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1. Election Day is Today, Nov. 5
2. NAC Meets Next Week
3. Housing Stability Holds Listening Sessions
4. City Council Hosts Parking Study Workshop This Week
5. KPD Hosts Community Forum for West District
6. Trees Knoxville to Plant Trees
7. No Trash November
8. Planning Invites you to Take a Survey
9. Knoxville Hosts 2024 Tennessee Bike Walk Summit
10. November is Native American Heritage Month
11. Veterans Day Parade is Next Week
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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 865-215-3232. News deadline: 12 noon on Fridays.
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1. Election Day is Today, Nov. 5
Election Day is today, Nov. 5, and this is one way to make your voice heard! The ballot includes the Presidential, Federal/State General Election, and two City charter
Amendments.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Election Day, you must go to your precinct to vote. Knox Area Transit is offering
Fare-Free Rides on Election Day. Hop on and ride to your precinct to vote.
For more information on your voting location, Photo ID requirements, and a sample ballot, visit the
Knox County Election Commission’s website. |
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2. NAC Meets Next Week
The
Neighborhood Advisory Council will be meeting Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Small Assembly Room in the City County Building, 400 Main Street.
This meeting will hear from Housing and Neighborhood Development’s Linda Rust and feature Karen McKeehan, with the City’s Transportation Engineering Department and Cody Gentry, the City’s Vision Zero Coordinator.
Vision
Zero is a goal established by
City Council to eliminate all traffic related deaths and serious injuries on Knoxville-controlled streets by 2040. Vision Zero looks at safety from all angles – engineering, walkability, signage, law enforcement, education, and human behavior by using the
Safe System approach as a framework.
All are welcome to attend. For more information or if you have questions, contact Debbie Sharp at 865-215-3232 or
dsh...@knoxvilletn.gov.
The NAC members are appointed by the Mayor to:
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Give advice and feedback on the programs and policies of the Office of Neighborhoods;
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Bring neighborhood issues and concerns to the attention of the Mayor and City Administration;
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Propose to the Administration responses and solutions to address these concerns; and
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Serve as a sounding board for City initiatives and proposals affecting neighborhoods.
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. |
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3. Housing Stability Holds Listening Sessions
The Knoxville-Knox County Office of Housing Stability will be holding four listening sessions. These listening sessions will be to inform folks about the strategic plan to address homelessness in our area. How has homelessness affected you, your family, and
your workplace? What are your hopes for our community moving forward?
These meetings are schedule for:
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Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 5:30-7 p.m., at Powell Branch Library, 330 W. Emory Rd.
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Wednesday, Nov. 6, from 5:30-7 p.m., at Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Dr.
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Monday, Nov. 18, from 5:30-7 p.m., at Burlington Branch Library, 4614 Asheville Hwy.
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Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 5:30-7 p.m., at South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike
Input from the public, local homeless service providers, and related sectors like education and law enforcement will help shape the proposed plan. The plan should be available in late spring 2025 at
www.knoxtnhousing.org.
This effort builds on many successes in our community. For example, service providers have helped nearly 5,000 people move from homelessness into housing in just the past four years.
Despite such successes, data from the local Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) shows that the number of people accessing homeless services has trended up since 2018, from just over 1,000 to 1,800 this year – with increased housing costs being the
major problem. In this year’s second quarter, 72% of unhoused individuals reported the reason for their homelessness was eviction, lack of affordable housing, or loss/lack of employment. East Tennessee Realtors report that effective rents in the Knoxville
metro area have risen 56%—or $524—since the beginning of 2020.
Although high housing costs are the main driver of homelessness, housing is not the only solution. Supports such as mental health and substance abuse treatment, job training, and community-building are key parts to repairing our community. The Office of Housing
Stability welcomes any and all residents of Knoxville and/or Knox County to this conversation.
If you would like to be part of the conversation but cannot make it to a listening session, please send your input online:
https://knoxtnhousing.org/strategic-plan.html
If your group would like to hold its own listening session, please check out the Meeting in a Box (available starting November 8):
https://knoxtnhousing.org/strategic-plan.html
Community members may sign up for email updates as the planning process continues:
https://knoxtnhousing.org/strategic-plan.html.
For more information, you can reach out to Erin Read, Executive Director, Knoxville-Knox County Office of Housing Stability at
Erin...@knoxtnhousing.org or 865-599-7475. |
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4. City Council Hosts Parking Study Workshop This Week
City
Council is hosting a Parking Study workshop on Thursday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m. in the Main Assembly Room of the City County Building, 400 Main St. This workshop is open to all to learn about the study, which included the parking needs, trends, and areas of
opportunity in Knoxville.
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.
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5. KPD Hosts Community Forum for West District
The
Knoxville Police Department (KPD) will host a West District Community Forum on
Monday, Nov. 11, at 5:30 p.m. at Norwood United Methodist Church, 2110 Merchant Dr.
The Knoxville Police Department’s West District is the largest of the three police districts, covering roughly 49.5 square miles. That includes a number of major thoroughfares, including I-40, Western Ave., Kingston Pike, Pellissippi Parkway., Clinton Highway
and portions of Alcoa Highway. West Town Mall also falls within the West District boundaries.
For more information, please call 865-215-7042 or email
kpdwe...@knoxvilletn.gov.
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. |
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6. Trees Knoxville to Plant Trees
Trees
Knoxville has received a grant from the US Forest Service via the Inflation Reduction Act to plant about 1000 trees for the next five years, with many of those becoming public trees.
You can see all of the proposed locations, including those that the City will be planting by going to the
tree inventory link.
You can search for them by selecting the magnifying glass “search icon” on the left side of the screen. Under “Select Quick Filter” box, select the green tree icon that says “2024-2025 Tree Planting” and all proposed sites will be selected to a yellow color.
You may have to select this icon twice if you get an error message on first attempt. You can zoom in and toggle around and click on the selected locations to bring up information about the location and tree type. Let me know if you have any questions.
It's exciting to see Knoxville’s tree canopy being increased to improve our community.
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7. No Trash November
Tennessee
Department of Transportation (TDOT) hosts Nobody Trashes Tennessee’s 4th Annual No Trash November, a statewide movement to pick up litter across Tennessee.
At this moment, there are more than 88 million pieces of litter on Tennessee roadways and we need all of us to help. Be a part of the solution to end littering and help us spread pride in the state of Tennessee.
Throughout the month of November, you can volunteer to host a litter clean up in your local community or you can volunteer to help at one of
Keep Knoxville Beautiful’s clean-ups. The goal is to keep Knoxville clean, green, and beautiful.
Let’s work together to keep Knoxville beautiful. |
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8. Planning Invites you to Take a Survey
Knoxville
Knox County Planning recently kicked off their public engagement for Mobility Plan 2050 with two community open houses and one virtual learning session. Even if you weren’t able to attend the meetings, you still have an opportunity to provide input.
\Please take this short
survey so they can hear from you as they continue the update to the region's long range transportation plan. The survey will be open through Tuesday, Nov. 12.
For additional details, visit
www.knoxmobility.org. |
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9. Knoxville Hosts 2024 Tennessee Bike Walk Summit
Register
now for the 13th annual
Tennessee Bike Walk Summit, which will be held on Nov. 14 and 15 here in Knoxville. Registration is
required to participate in the event.
On Thursday, Nov. 14, there will be a bike ride around Knoxville and a networking social. The Summit will take place at the University of Tennessee Conference Center on Friday, Nov. 15.
In 2012,
Bike Walk Tennessee organized the first Tennessee Bike Summit in Chattanooga, Tennessee. More than 125 Tennesseans gathered in Chattanooga to discuss topics ranging from regional planning to bicycle encouragement programs like “Ride to Work” day. Since
then, the Summit has visited every major city in Tennessee and has grown into an annual event that regularly brings together cyclists and pedestrians, advocates, planners, engineers, and elected officials from across the state to share resources and best practices
related to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, funding, education, outreach, and policy.
Through a series of keynote presentations, breakout sessions, and mobile workshops, the Summit is a valuable educational and networking experience. In 2018, Bike Walk Tennessee changed the focus of the Summit to also include walking, changing the name to the
Tennessee Bike Walk Summit and will continue to focus on walking AND biking at the annual Summit; this grows from a commitment to building streets that are safe and inviting for all people.
For more information, please contact Bike Walk Tennessee at
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10. November is Native American Heritage Month
November is
Native American Heritage Month and is a dedicated time to recognize and celebrate the rich history, culture, and contributions of Native American tribes across the United States, highlighting their resilience and diverse traditions while acknowledging the
complex past of indigenous people in the country.
The
McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will be having some events. For more information, you can visit their
website.
Supporting Native artisans or businesses, attending local events showcasing Native art and traditions, and reading and learning about Native traditions, past and present are some other things you can do to honor Native voices this month. Let’s take this time
to celebrate the rich traditions, languages, stories, and diverse cultures of Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and affiliated Island communities.
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11. Veterans Day Parade is Next Week
American
Legion Post 2 is pleased to invite everyone to the 99th Veterans Day Parade on Monday, Nov. 11, beginning at 10:40 a.m. The parade will travel down Gay St.
The parade will feature the
University of Tennessee Army ROTC Color Guard, several area high school bands, vintage military vehicles, representatives of the Armed Forces, local businesses and other political and civic organizations.
During the parade, there will be a brief ceremony at the reviewing stand near Mast General Store. There will be a performance of the National Anthem, followed by a prayer and then a performance of “Taps.” To conclude the ceremony, a group of Air Force recruits
will take their oath of enlistment.
Downtown residents and visitors should be aware of road closures and on-street parking affected by the parade. Check the City’s website closer to Nov. 11.
The parade, organized by the American Legion Post 2 with support from the City of Knoxville, will be broadcast live on
WATE Channel 6 and streamed on
WBIR.com with highlights broadcast on WBIR Channel 10’s noon show.
Some government offices will be closed on Veterans Day; however, the City ok Knoxville is open for business.
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12.
Knoxville Neighborhoods Calendar (click link for online calendar)
Call 865-215-3232 to include your neighborhood event or meeting in
this Google calendar.
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
here.
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