COVID-19: 7/7/2020 Update
I hope your first full week of July is going well. Attention this week and weeks after will be increasingly focused on the looming start of a new school year. The School Board is set to...
Fairmont Flats Development Underway at 3415 North Broadway
In writing about the 3415 North Broadway development, I’m venturing further afield than any posts in the past. I did write about the Broadway Development Plan about three-and-a-half years ago, but I’ve generally considered the...
COVID-19: 7/6/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
I hope each of you had a wonderful weekend with some time with people you love. For those who had to remain apart from family, it was difficult, no doubt. The highlight for us was watching...
South High Senior Living Opens Today
South High Senior Living, the latest project from developer/owner Rick Dover opens today to new residents. The project started with a building, the former South High School, which had literally fallen in on itself. Mr. Dover...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/5 – 7/14/2020)
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: 7/3/2020 Update
Happy Fourth of July weekend, everyone. Because of the holiday, there is no Knox County Health Department briefing. It’s a good weekend to think about what we mean when we say we love America. If we...
Ken and Debbie Hill Make a New Life in South Knoxville
There are times in our lives when we simply reach a point that we’re ready for a change. Sometimes that change can be small and other times it might be dramatic. That was the case with...
COVID-19: 7/2/2020 Update
The announcement that masks are now required inside buildings in Knox County has certainly dominated today’s local news. Predictably, it has drawn diametrically opposed reactions ranging from relief at an overdue simple action, to outrage at...
Board of Health Discusses Path Forward: Approves Requiring Masks In Public Buildings
The Board of Health, which is authorized to chart its own course, met for the first time since deciding to follow the Law Director’s suggestion that they yield that right in order to follow the Tennessee...
COVID-19: 7/1/2020 Update (Including Health Department Briefing)
It’s Wednesday. It’s July. Time keeps moving along. It’s hard for me to grasp that this state of semi-weirdness is entering its fourth month. One consensus that is growing is that wearing masks when in groups...