Inside of Knoxville

New Option for Restaurants and New Art for the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 14, 2020

I’ve intended for three or four months to start a series about potential long-term changes which may come out of the necessity of our current pandemic. For the most part, trends that were already in place...

COVID-19: 7/13/2020 Update (Plus Health Department Briefing)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 13, 2020

Welcome to another week. I hope you each had a chance to get away from the news for a bit. There’s been a lot to absorb for a long time and it looks to keep coming...

Construction Updates Around Downtown

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 13, 2020

Time seems to be moving more quickly over the last few months than I might have expected. One month quickly blends into the next, or so it seems. I realized I hadn’t posted any photographs of...

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/12-7/21/2020)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 12, 2020

As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...

COVID-19: 7/10/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 10, 2020

Welcome to the weekend. I wish the news was better. Please spend some time taking care of yourself and your family. I hope you find some joy and rest. Please do so safely. International News: There...

A Walk Around Rocky Top (The Campus, Not the Town)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 10, 2020

With all the conversation about schools this week, it put me in mind of a walk I took in early May around the UT campus. Many of us are UT graduates and many more are sports...

COVID-19: 7/9/2020 Update

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 9, 2020

As the country, state and county continue to hit new levels of infection numbers, attention continues to be focused on both the illness and attempting to navigate normal life. Many businesses remain frozen in place or...

The School Board Receives Its Report (Plus More)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 9, 2020

The afternoon started off with Governor Lee holding a press conference discussing a wide range of topics, most of which were centered on opening schools in the fall. He’d instructed TSSAA (the sports arm of the...

COVID-19: 7/8/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 8, 2020

It’s mid-week and we’re about to get some tentative answers about schools in the county. Political leaders are making their feelings known. Parents, teachers and students have their own feelings as we’ve struggled with controlling the...

TVA Credit Union Opens on Market Square

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 8, 2020

As first covered here last August TVA has now officially moved its downtown branch to 31 Market Square. The short move around the corner reflects changes in banking over the last decades. No one could have...

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New Option for Restaurants and New Art for the City

COVID-19: 7/13/2020 Update (Plus Health Department Briefing)

Construction Updates Around Downtown

Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/12-7/21/2020)

COVID-19: 7/10/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)

A Walk Around Rocky Top (The Campus, Not the Town)

COVID-19: 7/9/2020 Update

The School Board Receives Its Report (Plus More)

COVID-19: 7/8/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)

TVA Credit Union Opens on Market Square

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