2018 Archives for City Government

Newcomers on City Council, public improvements projects and a new zoning code are signs that major changes are in store for Knoxville.

City Council is moving toward changing the way the city manages feral and community cats throughout Knoxville.

The Catholic order that founded and ran St. Mary’s Hospital for most of its history is leaving the city with the closure of Physicians Regional Medical Center.

Forum on the need for more affordable housing in Knoxville looks at the challenges residents and developers face.

The Metropolitan Planning Commission on Thursday postponed the big-picture initiative and focused instead on routine land use issues.

After a quarter century promoting downtown Knoxville, the Central Business Improvement District still looks to the future.

After redesign, a Cumberland Avenue traffic study shows fewer cars, fewer accidents, slightly longer travel times and reduced gridlock.

A dispute over a proposed condo development in Old North Knoxville exemplifies some of the city’s land use conflicts.

City completes work on a daytime refuge for the unsheltered homeless population on Broadway underneath Interstate 40.

A comprehensive study aims to change how Knoxville sets priorities for new sidewalk construction.

Reinstated city deputy engineering director wants to depose Mayor Madeline Rogero and Chief Operating Officer David Brace.

The Rogero administration plans to appeal a hearing officer’s ruling that an appointed city director retains Civil Service protections.

A social media flurry about proposed public art prompts discussion of vision vs. final design.

Possibly resolving one of the sticking points in Recode Knoxville, accessory dwelling units will only be available for owner-occupants.

Affordable housing, density, ADU’s: Forum highlights issues arising from the City of Knoxville zoning update.

City Council updates construction regulations but permit and inspection fees remain the same.

City Council approves $500,000 for a sculpture and $1.2 million for senior housing but rejects Pond Gap’s attempt to block an apartment complex.

City Council will vote Tuesday night on funding for duplexes and single-family homes at a site off Western Avenue.

City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a contract of up to $500,000 for an art installation at the corner of South Gay Street and Summit Hill Drive.

The city’s former deputy engineering director made his case for reinstatement at a hearing on Wednesday.

A labor dispute sheds some light on the complicated structure of Knoxville’s transit system.

Council to consider a $1.4 million contract with a firm to manage construction of police/fire headquarters.

MPC will produce another draft of the city's zoning ordinance, including possible restrictions on accessory dwellings.

The City of Knoxville recently installed a sidewalk along Summit Hill Drive where pedestrians had worn a path of convenience.

The effort to create more affordable housing options has created an unlikely alliance between developers and social justice advocates.

The city's former deputy engineering director is fighting the Rogero administration for reinstatement.

MPC staff wants to allow more time for public discussion of the comprehensive overhaul of Knoxville's zoning code.

Developer and neighborhood reach agreement on stormwater issues for new East Knox County housing development.

City workers begin site preparation on Broadway to provide a clean, safe daytime environment for the homeless population.

Explorer Pete McBride draws a thread from the Grand Canyon to Knoxville at the Legacy Parks Foundation's annual fundraiser.

Gabe Bolas II moves into the corner office at KUB as Mintha Roach retires after 15 years at the helm of the utility.

A third draft and another round of public meetings for the revamp of the city's zoning code.

Project aims to clear Broadway and its sidewalks of daytime squatters.

Commissioners are sympathetic to traffic concerns but support apartment complex.

Attorney says Nashville developer has no intention of modifying plans for workforce housing.

City Council will consider a contract increase for the makeover at tonight's meeting.

MPC prepares to release the latest revisions to the rewrite of the city's zoning code, with a series of public meetings.

A $500,000 artwork would transform (and probably rename) downtown's Cradle of Country Music Park.

The redesigned Cumberland Avenue wins a planning award and seems to be making the Strip safer.

A year out, Knoxville mayoral contenders kick off their campaigns online.

Swiss filmmaker Richard Dindo comes to Knoxville, in search of its elusive literary son.

The DEA calls in community help for a new anti-drug strategy in Knoxville.

City Council will vote on a contract to assess the former St. Mary's campus as a home for the city's new safety building.

Regal is thriving downtown and selling its old campus in Halls, where two buildings are close to deals.

As City Council members suggest slowing down the city's zoning overhaul, MPC proposes a new special district for North Knoxville.

Where Cal Johnson's racetrack once thrived, a community plan offers a vision for revitalizing a historic corner of East Knoxville.

A dispute between the city and the Legacy Parks Foundation does not dampen enthusiasm for a $10 million entrance to the Urban Wilderness.

Questions and objections mount as MPC nears completion of a complete overhaul of the city's zoning code.

Now the Clayton Family Foundation has 180 days to prepare a site plan for the $100 million science center.

City Council tonight will consider an agreement with Jim Clayton's foundation for construction of a $100 million discovery center near the Coliseum.

Also on City Council's agenda tonight: a scooter moratorium, a monument for Magnolia and a new dock for the Vol Navy.

A $10 million dollar entrance to the Urban Wilderness promises to transform the dead-end of James White Parkway.

There have been a lot of plans to improve the notorious South Knox thoroughfare. The City and MPC want input on which ones to pursue.

From "home rule" to "at large," with a detour through desegregation -- a quick primer on how City of Knoxville government works.

Amid much speculation and after an aborted deal with Knoxville College, Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero’s administration has zeroed in on Tennova’s Physicians Regional Medical Center campus in North Knoxville for a new headquarters for the Knoxville Police and Fire departments.

Knoxville’s city government is in a period of relative calm before next year’s election. Mayor Madeline Rogero is finishing her second term in office, which ends in December 2019. Potential successors are lining up to run, and thanks to term limits four new Council members will be elected next year as well.