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Welcome to the City Blog! Here you will find news and notes about City of Knoxville services, updates on ongoing projects, links to community events, and much more. If you have questions or comments about the Blog, please email [email protected]. If you would like to peruse our Blog Archives please click here.




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August 2016 - Posts
The wildly popular Open Streets Knoxville event is moving to the heart of Bearden this fall. Keep your calendars marked for Sunday, October 9, for this great pedestrian event! Visit www.OpenStreets ... more» 
Posted by Guest  On Aug 26, 2016 at 3:47 PM
  
From left: Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, Zoo Knoxville President and CEO, Lisa New, City of Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero and Zoo Knoxville Board Chair Eddie Mannis. Thursday was an excitin ... more» 
Posted by Guest  On Aug 22, 2016 at 5:41 PM
  
Earlier this week, a City crew installed new signs at Fountain City Lake to remind visitors that feeding the wrong food to the lake's ducks is harmful - both to them and to the lake's water qualit ... more» 
Posted by evreeland  On Aug 18, 2016 at 12:03 PM
  
Great turnout today for the Lonsdale Homes career fair! Sponsored by Knoxville’s Community Development Corp., Save Our Sons, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Job Cor ... more» 
Posted by evreeland  On Aug 12, 2016 at 2:49 PM
  
Big turnout for Tuesday evening's East Knoxville neighborhood walking tour, sponsored by Bike Walk Knoxville, 5 Points Up and the Knox County Health Department. Great to talk with lots of resident ... more» 
Posted by evreeland  On Aug 11, 2016 at 10:29 AM
  
With construction of the new Public Works Service Center on Loraine Street nearing completion, Mayor Madeline Rogero and Deputies to the Mayor Christi Branscom and Bill Lyons took a tour of the buildi ... more» 
Posted by Guest  On Aug 11, 2016 at 10:28 AM
  
Starting this morning, the first of more than 1,000 new parking meters were installed downtown, along South Gay Street. All downtown meters will be replaced in the next few weeks. They'll be mo ... more» 
Posted by evreeland  On Aug 09, 2016 at 1:26 PM
  
During the much-ballyhooed Battle at Bristol on Sept. 10, the University of Tennessee Vols will be taking on Virginia Tech at a neutral site midway between the schools. More than 150,000 seats wer ... more» 
Posted by evreeland  On Aug 09, 2016 at 10:52 AM
  
Bike Walk Knoxville, 5 Points Up and the Knox County Health Department are offering a two-fer: An Aug. 9 East Knoxville neighborhood walking tour that also gives residents a great opportunity to t ... more» 
Posted by evreeland  On Aug 04, 2016 at 5:14 PM
  
Downtown denizens, admirers of architecture and green-thumb gardeners - unite! The East Tennessee Community Design Center has created a perfect outing for you. The inaugural Urban Home & Garden T ... more» 
Posted by evreeland  On Aug 03, 2016 at 5:30 PM