COVID-19: 1/13/2022 Update
At this point, the only update that makes sense is one each week and that on Thursday. Both the state of Tennessee and the Knox County Health Department have determined that COVID-19 updates will only come...
Pivot Point Gallery Coming to 15 Emory Place
In December I wrote of development plans for Emory Place, designed to turn the area into an arts destination. 15 Emory Place, a part of the project which was ready for use, has been leased by...
WUTK Celebrates Forty Years
I grew up enjoying great local radio in Mobile, Alabama. WABB-FM was an amazing station for a few years, playing Led Zeppelin, Emmy Lou Harris, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Prine and more. Still,...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/9-1/18/2022)
The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead...
COVID-19: 1/7/2022 Update
And so, we meet again. What seemed unimaginable in March 2020 when I wrote my first articles about COVID-19, seemed inevitable when I wrote my most recent article at the end of October: The virus continues...
Broadway Viaduct on Schedule
I was asked recently for an update on the Broadway viaduct, so I walked out and took a look. While TDOT isn’t the most communicative agency in town, it did generously leave the gate open for...
Economic Perspective and the City
The caption isn’t quite as enticing as Sex and the City, but for most of us, it’s as least as important, and probably more so. How is the economy? It depends on whom you ask and the...
Tennessee and Knox County COVID-19 Numbers By Month (Through 12/2021)
I know we are all done with COVID, but it isn’t done with us. It’s been a month since I’ve reported on the topic and, like many of you, I’d love to never hear about it...
New Development Comes to Happy Holler (1201 North Central Street)
A central location in the heart of Happy Holler is undergoing a transformation behind a large plywood barricade. At 1201 North Central Street, which was most recently Friends Antiques, Jeffrey Nash and the Courtland Group have...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (1/2-1/11/2022)
The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims – you’ll have to friend me) and it will be included. I need enough lead...