The second round of Knoxville City Council’s clean-up-messy-Recode draft No. 5 extended over nine hours on May 30. The work session lasted till after midnight … longer than many in the …
Residential recode – what vision are we pursuing?
Knoxville City Council will tackle Recode’s residential provisions in a 5:30 p.m. workshop Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the main assembly room of the City County Building. Council must address the …
Marshall Stair battles perceptions, makes his own way
Marshall Stair is a good-natured guy, but he’s tired of hearing that there are citizens of Knoxville who consider him too young to be their next mayor.
“I was 40 my …
Bob Thomas eyes city race
Bob Thomas walked into Holly’s Gourmet Market, ordered a latte and started working the room, shaking hands with the close diners and waving to those farther away. You’d think this …
Tennova doesn’t deserve $16 million tax break
Anybody who thinks Tennova deserves a $16 million tax break for selling St. Mary’s to the city for $1 as a place to relocate police and fire departments should talk …
Planning commissioners send Recode headache to City Council
At its Jan. 10 meeting, the Metropolitan Planning Commission — now called Knoxville-Knox County Planning — kicked the most recent Recode Knoxville documents on to City Council.
The approval vote came …
Recode Draft 4 on fast track to MPC
A dozen members of the 20-member Recode Knoxville Stakeholder Advisory Committee met with MPC executive director Gerald Green and City Codes director Peter Ahrens for four hours on Jan. 3 …
Singh-Perez makes some noise
Seema Singh-Perez was one of four women elected to City Council last year – a record for Knoxville. She stood out because she is one of two women of color …