Carol Evans has issued the call. Come Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. to noon to Collier Preserve, the new park on Emory Road adjacent to the Powell Branch Library. Volunteers …
Carol Evans: Patching the budget hole
Carol Evans is a Knoxville treasure. She was on Joan Cronan’s team that raised funds and promoted women’s sports at UT. Susan Richardson Williams was the third amiga. They built …
Gift of land gives Powell cause for thanksgiving
Arvin and Sabra Brown have called Powell home for many years, watching from their farm on Brickyard Road as the community changed from a rural, railroad town to a bustling …
Legacy Parks opens Sharp’s Ridge Playspace
Legacy Parks Foundation cut the ribbon to open the Sharp’s Ridge Playspace and Adaptive Trails on Nov. 19, creating the first all-access trail in our region designed specifically to accommodate …
Running, camping and birding on the menu
This weekend features the Norris Ultra Dam Hard Trail Race 50k / 25k / 5k at 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Norris Watershed Trails. The event is sponsored …
Ourdoors: Run, kayak, even yoga
Legacy Parks Foundation builds parks (think Collier Preserve in Powell) and raises funds for park development (think Veterans Memorial Park off John Sevier Highway). But we also want everyone to …
Let’s build another park!
Legacy Parks Foundation has launched a $1.5 million fundraising campaign to establish a new Veterans Memorial Park along the French Broad River.
The park will be created on a seven-acre parcel …
Farragut nabs a ‘fine dam gift’
The town of Farragut has received a 6.43-acre parcel from an anonymous donor, and it’s a fine dam gift.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen accepted the property last week. The …