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Visit Knoxville Hosts Launch Party for Reimagined 2023 Visitors Guide

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 3, 2023

(Today’s article is written by guest writer Heather Ryerson) Last week, Visit Knoxville released it’s 2023 Official Visitor’s Guide to Knoxville. A small gathering inside of Addison’s bookstore welcomed Visit Knoxville volunteers, sponsors and friends to...

East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebrates 50+ Years of Service

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 16, 2022

(Article and photos by guest writer Heather Ryerson) If you are newer to Knoxville like I am, you may not know about the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC). In 1970, the late Bruce McCarty, came...

Downtown Hotels: Too Many? Too Few? Just the Right Number?

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 10, 2019

I get these kinds of questions often. Most of the time they are asked from the perspective of doubts about whether downtown can support all the new hotels that have sprung up in recent years....

Urban Guy Takes a Ride in a (Semi) Autonomous Vehicle (AKA Driverless Car)

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 12, 2017

I recently took a field trip, thanks to Visit Knoxville, outside my normal habitat of downtown, in order to take a ride in Olli, the autonomous vehicle developed by Local Motors. The current version is a...

The Tennessean, Knoxville’s New Luxury Hotel, Officially Opens

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 5, 2017

In its soft opening last weekend, Nicholas Cazana, president of the company which owns the property, said The Tennessean Hotel was filled to capacity giving his new staff a good sample of what they anticipate will be...

Visit Knoxville Reveals New Look for the Knoxville Visitor Center

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 3, 2017

Yesterday, Visit Knoxville offered a small preview of the new look of the Visitor Center and today the public is invited in to experience the new space. Established in 2004, the basic look and design had...

Let’s Get Outside and Celebrate Who We Are: Bike, Boat, Brew and Bark

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 25, 2016

I’ve heard several discussions recently about our identity or identities as a city. Are we the home of the Vols? The guardians of the Sunsphere? We’ll always be those things, for sure, but we’ve got so...

Visit Knoxville Launches a New Campaign to Promote the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 24, 2013

In the past any discussion of bringing out-of-town guests into our city, seemed to focus on conventions or sports. Some of the conventions I’ve seen come through Knoxville while I’ve lived downtown have been...

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Visit Knoxville Hosts Launch Party for Reimagined 2023 Visitors Guide

East Tennessee Community Design Center Celebrates 50+ Years of Service

Downtown Hotels: Too Many? Too Few? Just the Right Number?

Urban Guy Takes a Ride in a (Semi) Autonomous Vehicle (AKA Driverless Car)

The Tennessean, Knoxville’s New Luxury Hotel, Officially Opens

Visit Knoxville Reveals New Look for the Knoxville Visitor Center

Let’s Get Outside and Celebrate Who We Are: Bike, Boat, Brew and Bark

Visit Knoxville Launches a New Campaign to Promote the City

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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