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Knoxville Neighborhood Advisory - Vol. 16, No. 1-
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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1. What’s Changed with the Neighborhood Conference?
2. City of Knoxville to Host Two Open House Update Meetings
3. Housing and Neighborhood Development Plans Public Input Meeting
4. Community Input is Needed for the Urban Forest Master Plan
5. PARC Announces Quarterly Meeting
6. Do You Have Blight in Your Neighborhood?
7. Learn About Bridging the Equity Gap
8. Knoxville
Neighborhoods Calendar
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Published by the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhood Empowerment, we report news important to Knoxville’s residential neighborhoods. Include your neighborhood-related event or meeting in this space. Call 215-3232. News deadline: 12 noon on Fridays.
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1. What’s Changed with the Neighborhood Conference?
Since 2013, the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment has hosted an annual event that engages neighbors, celebrates good deeds, collaborates with other neighborhoods, and provides residents with opportunities to learn about City and County services, non-profit
resources, and more. This year, the Neighborhood Conference is being split into two smaller events:
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The invitation-only Neighborhood Awards Dinner will be held in early March to celebrate the Good Neighbor of the Year, the Officer Liaison of the Year, Neighborhood Achievement Award recipients, Healthy Knoxville participants and Wiffleball Champions. Honorees
and their guests will receive invitations from the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment.
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The Neighborhood Resource Fair will be held Saturday, Aug. 12. This energetic event will replicate the “booths room” component of the Neighborhood conference, with opportunities to meet City/County staff, non-profit organizations, have fun, connect with other
neighbors and groups, etc.
We will also provide workshops throughout the year rather than all in one day. We are always thinking of hot topics to bring to neighbors so that you can learn more about them and are also open to suggestions on workshop topics so feel free to send us your
ideas. Please send any workshop ideas to Debbie Sharp at
dsh...@knoxvilletn.gov.
We are excited to freshen up and build upon the Neighborhood Conference concept and continue working with neighbors, celebrating your accomplishments and connecting you with resources to make your neighborhoods the best they can be.
2. City of Knoxville to Host Public Meetings
Save the dates! The City will host two open-house-style meetings to provide updates and gather public input on a variety of projects in each area:
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North Knoxville - Thursday, Feb. 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Fulton High School Library, 2509 N. Broadway
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South Knoxville - Monday, Feb. 13, 4-6:30 p.m. at Kerbela Temple, 315 Mimosa Ave.
Neighbors can attend anytime during the open house and will have the opportunity to interact with City staff and community partners.
The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary
aids and services.
To request language translation services, contact the City’s Human Resources Department at tit...@knoxvilletn.gov
or 865-215-3100. For disability accommodations, contact City ADA Coordinator Stephanie Brewer Cook at
sc...@knoxvilletn.gov or 865-215-2034 at least 72 hours before the meeting.
3. Housing and Neighborhood Development Plans Public Input Meeting
The City of Knoxville Housing and Neighborhood Development Department seeks input on its Year Four Annual Action Plan Update for the City’s Five Year Consolidated Plan. A public meeting will be held Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 6 p.m., at the City’s Public Works Building,
3131 Morris Avenue, to discuss and hear input for the 2023-2024 plan.
The Five Year Consolidated plan prescribes the planned local use for three types of federal funds allocated by the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Act, and Emergency Solutions
Grant (ESG). The Annual Action Plan Update accommodates for changes in community conditions and needs, funding resources, etc. that impact how federal funds should be allocated locally for the program year starting July 1, 2023.
At this meeting, City staff will:
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Discuss anticipated HUD and local funding for the 2023-2024 program year;
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Review priority goals and objectives from its 2020-2024 Five Year Consolidated Plan;
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Provide a description of unmet needs and gaps identified through consultation meetings with stakeholders, regarding: Non-housing community development needs (including economic development, neighborhood stabilization, public services, public facility and infrastructure
improvements); homelessness needs; and affordable housing needs;
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Describe the process for developing the draft 2023-2024 Annual Action Plan, including how the public may provide input; and
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Inform agencies on how they may apply for grant funding to meet priority goals and objectives.
The Housing and Neighborhood Development Department would like to encourage your participation and hear your input. If you cannot make the meeting and would like to give input or have questions, please contact Linda Rust at
lr...@knoxvilletn.gov or P.O. Box 1631, Knoxville, TN 37901.
The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary
aids and services.
Individuals with a disability who require an accommodation in order to participate may contact the City of Knoxville’s ADA Coordinator, Stephanie Brewer Cook at 865-215-2034 or sc...@knoxvilletn.gov no
less than 72 business hours (3 business days) prior to the meeting you wish to attend. If you have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and want to request language translation services, contact the Human Resources Department at
tit...@knoxvilletn.gov, or 865-215-3100 at least 48 hours (2 days) prior to the meeting.
4. Community Input is Needed for the Urban Forest Master Plan
Knoxville is investing in trees for the long term.
The tree canopy in Knoxville has seen many changes in the last decade, and is vulnerable to threats from disease, pests, the changing climate, city population and development growth. For this reason, the Knoxville community is embarking on the development of
an Urban Forest Master Plan. This plan will be spearheaded by Trees Knoxville, and in partnership with the City of Knoxville, the State of Tennessee, Keep Knoxville Beautiful and the Knoxville Utilities Board.
As a majority of the tree canopy in Knoxville is located on privately owned land, any progress in improving and growing the canopy will require a true community effort, and your input is needed.
For more information about the Knoxville tree plan, to get involved, or provide your feedback, please visit
https://www.knoxvilletreeplan.org/.
If you would like Kasey Krouse to attend your next neighborhood meeting to discuss this effort and receive your community’s input in person, please email him at
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5. PARC Announces Quarterly Meeting
The Police Advisory Review Committee (PARC) will hold its fourth quarterly meeting on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 6 p.m., at the Public Works Building, Community Room, 3131 Morris Ave. Committee members will address complaints that came in during the last quarter
of 2022, Oct. 1-Dec. 31.
If you wish to speak at the meeting, you may contact Tiffany Davidson at
tdav...@knoxvilletn.gov before 3 p.m. on the day of the meeting, or you may use this
form to sign up to speak during the public forum portion of the PARC meeting. Confirmed speakers will receive a confirmation email from PARC.
Community members may also sign up in person the day of the meeting between 5:30-6 p.m.
The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary
aids and services.
Individuals with a disability who require an accommodation in order to participate may contact the City of Knoxville’s ADA Coordinator, Stephanie Brewer Cook at 865-215-2034 or sc...@knoxvilletn.gov no less than 72 business hours (3 business days) prior to
the meeting you wish to attend. If you have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and want to request language translation services, contact the Human Resources Department at tit...@knoxvilletn.gov, or 865-215-3100 at least 48 hours (2 days) prior to the meeting.
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6. Do You Have Blight in Your Neighborhood?
Is blight a problem in your neighborhood? And you aren’t sure what to do about it? The staff from the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment and the Neighborhood Codes Enforcement Office has developed a two-pronged neighborhood approach to blight remediation.
The short-term approach is detailed in our
Neighborhood Give Day guide. Also available is the
Long Term Neighborhood Blight Remediation guide, which describes ways neighborhoods can be proactive to improve their neighborhood.
Contact Debbie Sharp at
dsh...@knoxvilletn.gov or 215-4382 for more information. To report a blighted property, first call 311. To follow up on a blighted property that does not seem to be improving, fill out the
Blighted Property Profile and email it to Cheri Burke at
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7. Learn About Bridging the Gap Toward Equity
Each January for Health Disparities Awareness Month, the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine raises awareness of health disparities through a series of presentations, which are available for viewing by the public via Zoom. The theme for 2023
is “Bridging the Gap Toward Equity.” Presentation topics include socioeconomic and environmental factors that affect health; cultural competency and cultural humility; care of LGBTQ+ patients; and more.
View a list of presentations and Zoom links at
https://gsm.utmck.edu/about/HealthDisparities.cfm
On Jan. 18, Dr. Oluwaferanmi Okanlami will discuss his own struggle to define his personal and professional identity through a framework of intersectionality in a presentation titled “Disabusing Disability and Redefining Race.”
Dr. Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, MD, MS, is the Director of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services at the University of Michigan, and he is also an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Urology at Michigan Medicine.
This free, virtual event will take place via
Zoom on Wednesday, Jan. 18, from 12-1 p.m. |
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8. Knoxville
Neighborhoods Calendar (click link for online calendar)
Call 865-215-3232 to include your neighborhood event or meeting in
this Google calendar.
The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary
aids and services.
To request language translation services, contact the City’s Human Resources Department at tit...@knoxvilletn.gov
or 865-215-3100. For disability accommodations, contact City ADA Coordinator Stephanie Brewer Cook at
sc...@knoxvilletn.gov or 865-215-2034 at least 72 hours before the meeting.
Other Calendars
Additional online calendars that cover events outside the neighborhood realm include:
The City of Knoxville requires a permit to operate a short-term rental property. Details and a list of short-term rental permits are located on the City’s website
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