Good morning from Northshore Corridor Association. Some have asked if NCA is still active. The answer is YES. We will continue to respond when our community is threatened. Behind the scenes, we are addressing concerns that can be handled without larger group involvement. We will from time to time post important information here or ask […]

A sad ending. We learned last week that the developer of the contested parcel on Ebenezer road in front of Bexhill neighborhood has destroyed the Bexhill neighborhood signs on either side of the commercial parcel. The attractive brick columns, in place for decades and that some of believed may have been in the right of […]

Great questions from Kim Frazier. We have mentioned before our concern about the grossly underfunded Knox County roads budget, the obligations of which apparently grow monthly as developers hand over new roads for county maintenance. From Compass yesterday – Street Talk: An item titled “Acceptance of New County Roads” is a staple on Knox County […]

Re-jiggering the zoning works. Thanks to Jesse Mayshark, Scott Barker and Compass for following important public matters. Here is an excerpt from this morning’s Compass: The City of Knoxville is taking steps to create a Zoning Department that would coordinate land use determinations with Knoxville-Knox County Planning, though it’s unclear what the relationship between the […]

Important Northshore Corridor Neighbors – If you are concerned, as many across the County are about zoning/balance in Knox County development, here is some guidance from the leaders of the Knox Community Planning Alliance on what you can do: Dear Neighbors, Neighborhood leaders, Your participation is urgently needed in the Advance Knox planning effort. Next […]

Advance Knox is advancing – with you or by going around you! The dual foghorns of Knox County’s development industry, the propagandists, oh sorry, we meant PR writers, of the Chamber of Commerce and The Board of Realtors are honking away loudly lately. Why? Looks like they want to be able to say they have […]

What the Mayor, Scott Davis and Hancen Sale Didn’t Tell You Mayor Jacobs and his buddies on County Commission have beaten the last breath out of the magically emotional phrases ‘housing shortage’ and ‘affordable housing’ – to convince you that those poor (multi-million dollar) corporations paving over Knox County like gold rush prospectors are hamstrung […]

Knox County Mayor Jacobs is very busy in a community-wide blitz to eliminate citizen appeals of real estate developers’ rezoning proposals. His developer-friendly proposal to County Commission comes up for final vote Monday night. The Mayor insists we are at risk losing our young people and we must free the developers to provide more housing […]

The will of the people, via their representatives? What a silly notion. 17 Knox County communities sent speakers last night to ask their representatives on Knox County Commission not to remove their (economical and accessible) avenue for appeal of developments that affect their communities. Commissioners said they had also received what seemed to be thousands […]

Take a look at this… Sandra Clark and her team at Knox TN Today hit another home run on Knox County’s critical issues. www.knoxtntoday.com/monday/