by design | Jun 24, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Neighborhoods are encouraged to submit nominations for $50,000 grants to build new dog parks in their Knoxville or Knox County neighborhoods. The June 30th deadline to nominate your Knoxville or Knox County neighborhood for a new dog park is quickly approaching. More...
by design | Jun 23, 2020 | COVID-19, The Daily Focus
MEDIC Regional Blood Center has updated donor eligibility requirements per FDA approval. The FDA recently evaluated blood donor eligibility criteria and recommended a reduction in deferral time period for several areas. MEDIC Senior Management evaluated and adopted...
by design | Jun 23, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville is seeking nominations for its third Poet Laureate. If you know a local poet whose art inspires you, please submit his or her name. An Arts & Culture Alliance committee will review the works of all the nominees and then forward its choice to Mayor...
by design | Jun 22, 2020 | The Daily Focus
When: 6 p.m. Thursday, June 25, 2020 Where: Main Assembly Room, City-County Building, 400 Main Street Who: Police Advisory & Review Committee members, PARC Interim Executive Director Ola Blackmon-McBride, Knoxville Police Department Chief Eve Thomas, Deputy Law...
by design | Jun 21, 2020 | The Daily Focus
After a successful virtual 5K race for World Bee Day, Tennessee State Parks will host two virtual races for Independence Day weekend, running July 3-6. The parks will host the Red, White and Raptors virtual 5K or 1 Miler that weekend. It will also host the...
by design | Jun 20, 2020 | The Daily Focus
After the thousands of hours of communitywide planning and dialogue over the last seven years, the vote Tuesday seemed almost perfunctory. But City Council’s authorization for Mayor Indya Kincannon to accept two quit-claim deeds from the Tennessee...