Connectivity + Placemaking

Chief of Urban Design and Development

Rebekah Jane Justice
[email protected]
(865) 215-2141

400 Main St., Room 655
Knoxville, TN 37902

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Urban Wilderness

Knoxville's Urban Wilderness offers residents and visitors access to a connected network of parks and open spaces. Key park nodes are being completed to connect people to these unique outdoor experiences.
Reconnecting Knoxville

Through a $42.6 million dollar grant from USDOT the Reconnecting Knoxville Advisory Team is working to implement multimodal networks, a cultural corridor and a parkway connector to mitigate physical barriers caused by urban renewal. Stadium- DRAFT Knoxville is bringing baseball back to the
Stadium

Knoxville is bringing baseball back to the urban core. With the first pitch planned for spring of 2025, the Covenant Health Park will be the new home of minor league baseball and professional soccer, as well as an extension of downtown and an economic catalyst.
Parks Master Plan

Refreshing the inventory and analysis of public spaces that serve all will better position Knoxville to seek grant funding opportunities and partnerships to improve, manage, and extend public assets .
Pedestrian Bridge

The pedestrian bridge will create safe alternative access across the Tennessee River reflecting the South Waterfront Vision Plan, while increasing connectivity to the City's multimodal corridors North and South of the river.

This connection will establish safe alternative access between the City's multimodal corridors North and South of the river.
McClung / W. Jackson Ave.

Mixed use redevelopment of a key property in the heart of Downtown Knoxville along W. Jackson Avenue that includes the former site of the McClung Warehouses.
Multimodal Corridors + Safety

Knoxville is committed to safe, efficient, and reliable transportation options including initiatives in streetscape design, multimodal infrastructure, and strategic connections.