Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/11 – 6/20/2017)
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...
Two Established Businesses Leave Market Square – And It’s Good News for Gay Street
As downtown grows, finds its groove and generally learns how to be a modern city, it’s fun to focus on the big things: New construction, major buildings brought back to life and a booming downtown population....
Out of Crisis Comes Opportunity for Change Center
By Heidi Hornick* Never mind hope, for Nicole Chandler it’s about change, less about desire and more about action. “We need to change perceptions, change directions. It’s about changing your mind, your family’s, your community’s,”...
Developing Knoxville’s Future with Sixty-Year-Old Codes
It would be kind of crazy, wouldn’t it, if we stated our intention of guiding Knoxville’s current and future development boom with the principles and ideals of the 1960s? You know, the same era of planning...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (6/4 – 6/13/2017)
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 College: Endangered and Haunting
I promised I would get back to Knoxville College. When I first set out to write about the Knox Heritage Fragile Fifteen, I intended to include Knoxville College with the others. I know I’ve photographed it...
Two Urban Gardens Thrive in Former Food Desert
by Heidi Hornick* It’s been about four years since Brenna Wright took a fallow field and turned it into the Abbey Fields Urban Farm. In that time, she’s seen her share of challenges, but when...
Endangered Buildings in and Near Downtown
Each spring, during National Preservation Month, Knox Heritage announces its, “Fragile Fifteen.” The list highlights buildings – or sometimes areas – that are endangered. Often neglected and in need of intervention to avoid demolition or simply...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (5/28 – 6/6/2017)
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...
Riverside Veterinary Clinic Opens Just Across the River
Riverside Veterinary Clinic has opened at 1111 Sevier Avenue, just a short walk or bike ride across the river. Given downtown and south Knoxville’s affinity for furry friends, it’s a welcome addition. Offering full veterinary services, there...