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Sustainability Champion: John Bailey
In celebration of Earth Month 2022, the City's Office of Sustainability is showcasing three exceptional employees who have been integral to our sustainability focus areas: energy, transportation, and ...
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ptravis
On Mar 31, 2022 at 11:02 PM
Sustainability Champion: John Hull
In celebration of Earth Month 2022, the City's Office of Sustainability is showcasing three exceptional employees who have been integral to our sustainability focus areas: energy, transportation, and ...
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Posted by
ptravis
On Mar 31, 2022 at 11:01 PM
KFD Chaplain: ‘My Tools Are My Flashlight and Cell Phone’
Capt. Paul Trumpore probably goes out on more residential fire calls than anyone else at the Knoxville Fire Department – about 30 since last summer. Trumpore, a 24-year KFD veteran, knows a thing o ...
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evreeland
On Mar 31, 2022 at 11:00 PM
Northwest Greenway Connector Nears Completion
Sometime last week, the $1.7 million Northwest Greenway Connector began to actually look like a nearly finished greenway. That's because contractor crews have moved on past the preliminary tasks su ...
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evreeland
On Mar 22, 2022 at 2:50 PM
Remembering Knoxville's Pioneering Black Baseball Players
Check out this video, in which Beck Cultural Exchange Center President Renee Kesler talks about the amazing 1920 Knoxville Giants, an inaugural Negro League team that won the first league championship ...
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evreeland
On Feb 25, 2022 at 2:18 PM
Knoxville History Project Art Wraps on Magnolia Avenue Celebrate Black Artists
As of a year ago, the four shiny metal utility boxes along Magnolia Avenue could best be described as "utilitarian." They were modern infrastructure upgrades, for sure, but no one probably would judge ...
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evreeland
On Feb 18, 2022 at 4:01 PM
Improving Pedestrian Safety in Lonsdale: $1 M Sidewalk Project Getting Underway
In a matter of days, Morgan Contracting crews will start construction of a $1,022,566 project to build 1,300 linear feet of sidewalk, curb, a retaining wall and drainage infrastructure along the east ...
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evreeland
On Jan 28, 2022 at 12:22 AM
1st KAT Electric Buses: 243,360 Gallons of Diesel Not Used, 5.5 M Pounds of Greenhouse Gases Avoided
In September, the City’s first all-electric buses joined Knoxville Area Transit’s fleet. Look for big environmental returns, for years to come, on that historic investment. Each of KAT's 12 ele ...
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Posted by
evreeland
On Jan 28, 2022 at 12:22 AM
Private Investment Up by $63 M in Knoxville: Economic Development in 2021 Ends on Robust High Note
In calendar year 2020, building permits in the City were way up. Despite the pandemic, projects valued at $697 million were issued City permits last year. In 2021, private investment in Knoxville c ...
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evreeland
On Dec 30, 2021 at 9:21 AM
City Employees Sometimes Step In as Santa's Helpers
Over the years, whenever Santa Claus has felt harried and needed to get his North Pole toy assembly line cranked up, City employees have occasionally stood in for him at a few of his Knoxville pre-Chr ...
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Posted by
evreeland
On Dec 09, 2021 at 10:32 PM
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Fleet Services Technicians Worked 24/7 to Keep City Plow & Salt Trucks on the Road 24/7
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Stadium Milestone: All 1,200 Tons of Steel Framing in Place, Plus Two-thirds of the Concrete Poured
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New Baker Creek Preserve Pavilion Close to Opening; Check Out This Pretty Night-time Photo!
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