Final Phase of the Central Street Project is Underway
The final phase of work on the North Central Project began last week. A meeting was held last night in order to give stakeholders a voice in the improvements – and disruptions – to come. The...
Covenant Health Offers Both Walk-In and Primary Care Downtown
It’s been almost two years since Covenant Health opened its Convenient Care Clinic in the Phoenix Building (behind the Phoenix Pharmacy and Fountain at 418 South Gay). During that time, the supervising physician, Dr. Jeff McMichael,...
Pretentious Beer Company Now Has Its Own . . .
Mmm, what would it be that a beer company might want of its very own? As it turns out, owner Matthew Cummings laid it out for me the first time we talked: First there was glass...
A Market Square Business Closes to End the Year
For a spot that sits at the heart of who we are as a city, a place that we consider the center of whatever good has happened to Knoxville in recent years, Market Square showed a...
A New Business – South Coast Pizza – Announced for the South Side
Sevier Avenue has had no shortage of business expansion in recent years. Paralleling the river, it’s a perfect corridor for expansion of the boom from downtown – or taken another way, simply a logical place for...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/7 – 1/16/2017)
If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...
Knoxville Has a Theater District? A Brief History of Knoxville’s Theaters: Part Four of Four
Here is the final part of Oren Yarbrough’s four part series on Knoxville’s rich history with theatres. If you haven’t already done so, please check out the first three (Part One, Part Two, Part Three). It’s...
Knoxville has a Theater District? A brief history of Knoxville’s Theaters: Part Three of Four
As promised last week, here is the continuation of a look at Knoxville’s Theater District by local writer and architect, Oren Yarbrough. If you missed the first two parts, please do yourself a favor and check...
Knoxville Chocolate Company Opens at 29 Market Square!
Right on schedule, as I first reported in September, Knoxville Chocolate Company has opened on Market Square, moving from its long-term home in the Candy Factory. While they technically opened in the last weekend of 2017,...
Downtown Knoxville Top Ten Stories of 2017
This is running a little late this year, but I wanted to close out last year properly with the top ten articles. I hope your new year is already off to a good start, but today...