So, the big news right now is that we’re set to open the Knox County Parks and Recreation Department’s splash pads this Saturday!
If you don’t know it yet, splash pads …
Knox County splash pads open this weekend
New Harvest Park is ready for market season
We had our crews out at New Harvest Park this week, putting down mulch and getting the splash pads ready for our next big event.
And what’s that you ask?
Well, the …
Projects continue, Collier Preserve set to open
Our Parks and Recreation crews were out in force, working like a (cliché alert!) bunch of busy beavers this week!
We had one crew over at Melton Hill Park, putting together …
Parks are ready to spring open
First, a big shout out to our latest group to participate in the Knox County Parks and Recreation Department’s Adopt-A-Park program.
Thanks to Knoxville Ball Hockey for adopting the Concord Park …
Facilities prepped for spring; bring your own water
The weather is getting warmer and warmer as each day passes, and, yeah, I know we’re in that fake springtime where the bottom will drop out at some point.
But still, …
A ‘mustang’ at Engineering and Public Works
The military services have a name for highly accomplished members like Steve Elliott: “mustang.”
In the service, a mustang is a high-ranking officer who has risen on merit from the lowest …
Canton Hollow Road: Unsafe at any speed
More than 50 years ago the lawyer Ralph Nader published a book about what he called the “designed-in” dangers of American cars. The title, “Unsafe at Any Speed,” could justifiably …
Schaad Road extension: ‘Biting it off in chunks’
In a word, the project to extend Schaad Road is complicated.
It’s part of the Northwest Connector construction which kicked off about 21 years ago with a modest beginning, improving Pleasant …