BACKGROUND
In December 2020, Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie proposed and City Council approved a resolution to invest $100 million over the next seven years in Knoxville’s Black neighborhoods, which were largely destroyed during urban renewal projects of the 1950s and ‘60s. The resolution called for the creation of African American Equity Restoration Task Force to oversee the investments, which will mostly come from grants.
Click here to view the Resolution of City Council to Acknowledge and Apologize for Past Actions Hurting African Americans and to Address Equity Restoration.