Stop the presses!
In addition to ignoring the community wishes for residential zoning and expressed concerns about density and community impact, the Knoxville Planning Commission’s blanket recommendation for CG-1 rezoning the …
Future of the old Holiday Inn site controversial
On Wednesday evening, East Knoxville residents “participated” in a Zoom “meeting” about developer Carl Lansden’s plan to build 110 apartment units of subsidized housing on the back five acres of …
Opposition to apartments on Asheville Highway
Here’s my letter to Knox Planning Commissioners. This item is on today’s (10/8) agenda.
Re: Oct 8 Meeting, Item #20 (10K-20-Rz), 4625 Asheville Hwy,
Rezoning Request of Carl Lansden (& Lansden Landmarks) …
TDOT plans I-640 upgrades at East Towne
Anyone using the Millertown Pike or Washington Pike I-640 exits at rush hour has found themselves sitting through long queues and traffic backups. There are lots of cars traveling between …
East Towne: Plan aired for e-commerce fulfillment center
What do you do with a shuttered mall? Especially in the e-commerce era.
Hillwood Inc. aired a proposal to convert East Towne Mall into an e-commerce fulfillment center at an hour-long …
Musings During an October Stroll
I love waking to a morning chill,
bathed by breezes announcing Fall.
Sultry summer heat … gone!
mosquitos … gone!
Cool winds lift the shroud over
the distant Smoky Mountains.
The morning walk, slower these days,
invigorates …
Railroad ties up I-640 repaving
Ever get the feeling you are riding down an old country road, as you rattle down I-640 these days? Eleven miles of potholes, make-shift crack repairs and fractured asphalt give …
Police reform must be narrow, focused and prudent
There is lot of focus on police after recent incidents around the country. Some of it is excessive or wrong-headed. Better management and some reform may be called for. But …