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2012 in Review: Business Summary and Final Thoughts

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 22, 2013

So, how do we make sense of all the comings and goings? First, let’s look at an aggregate picture of what was lost and gained. How do they compare qualitatively and quantitatively. Next, now that I’ve...

2012 in Review: Businesses (and the city) Evolve

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 21, 2013

There were notable changes to downtown businesses last year which didn’t involve a closing or an opening as much as some sort of alteration or evolution. Some were minor and others involved news that will change...

Knoxville in the Snow, January 2013

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 18, 2013

Well, that got interesting. Just last weekend Knoxvillians lined up at consignment stores attempting to barter away their heavy coats in exchange for a handy pair of Bermuda shorts. Temperatures hovered in the seventies, joggers ran...

Scruffy City Ramble Has Been Postponed

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 17, 2013

Due to the weather, the Scruffy City Ramble will be rescheduled for a later date. We’ll all just have to make our own music tonight. Enjoy the snow, everybody....

January Scruffy City Ramble (with pictures from last month)

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 17, 2013

Here’s my monthly post on this great series. The lineup tonight is crazy good. Sadly, unless I get an assist from mother nature, I will be dutifully working away and will miss this one. I love...

2012 in Review: Downtown Knoxville Business Openings

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 16, 2013

So, we’ve noted our losses, how about our gains? Did openings keep pace with or surpass closings? As I stated yesterday, we had a closing almost every month. For a small downtown with bigger aspirations, that seems...

2012 in Review: Downtown Business Losses

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 15, 2013

Time passes quickly in these heady days in downtown Knoxville. Some portions of the year seem to be nothing more than a blur of activity. Sprinkled among the music festivals, parades and annual events are business...

CNN Visits Boyd’s Jig and Reel?!?

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 14, 2013

It seemed odd: a notice on Facebook last Thursday night that CNN would visit Boyd’s Jig and Reel. When I learned that it centered on a food topic, that seemed even more strange. First, since when...

Final Shot of Business News for Your Week

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 11, 2013

Today I’m mostly going to give you some photographs of business developments I noticed before the end of the year. Next week I hope to use a couple of days to review 2012 in downtown business...

Coming Downtown Knoxville Development in 2013

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 10, 2013

Yesterday, WBIR ran a piece about downtown development that I thought was helpful, surprising in some ways and at least narrow in focus, if not biased in other ways. A very positive story, as one would...

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2012 in Review: Business Summary and Final Thoughts

2012 in Review: Businesses (and the city) Evolve

Knoxville in the Snow, January 2013

Scruffy City Ramble Has Been Postponed

January Scruffy City Ramble (with pictures from last month)

2012 in Review: Downtown Knoxville Business Openings

2012 in Review: Downtown Business Losses

CNN Visits Boyd’s Jig and Reel?!?

Final Shot of Business News for Your Week

Coming Downtown Knoxville Development in 2013

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