Inside of Knoxville

What Could Knoxville Be Without All the Asphalt?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 6, 2023

Cities will have asphalt, concrete, and other hard surfaces for as long as they exist into the future. It wasn’t always that way, but with the advent of cars, asphalt dominated cities as the demand for...

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Invites you to “Reimagining the Asphalt Jungle”

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 16, 2023

Keep Knoxville Beautiful annually hosts a Sustainability Summit, often centered around topics central to this website. This year’s conference, the fifth annual scheduled for November 3, is no exception. “Reimagining the Asphalt Jungle” tackles all that...

Keys to Urban Economic Development: Trees and . . . Blowing Up Highways?!?

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 16, 2022

It’s intuitive that a city is better served with more trees, right? But exploding highways as a pathway to urban development? Well, yes, in many cases. It was a topic on the table for conversation recently...

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Announces Orchid Nominees

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 22, 2021

Keep Knoxville Beautiful has announced their annual nominees for the Orchid Awards given annually to improvements to our city in a range of categories. This year marks the 39th year for the awards which are given...

Downtown Projects Receive Recognition at Orchids Awards

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 26, 2020

Last night, Keep Knoxville Beautiful announced its 2020 beautification awards. I was honored, once again, to join a panel of judges to make initial recommendations from the nominees. The Orchids are awarded in seven different categories:...

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Announces the 2019 Orchid Awards

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 7, 2019

Each year Keep Knoxville Beautiful recognizes several categories of efforts to improve and make our city more beautiful. Orchid Awards are given in seven different categories, including Redesign/Reuse, Outdoor Space, Community Garden, New Architecture, Public Art,...

Keep Knoxville Beautiful

What Could Knoxville Be Without All the Asphalt?

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Invites you to “Reimagining the Asphalt Jungle”

Keys to Urban Economic Development: Trees and . . . Blowing Up Highways?!?

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Announces Orchid Nominees

Downtown Projects Receive Recognition at Orchids Awards

Keep Knoxville Beautiful Announces the 2019 Orchid Awards

New Mural Going Up Near Central and Broadway (Plus the latest photos from Elkmont Exchange)

Important Murals Restored, Music History Mural Returns

Recognizing a City’s Beauty

What Makes a City Beautiful? Keep Knoxville Beautiful Finds the Answer in Downtown Buildings

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville

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