Friday, February 11, 2011

February 11th Update

Cumberland Avenue Corridor Project
We are pleased to announce that the city of Knoxville received notice today that the preliminary plans submitted to TDOT for the Cumberland Avenue Streetscape project have been approved! We greatly appreciate TDOT's timely review and response to this request. The next step in the project will involve certifying right-of-way and finalizing details for the design before construction documents are created. Additionally, we will be hosting public meetings this spring or summer to discuss project details and construction sequencing before the project is let for bid.

Fort Sanders Stakeholders Meeting
The minutes from the Fort Sanders Stakeholder Meeting on February 3rd are now available in the Links section of the Blog or you can access them by clicking here.
If you see any additions or corrections, please contact me at awallace@cityofknoxville.org.
Thanks again to all those who participated; it has been great to keep the dialogue going!

Weekend Events
Friday February 11-13, 2011
House & Garden Show
Dogwood Arts Festival
Knoxville Convention Center
Fri & Sat: 10 am to 8 pm
Sun: 11 am to 5 pm
Provides home owners, do it yourselfers and gardening enthusiasts a unique market place to shop, compare and save on a total selection of home and garden related products and services. http://www.dogwoodarts.com/

Saturday February 12, 2011
UT Sing All
Knoxville Auditorium
7:00 p.m.

Saturday February 12, 2011
Ice Bears vs. Augusta
Knoxville Civic Coliseum
7:30 p.m.

Saturday February 12, 2011
Job Fair at Knoxville Zoo
Knoxville Zoo
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Knoxville Zoo is looking for a friendly and energetic people at their annual job fair.
For more information please visit http://www.knoxville-zoo.org/.

Have a safe and great weekend. Thanks for your continued interest in all things that relate to Cumberland Ave and Happy Valentines Day!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Februrary 4th Update

Fort Sanders Stakeholders Meeting

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday's quarterly stakeholder meeting at the UT Visitors' Center. We had great attendance for our first meeting of the year. I will prepare and post minutes from the meeting some time next week, but a brief summary of the meeting is that we discussed the draft district plan and decided that a separate meeting should be held to discuss what neighborhood conservation overlays are and are not; the city provided an update on the Cumberland Avenue Corridor Streetscape project and the ability to move the overhead utility line underground; several other stakeholders provided updates and Knox Heritage announced an open house for their Green house (see below for details). Additionally, Josh Flory from the News Sentinel's Property Scope Blog attended and wrote an article about the meeting which is available here.

CAMA Meeting

The Cumberland Avenue Merchants Association held their monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 2nd at 3:00pm in the Old College Inn. Thanks to Mike Clark, CAMA President, for hosting the group. Several merchants turned out for the meeting and discussed items relating to business and traffic on the corridor. One major announcement from the group was that McDonald's has announced their plans for renovations starting May 1st of this year and reopening August 1st!

Weekend Events

Tonight, First Friday, Downtown Knoxville, for more information visit http://knoxvillefirstfriday.com/wp/

Ice Bears are in town this weekend and play Huntsville at the Civic Coliseum on Saturday evening at 7:30 for more information call 215-8999.

Sunday, February 12th Knox Heritage hosts its open house for the Green House from 11:00 -1:00 for more information visit www.knoxheritage.org


As always, have a safe and fun weekend. Thanks for your continued interest in Cumberland Avenue!