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Celebrate Your Fourth of July in Downtown Knoxville
The Festival on the 4th on Sunday, July 4th
promises to deliver a wide variety of family fun including
entertainment, activities, a ferris wheel ride and treats on the World's
Fair Park lawns.
The free festival begins at 2 p.m. and festival goers will be treated to good music, good
food, good fun and good times at
World's Fair Park. Plus, new this year you can take a ride on a Ferris
Wheel on the Clinch Ave. Viaduct.
Starting at 8 p.m., the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will begin the 26th
Annual Pilot Independence Day Concert on the World's Fair Park's
South Lawn.
Fireworks start at 9:35 p.m. and can be easily seen from the World's Fair Park and
even from boat locations at Volunteer Landing.
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100 Block of Gay Street to Reopen on July 19
Work has been underway to improve the 100 Block of Gay Street for over a year.  | The City of Knoxville will hold a ribbon cutting to re-open the 100
Block of Gay Street and celebrate the completion of the Gay Street
Streetscapes Project on Monday, July 19th. Time is TBA, but will be posted on the Downtown Knoxville web site and the City of Knoxville web site.
The long-awaited event comes after more than year of construction
that closed the north end of downtown's main street that features a mix
of residential, retail and restaurant establishments and transformed it
into a dusty, often noisy, construction site.
"Obviously we're pleased to be able to announce the completion date
for this project and to be finishing it a little early," said Rick
Emmett, the city's urban growth manager. "It has caused a lot of
hardships for the people who live and work there but I think everyone is
going to be very pleased with the final result."
For more information on the Grand Opening and 100 Block Project, click here.
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Better Connecting Downtown Knoxville
 As the new transit center is being
readied to come on line and the renovation of the Hill Ave viaduct moves
towards completion the City of Knoxville along with Knoxville Area
Transit & the Transportation Planning Organization have developed a
complimentary use plan that incorporates these two important corridors
and enhances connectivity to the waterfront.
By adding parking and bike lanes to strategic areas of downtown Knoxville, the aim is to enhance multimodal connectivity
between the Hall of Fame corridor, the CBID and the waterfront.
For full details on the new short-term parking options, bike lanes, and other connectivity plans, click here.
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Shakespeare on the Square
Beginning July 15, the Tennessee Stage Company will bring their annual Shakespeare on the Square to downtown Knoxville. Performances will begin at 7 p.m. every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night from July 15 - August 15.
Romeo & Juliet and The Complete Works of Williams Shakespeare (Abridged) will be performed on alternate evenings. An
old blanket
or lawn chair is all you need to view
the free
performances under the stars. For more information or a full schedule, visit the Tennessee Stage Company online.
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CBID Board Elects New Officers, Director
In last month's annual meeting, the CBID membership elected Marshall
Stair as the organization's newest member of the board of directors.
Marshall is a resident of downtown Knoxville and an attorney with Lewis,
King, Krieg & Waldrop, PC.
Additionally, Patrick Hunt was re-elected to the board. Patrick has
served for the last year as chair of the CBID board. Both Patrick and
Marshall will serve three-year terms beginning July 1.
During the meeting, Jennifer Holder was also honored for her four
years of service to the CBID board. Jennifer will be rolling off the
board in July, but her work and dedication to the organization will not
soon be forgotten.
Board officers were also elected including:
Robyn Askew, Chair
John Sanders, Vice-Chair
Matt Synowiez, Treasurer
Patrick Hunt, Secretary
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We Need Your Input
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The CBID is conducting a survey to find out what you do and don't
like about downtown, as well as what you think the CBID / Downtown
Knoxville should be doing to better the central city.
If you have not already had a chance to complete the survey, please do so. It should only take 10 minutes or so to complete and your
responses will be completely anonymous, so please respond candidly.
To complete the Downtown Knoxville survey, click here.
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First Friday Features New Addition
| Tonight, be sure to head downtown for First Friday, a downtown-wide celebration with art openings, food specials, performances, and sales.
This month's First Friday will also feature downtown's newest residential development, the Southeastern Glass Building at the corner of N. Broadway and Jackson Avenue. From 5-9 p.m., July 2, guests can tour the newly renovated condominiums and enjoy an art showing by Cynthia Market.
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100 Block Planning
Meeting
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Join the City of Knxoville at 5:30 p.m. on July 13 at Emporium
Building, 100 S. Gay Street. Discussion items will include ribbon
cutting, block party, creation of 100 Block Neighborhood Association,
banners for the block, parking issues, construction progress, and more.
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