2018 Archives for City Government

  • MPC meeting
    2018 Revue: Reshaping a City
    Newcomers on City Council, public improvements projects and a new zoning code are signs that major changes are in store for Knoxville.
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  • Backlit cat at sunset
    Letting the Stray Cats Strut
    City Council is moving toward changing the way the city manages feral and community cats throughout Knoxville.
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  • Godspeed, Sisters of Mercy
    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.
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  • The Beast of Cost Burdens
    Forum on the need for more affordable housing in Knoxville looks at the challenges residents and developers face.
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  • City County Building
    Recode on Hold for the Holidays
    The Metropolitan Planning Commission on Thursday postponed the big-picture initiative and focused instead on routine land use issues.
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  • Market Square ice rink painting
    Growing With Downtown
    After a quarter century promoting downtown Knoxville, the Central Business Improvement District still looks to the future.
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  • Slow but Steady
    After redesign, a Cumberland Avenue traffic study shows fewer cars, fewer accidents, slightly longer travel times and reduced gridlock.
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  • A dispute over a proposed condo development in Old North Knoxville exemplifies some of the city’s land use issues.
    Condo Conundrum
    A dispute over a proposed condo development in Old North Knoxville exemplifies some of the city’s land use conflicts.
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  • Safe Space Opens
    City completes work on a daytime refuge for the unsheltered homeless population on Broadway underneath Interstate 40.
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  • Streetscape work along North Central.
    First Step
    A comprehensive study aims to change how Knoxville sets priorities for new sidewalk construction.
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  • City County Building
    King Seeks Answers
    Reinstated city deputy engineering director wants to depose Mayor Madeline Rogero and Chief Operating Officer David Brace.
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  • City County Building
    King Wins Reinstatement
    The Rogero administration plans to appeal a hearing officer’s ruling that an appointed city director retains Civil Service protections.
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  • From the Conception to the Creation
    A social media flurry about proposed public art prompts discussion of vision vs. final design.
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  • Carriage House Compromise
    Possibly resolving one of the sticking points in Recode Knoxville, accessory dwelling units will only be available for owner-occupants.
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  • Decoding Recode
    Affordable housing, density, ADU’s: Forum highlights issues arising from the City of Knoxville zoning update.
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  • Building Codes Renovated
    City Council updates construction regulations but permit and inspection fees remain the same.
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  • City Moves Forward on Downtown Artwork
    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.
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  • Affordable Senior Housing Planned
    City Council will vote Tuesday night on funding for duplexes and single-family homes at a site off Western Avenue.
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  • The Intersection of Art and Politics
    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.
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  • City County Building
    King’s Gambit
    The city’s former deputy engineering director made his case for reinstatement at a hearing on Wednesday.
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  • KAT, Union Mum on Labor Talks
    A labor dispute sheds some light on the complicated structure of Knoxville’s transit system.
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  • Physicians Regional Medical Center in North Knoxville.
    City Closer to Tennova Deal
    Council to consider a $1.4 million contract with a firm to manage construction of police/fire headquarters.
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  • Recode Knoxville map
    More Changes Considered for Recode
    MPC will produce another draft of the city's zoning ordinance, including possible restrictions on accessory dwellings.
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  • A Sidewalk Named Desire?
    The City of Knoxville recently installed a sidewalk along Summit Hill Drive where pedestrians had worn a path of convenience.
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  • Recode Knoxville map
    Orange Is the New Bond
    The effort to create more affordable housing options has created an unlikely alliance between developers and social justice advocates.
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  • City County Building
    Employment imbroglio
    The city's former deputy engineering director is fighting the Rogero administration for reinstatement.
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  • Recode Hits the Pause Button
    MPC staff wants to allow more time for public discussion of the comprehensive overhaul of Knoxville's zoning code.
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  • Rider Drives Development Compromise
    Developer and neighborhood reach agreement on stormwater issues for new East Knox County housing development.
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  • Work on Homeless Safe Place Begins
    City workers begin site preparation on Broadway to provide a clean, safe daytime environment for the homeless population.
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  • Pete Mcbride at Legacy Parks Luncheon
    Protect the Wild
    Explorer Pete McBride draws a thread from the Grand Canyon to Knoxville at the Legacy Parks Foundation's annual fundraiser.
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  • KUB Changing of the Guard
    Gabe Bolas II moves into the corner office at KUB as Mintha Roach retires after 15 years at the helm of the utility.
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  • Re-Re-Recode
    A third draft and another round of public meetings for the revamp of the city's zoning code.
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  • Work Set to Begin on Homeless Safe Place
    Project aims to clear Broadway and its sidewalks of daytime squatters.
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  • MPC meeting
    MPC Approves Pond Gap Project
    Commissioners are sympathetic to traffic concerns but support apartment complex.
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  • The pond at Pond Gap.
    Pond Gap Apartment Fight Heads to MPC
    Attorney says Nashville developer has no intention of modifying plans for workforce housing.
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  • Streetscape work along North Central.
    North Central Streetscape Price Goes Up
    City Council will consider a contract increase for the makeover at tonight's meeting.
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  • Recode Knoxville map page
    Recode, Round 3
    MPC prepares to release the latest revisions to the rewrite of the city's zoning code, with a series of public meetings.
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  • Cradle of Country Music Park
    Signature Sculpture
    A $500,000 artwork would transform (and probably rename) downtown's Cradle of Country Music Park.
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  • Cumberland Avenue
    Best Laid Plans
    The redesigned Cumberland Avenue wins a planning award and seems to be making the Strip safer.
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  • Knoxville mayoral candidates
    A Web of Candidates
    A year out, Knoxville mayoral contenders kick off their campaigns online.
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  • Director Richard Dindo
    Chasing Agee
    Swiss filmmaker Richard Dindo comes to Knoxville, in search of its elusive literary son.
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  • Comprehensive Approach
    The DEA calls in community help for a new anti-drug strategy in Knoxville.
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  • Physicians Regional Medical Center in North Knoxville.
    Due Diligence
    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.
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  • Regal Building
    A Tale of Two HQs
    Regal is thriving downtown and selling its old campus in Halls, where two buildings are close to deals.
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  • Recode Knoxville map
    Recode Under Revision
    As City Council members suggest slowing down the city's zoning overhaul, MPC proposes a new special district for North Knoxville.
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  • Burlington vacant storefront
    Rebuilding Burlington
    Where Cal Johnson's racetrack once thrived, a community plan offers a vision for revitalizing a historic corner of East Knoxville.
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  • Gateway Park Fleshed Out
    A dispute between the city and the Legacy Parks Foundation does not dampen enthusiasm for a $10 million entrance to the Urban Wilderness.
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  • Recode Knoxville map page
    Decoding Recode
    Questions and objections mount as MPC nears completion of a complete overhaul of the city's zoning code.
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  • Safety Building site
    Council Approves Museum Project
    Now the Clayton Family Foundation has 180 days to prepare a site plan for the $100 million science center.
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  • Development agreement
    Science Museum Moves Forward
    City Council tonight will consider an agreement with Jim Clayton's foundation for construction of a $100 million discovery center near the Coliseum.
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  • Magnolia Avenue monument sign
    In Other Action…
    Also on City Council's agenda tonight: a scooter moratorium, a monument for Magnolia and a new dock for the Vol Navy.
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  • Baker Creek Preserve
    From Parkway to Park
    A $10 million dollar entrance to the Urban Wilderness promises to transform the dead-end of James White Parkway.
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  • Chapman Highway
    Chapman Highway Revisited
    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.
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  • How It Works: The City of Knoxville
    From "home rule" to "at large," with a detour through desegregation -- a quick primer on how City of Knoxville government works.
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  • Physicians Regional Medical Center in North Knoxville.
    City Pursues St. Mary’s Site for KPD
    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.
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  • World's Fair Park
    Knox 2018: City of Knoxville
    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.
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