Inside of Knoxville

Recognizing a City’s Beauty

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 8, 2017

Last night Keep Knoxville Beautiful held its annual Orchid Awards at the Standard. The awards have honored Knoxville’s most beautiful properties since 1979. The organization was founded in 1978 to help cleaning up the city in...

Rala is Open for Business at the New Location: 112 W. Jackson

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 7, 2017

Last December, Nanci Solomon, owner of Rala, announced that the business would leave its home of seven years on Union Avenue for a new location in the Old City. The decision came on the heels of...

Mardi Growl 2017

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 6, 2017

Mardi Growl, sponsored each year by Young-Williams Animal Center, and this year presented by the Old City Wine Bar, has come to serve as the unofficial kick-off for festival season, which is expanding to be approximately...

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/5 – 3/14/2017)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 5, 2017

If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...

Visit Knoxville Reveals New Look for the Knoxville Visitor Center

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 3, 2017

Yesterday, Visit Knoxville offered a small preview of the new look of the Visitor Center and today the public is invited in to experience the new space. Established in 2004, the basic look and design had...

Draft Agency Turns Passion into a High Tech Company in Downtown Knoxville

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 2, 2017

You may be like me when I first heard mention of “Draft,” or the Draft Agency. I thought, “is that downtown?” It turns out the company has been downtown for nearly five years, but they’ve undergone...

The Downtown Knoxville 2017 Festival Guide (and more)

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 1, 2017

When spring starts in January and doesn’t pause much for February, it’s easy for actual spring to sneak up on us. And while spring isn’t quite here, it’s time to talk about Festival Season. I moved...

Elastic Pictures Opens New Development Area on West Blount Avenue

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 28, 2017

As downtown Knoxville and related development expands in every direction, new spots constantly emerge, whether new side streets, entirely different areas or sections of a street that had been previously quiet. Elastic Pictures has been a...

Road Diets: Don’t Try This At Home – Anne Wallace Responds

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 27, 2017

In response to last week’s article regarding road diets, I received a lengthy and thoughtful response from Anne Wallace, Deputy Director of the Office of Redevelopment for the city of Knoxville and the project manager for...

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/26/2017 – 3/7/2017)

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 26, 2017

If you want to be certain your event is included on this calendar, I’ll need your event two weeks in advance. The absolute best way to make sure I include your event is to make a...

Recognizing a City’s Beauty

Rala is Open for Business at the New Location: 112 W. Jackson

Mardi Growl 2017

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (3/5 – 3/14/2017)

Visit Knoxville Reveals New Look for the Knoxville Visitor Center

Draft Agency Turns Passion into a High Tech Company in Downtown Knoxville

The Downtown Knoxville 2017 Festival Guide (and more)

Elastic Pictures Opens New Development Area on West Blount Avenue

Road Diets: Don’t Try This At Home – Anne Wallace Responds

The Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (2/26/2017 – 3/7/2017)

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Announcing Kern’s Bakery Vendors!

Lilienthal Gallery Celebrates Spring Exhibition with Splashes of Color and a Great Vibe

Progress: Kern’s Bakery Experience is Full Steam Ahead

A Weekend in the City