Feds to Fund Chapman Upgrades

Chapman Highway photo

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Knoxville a $17.8 million grant to make a portion of Chapman Highway safer.

Interrupting Violence

Turn Up Knox photo

Turn Up Knox combines community credibility with professional training to save lives and foster safer neighborhoods.

Power Poll: Sustainability

Solar Array, Public Works Service Center

Most respondents support public-sector efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and are taking action themselves.

Positive Development

Livano Knoxville photo.

After a 16-year slump, a record year for residential building permits in 2023 restored housing starts to pre-Great Recession levels.

A Boost for Burlington

Chilhowee Park parking lot photo

The city wants a multi-use development to replace a surface parking lot across Magnolia Avenue from Chilhowee Park.

Parking Options

Market Square Garage Photo

A consultant poses sweeping changes to parking in downtown Knoxville that could affect anyone who drives into the center city.

Riverfront High-Rise Stalls

Proposed downtown apartment development rendering.

The city’s Design Review Board postponed action on a proposal for a 17-story apartment building downtown overlooking the Tennessee River.

Reconnecting East Knoxville

Tanisha Fitzgerald-Baker photo.

A $42.6 million federal grant will help pay for infrastructure improvements to help repair the damage of urban renewal.

Second Effort

Pedestrian bridge rendering

City officials say their new application for a federal grant needed to pay for a pedestrian bridge is stronger than last year’s spurned proposal.