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Mayor Kincannon announces revamped compensation plan and thanks employees for their dedication to providing quality City services.
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City Online Collection Celebrates
Contributions of Black Knoxvillians
 Black history is everyone's history. We all share it, and it helped shape us and our city. It's our history.
Ever want to know more about how and when City departments racially integrated? (Consider, for example, that KPD’s hire of a Black police officer in 1882 made history. Knoxville was one of just five Southern cities with African American officers in that era.)
Which Black politicians broke through racial barriers? (Black Knoxvillians have been politically engaged since the Civil War ended, winning local political seats. Daniel Brown became the City’s first Black mayor in 2011.)
If you want to see and read more about some of the Knoxville champions of inclusion – pioneers passionate to make City government more representational and accessible – please visit KnoxvilleTN.gov/BlackHistory.
The collection of anecdotes, interviews and videos was started by the City Communications staff five years ago, and new content is continually being added. There’s also insight from many others, such as a Beck Cultural Exchange Center video on “The Bottom,” or a poetry reading by Knoxville native Nikki Giovanni.
This month, enjoy a new video celebrating Negro League baseball in Knoxville, as well as a new story on the Knoxville History Project’s art wraps along Magnolia Avenue, which celebrate two Knoxville native African American artists.
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FLOCK Cameras Prove to be a Powerful Public Safety Tool in Knoxville
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Noise Camera Installed: City Tackling Illegal Vehicular Noise Downtown
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New Pilot Project Diverts Food Scraps from Landfill to Garden
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Purchasing Team Hosts 4th Annual Diversity Business Expo
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 How many suspicious emails are really sent to City staffers? We have some preliminary numbers and they might just surprise you!
Chief Technology Officer Mark Parker explains in this month’s Need To Know.
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 Officer Clemons Connects with Community
When Shelley Clemons moved to Knoxville to attend Knoxville College in the late '80s, she was pursuing a degree in art with a plan to enter the field of fashion illustration. She thought she might also teach. But life had other plans for the community-minded mother of two who is now in her 28th year with the Knoxville Police Department. Read about the remarkable career of Officer Shelley Clemons.
City Fundraising Expands to Yearlong Effort
Are you looking for a way to give back and have fun at the same time? If so, here's a reminder about some of the changes to our Consolidated Charities campaign.
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 One of your City of Knoxville colleagues moonlights as a professional musician.
In fact, he’s played in bands since he was 18 years old.
At one point in his life, he was a licensed harness race driver.
And he describes his favorite food as “Anything that 1 or 2 Pepcid's will take care of!”
Can you guess this month’s mystery employee?
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 Congratulations to these City employees celebrating significant work anniversaries in February.
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