Just over a month ago I introduced you to Humble Hog and owner Ben Grice. While the journey to that point was a slow one, they’ve wasted no time getting to the next stop. A sample...
What’s the Big Idea is an accelerator-style competition designed to inspire entrepreneurial action. Think Shark Tank meets accelerator lab. Eligible entrepreneurs submit a 1-minute video to pitch their idea or company. On Feb 12, the Knoxville...
What do a Waste Systems Expert, a Behavior Scientist, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering have in common? They are all titles that KnoxFill’s owner, Michaela Barnett, holds. Her passion for the environment and giving folks...
Shanna Snowden opened Hummingbird Apothecary in the Baker Creek Preserve area in November 2023. While this location is new, Shanna has been an entrepreneur in the Knoxville community for several years. She also owns Hummingbird Apothecary...
After about three-and-a-half years at 125 South Central Street in the Old City, Honeymouth will close operations there this Friday as owner Georgia Vogel searches for a new location. When the location opened in September 2020...
(Today’s article is written by Insideofknoxville.com intern Alexa-Marie Melendez.) January and February, people always talk about it. Your business is really busy in December and then it falls off drastically in January and February. Then it...
About five years ago, Parker (William) Davis and Bryce Wylie started William and Wylie Custom Men’s Clothing and, soon after, opened a retail store at 211 Clinch Avenue. The tiny space served as a great spot...
As, it seems with every opening, a long, sometimes torturous path finally has led toward the opening of The Humble Hog at 312 South Gay Street (next to Chivo in the Century Building). Over two years...
Sometimes it’s coincidental, sometimes planned, and often dictated by the Christmas season and the looming fallow financial period of winter, but business closures around the turn of the year each year are common. In the early...
Business openings continue as we roll into early 2024. Just a month after announcing their plans (lots more details in that first article), Smoky Mountain Angler has moved into their downtown location at 618 South Gay...