (KCDC) community were treated to an Easter egg hunt, food, fun, prizes, and a visit from the Easter Bunny, while also taking care of business. The week of the event was one of torrential rain and thunderstorms except for that…
Knoxville, Tenn. (March 26, 2021) – Design work has been underway, since 2019, on a new 2-mile greenway in East Knoxville that will connect Harriet Tubman Park with the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. The greenway will skirt Austin Homes and Vine Magnet Middle School on the western end. It will cross through Dr. Walter…
“Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” -Chinese proverb MYNARK Tribe is hosting a free, fun learning event – the 1st Annual “Super Fish Bowl” on April 3rd from 8 am to 4 pm, at Big Ridge State Park…
The City’s 311 Center for Service Innovation now has a Spanish-language option for its online chatbot. KNOXVILLE, TN (Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021) – When users initiate a chat, they will be asked “What is your preferred language? / Cual es tu idioma preferido?” and can choose between English and Espanol to navigate the bot…
In an exclusive statement to the ETEnlightener.com, Beal Bourne submitted a picture as proof that his granddaughter Jayla Bourne found the tiger. KNOXVILLE, TN – In September of this year, an off-duty Knox County Sheriffs Office Deputy working security in the Forks of the River Industrial Park area reported seeing a tiger on the loose….
Burlington Commons at 4530 Holston Drive planned to be ready for occupants in the fall of 2021. It is income-based affordable housing with two, three-story buildings with a total of 50 units. KNOXVILLE, TN (December 2020) – Jake Varner and David Varner of Southeast Capital Group to. Burlington Commons, an affordable housing complex will…
KNOXVILLE, TN (Dec. 30, 2020) – Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs held a brief, private ceremony unveiling a COVID-19 memorial on the front lawn of the City County Building. The living memorial at 400 Main Street consists of a white flag for each person who has died from…
The City of Knoxville budget for 2020 allowed for 6 neighborhood traffic calming projects – with one in East Knoxville. Knoxville, TN (September 2020) – As recently as a few months ago, day and night, impatient (or thrill-seeking) motorists would speed at 60 mph along the straight-as-an-arrow Woodbine Avenue in East Knoxville. On East Fifth Avenue,…
KNOXVILLE, TN (Sept. 9, 2020) – The City of Knoxville Police Advisory & Review Committee (PARC) will hold its 2nd Quarter meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. via the Zoom online platform. Newly appointed PARC Executive Director LaKenya Middlebrook, and committee members, Knoxville Police Department Chief Eve Thomas and Deputy Law Director Ronald…
KNOXVILLE MAYOR ISSUES EXECUTIVE ORDER CLOSING RESTAURANTS, BARS, GYMS AND COMMERCIAL EVENT VENUES An executive order was issued by the city mayor effective Friday, March 20, 2020, to close area restaurants, bars, gyms, and commercial event venues amid growing concerns over COVID-19. The order allows restaurants and bars to offer delivery,pick-up, and take-out service. Steps…
By Patricia Williams KNOXVILLE, TN (January 4, 2020) – A lot can be accomplished in 80 years. Juanita Usher Cannon celebrated her 80th birthday in grand style. She threw a free for all party for those who have touched her life, and those whose lives she has touched. The only expectation of guests was to…
SIDEWALK PROJECTS HELP CITY MEET GOALS KNOXVILLE, TN (January 2020) – At its first meeting of the new year, City Council voted to approve $1.6 million to fund a new sidewalk project in East Knoxville and to remove and replace 35,000 square feet of sidewalk at 32 sites across the city. The Wilson Avenue Sidewalk Project…
“Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Let Freedom Ring: Through Social Justice, Economic Empowerment, Love, Peace, And Unity” will be the focus of…
By Michael Covington KNOXVILLE, TN (Jan 14, 2020) – County Mayor Glenn Jacobs held a special call meeting of Knox County Commission on Monday night. At issue was whether or not Knox County Schools should be moved to the TVA complex in a deal involving a 40-year Knox County lease with the federal government. The…
KNOXVILLE, TN (Dec. 23, 2019) – On December 23, 12 noon, at the intersection of Keller Bend Road and South Northshore, representatives of the faith community and environmental advocates will memorialize the 44 workers who died from coal ash exposure in cleaning up TVA’s Kingston Coal Ash disaster. (This location is adjacent to the Knoxville…
On Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, Mayor Rogero, City Council members, City staff, TDOT staff, representatives of the project team and neighborhood stakeholders will cut a ribbon to celebrate the streetscape improvements near the intersection of Gibbons Street and Magnolia Avenue. The $7 million Magnolia Avenue Streetscape Project is nearing completion. The first phase of…
WRS Inc. has reached an agreement to buy the vacant 435,667 square-foot Standard Knitting Mill building at 1400 Washington Ave. in East Knoxville from another private owner. On Thursday, Dec. 12, at 2:30 p.m., at the Pellissippi State Community College Magnolia campus, representatives of the South Carolina-based developer and its local partners will join…
KNOXVILLE (Nov. 19, 2019) Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero will join Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC) Executive Director and CEO Ben Bentley to open the initial units at The Cottages at Clifton, which will provide affordable housing for senior citizens. Elected officials and KCDC’s board will also participate in the ceremonial ribbon-cutting. The event takes place…
Over a short period of time, nearly $30 million in planned public-private investments in Lonsdale will create new youth- and family-serving amenities and opportunities. KNOXVILLE, TN (Nov. 15, 2019) A larger ADA-accessible new public school. A new City park. A new philanthropically funded multipurpose facility for families and youth. New sidewalks, street lighting and street…
KNOXVILLE (Nov. 11, 2019) Mayor Rogero will mark the completion of the City’s $15.8 million streetlight retrofit project with an illumination ceremony at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Emory Place in Downtown North. Mayor Rogero will be joined by Sustainability Director Erin Gill, Sustainability Project Manager Brian Blackmon, City staff and representatives of other…
The Knoxville History Project has partnered with the City Office of Neighborhoods and Office of Redevelopment to expand its Downtown Art Wraps program by introducing public art along the model block section of the Magnolia Avenue Streetscapes Project. More than $7 million in streetscape improvements along Magnolia Avenue span from Jessamine Street to North Bertrand…
KNOXVILLE, TN (Oct 15, 2019) A public meeting regarding the future use of Chilhowee Park and Exposition Center will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the park at the Jacob Building. The attendance of stakeholders and concerned community members is encouraged. A team of consultants will present its recommendations on ways to better utilize…
The Police Advisory & Review Committee members, PARC neighborhood leaders, and residents are invited to attend. The City of Knoxville Police Advisory & Review Committee (PARC) will hold its third-quarter meeting Wednesday, Oct. 23, 6 p.m. in the City-County Building Small Assembly Room. At the meeting, PARC members Executive Director Clarence Vaughn, Knoxville Police Department Chief…