LB Endurance Lab Opens on Sevier Avenue
Lana and Chris Burl moved to downtown Knoxville in 2020, intending to open their business downtown at the same time. While that took a bit longer, LB Endurance is opened in March of this year at...
Keys to Urban Economic Development: Trees and . . . Blowing Up Highways?!?
It’s intuitive that a city is better served with more trees, right? But exploding highways as a pathway to urban development? Well, yes, in many cases. It was a topic on the table for conversation recently...
Big Ears Expands With Over Three Dozen Additions
This is generally the time of year when artists and performances are added to the Big Ears Festival lineup and this year is no exception. The festival is, incredibly, approaching rapidly. Set for March 30 through...
Knoxville’s 2022 Veterans Day Parade
Friday found cities across the country celebrating Veterans Day, and Knoxville celebrating its 97th. It’s a day celebrated in many other countries, recognized as the end of World War I. The war ended on the eleventh...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (11/13 – 11/22/2022)
If you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead time that the list can be...
Tarik Becha Serves Up Tarik’s North African
(Article by Guest Writer Heather Ryerson) Tarik Becha is not new to Knoxville, but his growing business is. Tarik’s North African (formerly Mina’s North African) opened on May 28, 2022 in Real Good Kitchen and has...
Peak IV Hydration Opens at 906 Sevier Avenue
While his ultimate dream of owning a stand-alone IV Center may have not been fully formulated when he played outside South Knoxville Elementary as a child, with yesterday’s opening of Peak IV Hydration just a half...
Solar Power: Where Does Tennessee (and Knoxville) Stand and Where Is It Going?
The Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association recently held its annual two-day conference at the downtown Hilton in Knoxville. Nearly four hundred people, mostly industry professionals and other directly interested parties, attended from Tennessee and surrounding states....
A Twelve Day Urban Musical Journey (with bonuses)
I’m pretty sure I’ve never had tickets to six concerts in a twelve day period (outside of festivals) in my life until recently. With the way tickets are sold these days, of course, you buy them...
Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)
A simple walk around the core of downtown will tell you that some of the favorite parts of the season are taking shape. The Christmas Tree on Gay Street is under construction and should be finished...