COVID-19: 7/14/2020 Update
As we move through our week, there’s a lot going on. Big meetings loom tomorrow, with the School Board and the Board of Health each facing difficult decisions that will potentially impact us all. On a...
New Option for Restaurants and New Art for the City
I’ve intended for three or four months to start a series about potential long-term changes which may come out of the necessity of our current pandemic. For the most part, trends that were already in place...
COVID-19: 7/13/2020 Update (Plus Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to another week. I hope you each had a chance to get away from the news for a bit. There’s been a lot to absorb for a long time and it looks to keep coming...
Construction Updates Around Downtown
Time seems to be moving more quickly over the last few months than I might have expected. One month quickly blends into the next, or so it seems. I realized I hadn’t posted any photographs of...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (7/12-7/21/2020)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
COVID-19: 7/10/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to the weekend. I wish the news was better. Please spend some time taking care of yourself and your family. I hope you find some joy and rest. Please do so safely. International News: There...
A Walk Around Rocky Top (The Campus, Not the Town)
With all the conversation about schools this week, it put me in mind of a walk I took in early May around the UT campus. Many of us are UT graduates and many more are sports...
COVID-19: 7/9/2020 Update
As the country, state and county continue to hit new levels of infection numbers, attention continues to be focused on both the illness and attempting to navigate normal life. Many businesses remain frozen in place or...
The School Board Receives Its Report (Plus More)
The afternoon started off with Governor Lee holding a press conference discussing a wide range of topics, most of which were centered on opening schools in the fall. He’d instructed TSSAA (the sports arm of the...
COVID-19: 7/8/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
It’s mid-week and we’re about to get some tentative answers about schools in the county. Political leaders are making their feelings known. Parents, teachers and students have their own feelings as we’ve struggled with controlling the...