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Camera Surveillance System Proposed for Downtown (And Continued Conversations Regarding Homelessness)

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 2, 2021

The Quality of Life committee of the Downtown Knoxville Alliance (formerly CBID) doesn’t usually catch my attention, but this one was an exception. Two requests were on the table that may make their way to the...

Tennessee and Knox County COVID-19 Numbers By Month (Through 11/2021)

Knoxville Urban Guy·December 1, 2021

As I suggested I might, I’m going to continue posting monthly COVID-19 Graphs for now. As I also mentioned last month, I had to estimate the last couple of days of state data for October, and...

New Efforts to Combat Panhandling and Noise in the Center City

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 19, 2021

Living and visiting downtown brings a lot of pleasure. There are always great things happening, amazing food and arts, and friends waiting just around the next corner. There are also negatives and drawbacks. I try to...

Inside the City of Knoxville Office on Homelessness

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 18, 2021

The city’s Office on Homelessness includes two Homeless Program Coordinators, Michael Dunthorn and Shawn Griffith. I interviewed Michael for WUTK in December 2018, and you can listen to that podcast here to learn more. I sat...

Knox Area Rescue Mission: Offering a Path Forward for Many Who Have Lost Their Way

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 11, 2021

I was invited to join Danita McCartney, President of Knox Area Rescue Ministries for a tour of their massive facility on Broadway to get an understanding of the work they do. The ministry has been around...

Helen Ross McNabb: How to Respond to Mental Illness

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 4, 2021

Any conversation about homelessness and/or mental illness is complex by nature and often fraught with frustration for those attempting to navigate its by-products. That the Venn Diagram of mental illness and homelessness overlap isn’t a surprise...

Tennessee and Knox County COVID Numbers by the Month (Through 10/2021)

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 2, 2021

As promised, here is a final (for now, is that a thing?) look at the monthly COVID-19 case and death charts for both the state and the county. In both the state and the county, the...

COVID-19: 10/29/2021 (And Final For Now) Update

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 29, 2021

This will be my final COVID-19 update — until and unless we hit a new surge. I am hoping to avoid the topic until at least the beginning of 2022. I do plan to publish the...

A Glimpse of Reality Under the Bridge

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 28, 2021

With the closure of the Broadway viaduct, the area under the I-40 overpass across Broadway has become a near dead-end, a no-man’s land. The enclosure funded by the city, intended to be a safe space, is...

COVID-19: 10/22/2021 Update

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 22, 2021

Welcome to the Friday report. This one comes to you on a week in which Inside of Knoxville won an award from the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists. Thanks to a nomination from Rusty Odom...

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Camera Surveillance System Proposed for Downtown (And Continued Conversations Regarding Homelessness)

Tennessee and Knox County COVID-19 Numbers By Month (Through 11/2021)

New Efforts to Combat Panhandling and Noise in the Center City

Inside the City of Knoxville Office on Homelessness

Knox Area Rescue Mission: Offering a Path Forward for Many Who Have Lost Their Way

Helen Ross McNabb: How to Respond to Mental Illness

Tennessee and Knox County COVID Numbers by the Month (Through 10/2021)

COVID-19: 10/29/2021 (And Final For Now) Update

A Glimpse of Reality Under the Bridge

COVID-19: 10/22/2021 Update

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