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1. No Newsletter Next Week
2. City Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule
3. ONE Wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving
4. Old North Hosts Victorian Holiday Home Tour
5. Nominations for Neighbor of the Year Award Extended!
6. Grant Funds Available from OCSE
7. Better Building Board and Public Officer Hearing Meet Next Month
8. MDC Hosts Town Hall Discussion About Supporting Youth
9. You Found an Orphaned Animal - Now What?
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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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The
Office of Neighborhood Empowerment (ONE) will not be distributing a newsletter next week as we observe the Thanksgiving holiday. We will return to our normal schedule on Tuesday, Dec 3. If you would like to keep up with neighborhood news, visit our
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2. City Announces Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule
City of Knoxville offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29 for the Thanksgiving holiday, including the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment.
Garbage and recycling collection will run on a regular schedule Monday, Nov. 25 through Wednesday, Nov. 27. There will be no household garbage or recycling collection on Thursday, Nov. 28, and Waste Connections’ office will be closed. Waste Connections will
run Thursday routes on Friday and Friday routes on Saturday. Please remember to limit your waste to the contents of your City-issued trash cart; no overflow trash or carts with lifted lids will be picked up.
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day are the only days of the year when residential curbside trash and recycling are not picked up as scheduled.
Downtown garbage and recycling collection will run on a regular schedule during the week, with no garbage or recycling collection on Thursday, Nov. 28.
The City's five recycling centers will be open, but the Goodwill attendant will not be available for household goods donations on Thursday, Nov. 28. Please hold all donations until an attendant is present.
The City's Solid Waste Facility located at 1033 Elm St. will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 28, through Saturday, Nov. 30, and will resume normal operating hours on Monday, Dec. 2.
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3. ONE Wishes You a Happy Thanksgiving
Here at The Office of Neighborhood Empowerment (ONE) would like to wish you and your family a happy Thanksgiving.
We are so thankful for you and all you do to make Knoxville such a wonderful place to live, work and play.
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4. Old North Knoxville Hosts Victorian Holiday Home Tour
The
Historic Old North Knoxville neighborhood will host the 34th annual Victorian Holiday Home Tour on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 4-9 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8, from 1-5 p.m.
Historic Old North Knoxville features beautiful homes built in the Queen Anne, Craftsman/Bungalow, Neoclassical Revival, and American Four Square style. To help kick off your holiday season, Old North Knoxville neighbors will open the doors of select homes
in a variety of these styles, restored and decorated for the season for your viewing pleasure!
If you've never been on the tour before, find out what to expect and learn more about the neighborhood by viewing their
website.
This year, there are two new parking options:
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Rose Funeral & Cremation, 1421 N. Broadway
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St. James Episcopal Church, 1101 N. Broadway
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5. Nominations for Neighbor of the Year Award Extended!
We are extending the deadline for the Office of Neighborhood Empowerment’s
Diana Conn Good Neighbor of the Year Award through Monday, Dec. 2.
We are giving you an extra week to tell us about the wonderful people in your neighborhoods. Nominees for this award go the extra mile to make their community a better place for all who live there.
A committee of neighborhood folks will select the winner of the 2024 award. Mayor Indya Kincannon will present the award at our annual Neighborhood Awards Dinner held in March 2025.
There is no time to dilly-dally! Complete
the nomination form on the City’s website. Save the PDF to your computer and attach it in an email to
sri...@knoxvilletn.gov, or mail your completed form to City of Knoxville, Office of Neighborhood Empowerment, Room 546, P.O. Box 1631, Knoxville, TN, 37901.
We can’t wait to celebrate those doing great work in our city!
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6. Grant Funds Available from OCSE
Applications are open for grant funding opportunities from the City of Knoxville’s
Office of Community Safety and Empowerment to forward the City’s goals of creating a more equitable and safe city.
The following grant programs will fund specific activities:
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American Equity Restoration Task Force – Funds efforts in East Knoxville in the focus areas of Education, Community Investment & Engagement, Homeownership, Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Equity during the Spring, Summer, and/or
Fall 2025. Deadline: Thursday, Dec. 5.
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Opportunity Youth Engagement – Funds high-quality youth programming and/or youth employment specifically engaging young people identified as being at the highest risk of involvement in violent crime, including justice-involved youth. Deadline: Thursday, Dec.
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Youth Violence Prevention Week – Funds programming, events, activities, trainings, campaigns, resource development and distribution, or other activities related to participation in and furtherance of the goals of Youth Violence Prevention Week and reduction
of violence involving youth. Funded activities may engage youth, adults or the community at-large during National Youth Violence Prevention Week, April 28-May 2, 2025. Deadline: Thursday, Dec. 5.
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Empower Knox Workforce Readiness – Funds activities that cultivate social and emotional development and workforce preparation through meaningful and intentional programing that incorporates academic or skilled training as well as social-emotional skill-building.
Proposals should engage and specifically support programming, stipends, payment, or other services directly for youth ages 12-24. Deadline: Thursday, Dec. 5.
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Empower Knox Event Funding – Funds community events that develop strong, positive social connections with peers and trusted adults for young people ages 12-24 held between Jan. 1 and Sept. 15, 2025. Applications will be considered as they are received through
May 1, 2025.
Grant applications, guidelines and staff contacts for each grant program are posted at
KnoxvilleTN.gov/OCSEGrants.
Since Mayor Indya Kincannon established the Office of Community Safety and Empowerment, the department has grown to include multiple initiatives that strengthen safety and communication between neighbors of all ages and City departments, including law enforcement
and public service, as well as community organizations that serve youth and address economic development and violence interruption.
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7. Better Building Board and Public Officer Hearing Meet Next Month
The
Better Building Board (BBB) will meet on Thursday, Dec. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in the Small Assembly Room of the City County Building, 400 Main St.
The meeting agenda will be posted on their website one week before the meeting.
The
Public Officer Hearing (POH) will meet on Friday, Dec. 6, at 9:30 a.m. in the Small Assembly Room of the City County Building, 400 Main St.
Please contact Cheri Burke at 865-215-2867 or
cmb...@knoxvilletn.gov with questions about attending a hearing.
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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8. MDC Hosts Town Hall Discussion About Supporting Youth
The
Metro Drug Coalition (MDC) is hosting a town hall discussion on how to best support youth and help them build resiliency on Tuesday, Nov. 26, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at The Gateway, 530 W. Fifth Ave.
Topics for the discussion include:
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Mental health
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Substance misuse prevention
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Protective factors
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Tips for difficult conversations
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Youth activities and resources
To learn more about the panelists and to RSVP, please visit MDC’s
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9. You Found an Orphaned Animal, Now What?
In Knoxville, we have an incredible variety of wildlife and biodiversity, and injured animals are often found by people just like you. Do you know what to do if you find an injured or orphaned animal? Do you know who to call?
The Tennessee
Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) says it is illegal for unlicensed individuals to offer veterinary care or possess wildlife, as doing such can potentially be harmful to the animal and people in the household.
If you find an uninjured animal, TWRA says the best course of action is to leave it where you found it as many young animals that may appear orphaned are just waiting for their mother to return to them. This is often the case with deer, bird and rabbits. If
the mother does not return to the baby or babies within 48 hours, that’s when someone can reach out to a licensed Tennessee wildlife rehabilitator through TWRA.
For specific information about how to help injured or abandoned animals in your neighborhood and how to contact a wildlife rehabilitator, please visit TWRA’s
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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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