Planned development is one of the many issues that deserves additional city council attention. Under Recode Knoxville, it is being reworked from three separate “zoning districts” into a “process,” administered …
Asheville Highway Waffle House to reopen soon
The Waffle House at 5416 Asheville Highway is expected to reopen around July 22, after being torn down and completely rebuilt from the ground up. The restaurant is part of …
Athleticademy to bring on-demand childcare to West Town Mall
Local entrepreneurs Megan and Adam Sikora are bringing a new concept in childcare to West Town Mall this fall.
Athleticademy will offer by-the-hour childcare in a professionally operated 5,300 square foot …
New Blount tech center will be named for Wests
Pellissippi State Community College has recognized major donors by naming the new building on its Blount County campus the Ruth and Steve West Workforce Development Center.
Pellissippi State President L. Anthony …
Spangler, Waggoner named to POST Commission
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced nearly 200 appointees, including 11 from Knox County, to a series of key boards and commissions ahead of the fiscal year that begins today (7/1).
“I am proud to announce these appointees …
Weiss adorns fans with one-of-a-kind jewelry creations
When Jessica Weiss took her first metalsmithing class, at The Penland School for Crafts near Asheville, she hadn’t yet envisioned the “casually elegant” jewelry that she would create in the …
Millertown car wash changes hands
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and …
Recode Workbook 3: Unresolved housing issues abound
Let’s revisit residential zoning.
Recall that 85 percent of the 73,000 parcels in the city are designated “residential.” Those eight zones (EN plus RN-1 to -7) house some of the mostly …