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Another Midway Snark

Scott McNutt turns a gimlet eye on Mike Edwards and the gang with a new snark on Midway. Knox Convention Center to Become Failed Biz Park? R... read more...

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Economic Development

Jobs, or more specifically, the scarcity of jobs, has been a big topic of discussion lately. One of the functions of government has traditio... read more...

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A Shiny New Business Park Does Not Guarantee New Jobs

A timely article by Roger Harris in today's News-Sentinel points out the folly of "build it and they will come" when it comes to business pa... read more...

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Midway Update

I'd like to thank everyone for their support and their kind words about what happened Monday night at County Commission on the East County S... read more...

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Los Amigos - Well Worth the Trip

I'd been hearing good things about Los Amigos Mexican restaurant in Maryville, but hadn't made the trip until last night. R. Neal and others... read more...

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What Was the School Board Thinking?

It was a sea of Carter green at the school board workshop and meeting at the Andrew Johnson last week, where board chair Indya Kincannon and... read more...

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What's Up with the Dems on County Commission?

The Carter Community got another chance at a new school last night at County Commission. I do believe there is the will on Commission to fun... read more...

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Pam Strickland Takes a Stand on Midway

News-Sentinel columnist Pam Strickland takes a stand against the proposed Midway Road Industrial Park in her column today. She advocates rem... read more...

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The Community's Plan for Midway

Sorry to have bugged out of the conversations recently, but I've been plagued by a kidney stone that has finally passed! I am delighted to a... read more...

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News-Sentinel Editorial on Midway

Scott Barker has an editorial in today's News-Sentinel in which he calls the community's alternative proposal "unworkable" and "a step backw... read more...

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Midway - Thank You

I haven't posted or commented yet on any of the Midway threads for a couple of reasons - mainly personal ones - and because I have been busy... read more...

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An Opportunity for Downtown

I knew Facebook was good for something! Just saw this post from Knox Heritage about George Scott's strong argument to take advantage of the ... read more...

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A New Direction

A great article by Rikki Hall in the Metro Pulse makes the argument that we need smarter economic development, and that the unimaginative, s... read more...

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Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

Knoxville is one of the few communities that allows interstate-sized signs up to 50 feet tall along community roadways. Do we really need th... read more...

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America's Secret Weapon

Interesting short videos on the state of US science Dr. Michio Kaku: America's Secret Weapon (link...) and (link...) ... read more...

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For Rail Supporters

Some of you may be interested in joining RAIL Solution, a citizens group working hard to bring into being fast and frequent passenger and fr... read more...

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League Speaking Up for Public Process

Jamey Dobbs, president of the League of Women Voters, has a great article in today's News-Sentinel about the machinations of the Chamber dur... read more...

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Historic North Knoxville Book - A Great Christmas Gift

Christmas Gift Alert! I just received an email announcing the publication of Historic North Knoxville: Emory Place, Fourth and Gill, Happy H... read more...

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Book Review: Crashing the Commission

Book Review I have just finished reading my copy (thanks R. Neal and Mark!) of Crashing the Commission: Confessions of a University Twit, by... read more...

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Midway Site Offers Options

A well-done letter to the editor was published on December 26th in the News-Sentinel asking why The Development Corporation's only plan for ... read more...

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