Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/29 – 11/7/2023)
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
Tako Taco is Closed: What’s Up
After just over five years at 235 West Depot Avenue, Tako Taco has closed. The restaurant opened in August 2018 as the latest concept by chef Jesse Newmister. The restaurant is part of the Mill and...
A Multi-year Dream to Become Reality with Old Sevier Market
Serial entrepreneur Chris Morton has taken the lease on the space at 906 Sevier with the intention of completing his dream of opening the grocery store he first visualized years ago. In the interim, he started...
A Small Window into Downtown Jewish History
One of my favorite pastimes involves walking down a street in the city and imagining or looking for clues of past generations in the city. Many of the buildings themselves stand as monuments to those who’ve...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (10/22 – 10/31/2023)
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me via the “invite” button on the event page (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me), and it will be included. I need...
2025 Projects Taking Shape: A Look at the Current State of Development
As we head into the weekend, let’s take a look at four current projects underway in and near downtown. These are all projects we’ve covered in the past, but they are projects that will take a...
Gay Street Plans Fall Through; Property Back on Market
Not all downtown development plans come to fruition and the plans for the former TVA Credit Union Building at the corner of Gay and Wall is the latest on that list. The building housed the TVA...
Voting For City Council Elections Starts Today; What The Candidates Said Monday Night
I almost subtitled this article, “Do you care?” There is significant evidence to suggest that Knoxville voters are generally unconcerned with who represents them for the next four years. The over-18 population of Knoxville is about...
Keep Knoxville Beautiful Invites you to “Reimagining the Asphalt Jungle”
Keep Knoxville Beautiful annually hosts a Sustainability Summit, often centered around topics central to this website. This year’s conference, the fifth annual scheduled for November 3, is no exception. “Reimagining the Asphalt Jungle” tackles all that...
Wicked Cool Returns to Downtown Knoxville (And There’s More!)
If you’ve walked around downtown in the last few days, you’ve likely noticed the neighborhood looks a little more scary than you might expect. It seems Halloween has only grown popularity in recent years as even...