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Mayor Kincannon thanks City employees for support of budget and shares summer well-wishes.
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Pioneering EmPATH Facility Viewed as ‘Game-Changer’:
City Welcomes Newest Public Safety Complex Neighbor
Last week, a happy crowd of mental-health caregivers and advocates gathered near the City’s Public Safety Complex to cut a ribbon for McNabb Center’s EmPATH facility.
The first-in-Tennessee Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing center at 1515 St. Mary Street will help as many as 6,000 people a year.
Did you know that 75 percent of behavioral-health crises can be stabilized within 24 hours?
McNabb leaders and others say the EmPATH unit will be a “game-changer.” Its around-the-clock care means that people can be helped when help is most needed – after hours, on weekends, without requiring next-day visits or ER visits.
Additionally, people experiencing psychiatric emergencies will get help faster. They’ll begin receiving treatment immediately as they arrive at the EmPATH facility, rather than having a potentially long wait at a crowded hospital ER.
The City and Knox County each contributed more than $1 million, and the state funded $6 million, to launch the EmPATH unit.
The addition of the EmPATH facility also furthers the City’s goal of intense community-building by repurposing the vacant St. Mary’s Hospital campus and clustering vital services.
Besides the City’s $70 million-plus investment in the Public Safety Complex, LMU has invested more than $40 million to retrofit 9 floors of the former Magdalen Clarke Tower for nursing and College of Dental Medicine education.
Now, there’s the EmPATH center. Coming soon: An urgent care treatment center.
On the more distant horizon: Housing, green spaces, and a new life for the lovingly preserved 1929 Building.
Click the button below to check out a photo gallery from the May 22 EmPATH ribbon-cutting.
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Thanking Our First Responders
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Employees, Neighbors Bike to Work
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Company Marks Big Milestone In Climate Tech
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Welcome, 2024 Summer in the City Interns!
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 Summertime Fun in the City!
With the warmer weather and the end of the school year, many families are looking for their summertime fun! Well, the City has you covered!
Two free, family-friendly favorites are back: Concerts on the Square and Kid A' Riffic.
Learn more about our concerts this season with Special Events Deputy Director Elaine Frank, plus see the complete event schedules for Kid A' Riffic and Concerts on the Square.
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Kudos to Crew Members During Public Works Week
We celebrated National Public Works Week (May 19-25) by featuring Public Works team members on the City’s social media channels.
The response was overwhelmingly positive—so many thumbs ups, hearts and personal thanks from colleagues and neighbors all over the city who benefit from what our Public Works crews do every day.
Thank you!
Click on the button below to check the names of all employees featured and links to their Facebook posts.
Senior Centers Go All Out for Older Americans
 May is Older Americans Month.
How old? We didn’t ask, but it looks like fun!
Parks and Rec Senior Center leaders Pamela Mitchell and Lisa Wilson organized a monthlong celebration of our most venerable neighbors, including field trips and special events held at the Larry Cox Senior Center and the South Knoxville Community Center.
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 This month’s Mystery Employee is a lifelong Knoxvillian whose blood runs orange.
She’s also the mother of twins.
Can you guess who it is?
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 Happy anniversary to employees hired in the month of May!
Congratulations to the individuals and departments that recently won awards and KUDOS.
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