by design | Oct 6, 2017 | The Daily Focus
City officials held a ceremonial ribbon cutting Thursday to celebrate improvements to the intersection of Forest Park Boulevard and Newcom Avenue.The project was initiated to make drainage improvements but evolved into more: A road realignment that simplifies traffic...
by design | Oct 6, 2017 | The Daily Focus
October 7, 2017 from 4PM to 7PM Menu: Catfish and Chicken Cole Slaw, Hush Puppies, French Fries, White Beans and drinks $10 per person Location: 7420 Clapps Chapel Rd., Corryton, TN 37721
by design | Oct 6, 2017 | The Daily Focus
—From UT News For the first time in 30 years, UT’s Homecoming Parade route will return to Cumberland Avenue. The university’s Homecoming Committee has teamed up with the Cumberland Avenue Merchants Association for the parade and a post-parade celebration. Homecoming...
by design | Oct 5, 2017 | The Daily Focus
—from the City of Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhoods The City of Knoxville’s Public Service Department will pick up brush in residential neighborhoods through Friday, Nov. 3, and then switch its trucks to leaf pickup for the months of November, December and...
by design | Oct 5, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Free annual event helps connect community nonprofits with local volunteers and supporters On Saturday, October 7, 2017, Volunteer East Tennessee’s annual Volunteer Expo, the area’s largest volunteer fair, returns to West Town Mall. The Volunteer Expo is...
by design | Oct 5, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville-Knox County CAC’s (Community Action Committee) Volunteer Assisted Transportation program is seeking volunteer drivers to assist seniors and people with disabilities to medical appointments, shopping trips, beauty appointments, and other fun activities!...
by design | Oct 4, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Knoxville SOUP, a micro-funding event, will be held this Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Kerbella Temple, 325 Mimosa Ave. Doors open at 6 p.m., and presentations will begin at 6:30 p.m. Alan Williams from WVLT Channel 8 is moderating the event. Four proposals were...
by design | Oct 4, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Members of the East Tennessee Regional Medication Collection Coalition will be on hand to collect and properly dispose of unwanted medicines Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ingles market located at 430 E. Emory Road in Powell. Medicines...
by design | Oct 4, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Apex Bank to match first $50,000 The Sonny Melton Scholarship Fund to honor the life and legacy of Sonny Melton, a Big Sandy native who was the first identified victim of the Las Vegas tragedy, has been established at Apex Bank. Sonny’s mother has been a member of...
by design | Oct 4, 2017 | The Daily Focus
Seven Islands State Birding Park will host the first TuckahoeDown Nature Festival at the 416-acre riverfront park in East Knox County on Oct. 7. The festival is free to the public and will highlight this vibrant East Tennessee community with family-friendly activities...