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Friday,
May 21
The Five Points Neighborhood
was the center of attention today with a groundbreaking for a new
neighborhood grocery store and shopping center. Long-time
neighborhood cleanup leader, business owner and investor in the new
project John Davis was there along with hundreds of other
neighborhood leaders, VIP's and citizens interested in the future of
this area. Expectations are high for an economic and neighborhood
improvement cascade effect from this development.
- posted by KKB staff @ 4:30 PM
Saturday,
May 15
Oakwood-Lincoln Park Neighborhood
held its annual community day event today. It was a lot of fun
- good food, kids activities, clowns, live music, information booths, a
helicopter, a fire truck and lots more. Long-time City Council
member Larry Cox was honored for his support of the neighborhood and his
lifetime of service to the whole city. Pictured below are just
some of the VIPs present. By the way - there was very little
litter at this event. Oakwood-Lincoln Park recently won the top
neighborhood award from KKB for its participation in the 2004 Great
American Cleanup™.
- posted by KKB staff @ 3:20 PM
Friday,
May 7
For the 3rd or 4th year, KKB hosted the "Trash Art"
activity at Waterfest, a Water Quality Forum Event held at
Ijams Nature Center. Students from area elementary schools
made a free-form "sculpture" made of creek cleanup trash and
recyclables. There were other cool activities - especially the
water rockets. Two liter water bottles with a little water in them
are pressurized with a hand pump and then lunch about 50-80 feet in the
air. I really like that part. Cortney Piper and Annie
Morton worked with the kids on their Trash Art. It was a lot
of fun. Here are some pictures from the event:
- posted by KKB staff @ 3:20 PM
Monday,
May 3
Don't Throw Down on K-Town... Today we began a new 3-week radio
promotion with WIVK and 100.3 The River called Don't Throw Down on
K-Town. If you have any ideas for spreading this anti-litter
message throughout the community let us know and get a really nice free
gift from Keep Knoxville Beautiful. Here are some ideas for
stickers. What do you think?
- posted by KKB staff @ 7:35 AM
Saturday, May 1
It's May Day...and the official volunteer appreciation party of the 2004
Great American Cleanup™ - the TRASH BASH. Everyone
had a GREAT time. Everyone was there. We had all the poster
contest winners (see the April blog for names), volunteers from at least
25 of our cleanup groups, Mayor Haslam, Judge Rosson, Representative
Hagood, School Board Member Dr. Kelley, County
Commissioners Dave Collins and Mary Lou Horner and KKB
Board Members Cassandra McGee, Jenny Raines, Edythe McNabb,
Terry Faulkner, Susan Rudell, Martha Dooley, Harold
Byrd and Tim Wheeler. Other special guests included Allison
Teeters, ED of Keep Sevier Beautiful and John Evans,
Director of Knox County Solid Waste. We had a great band
called East Wind and MOST IMPORTANT, the whole lunch was donated
by Mike Chase, owner of Calhoun's on the River. As
of Saturday, volunteer groups reported spending 7,452 hours picking up
123,780 pounds of trash. The Court South Clean & Lean
Challenge raised awareness about the personal fitness benefits
benefits of picking up litter. Using the "Get Moving
Calculator" at www.caloriecontrol.org
our volunteers burned approximately 2,548,584 calories - which we
promptly consumed at lunch on Saturday. Our apologies to Court
South. Anyway, here are the pictures from the event:
- posted by KKB staff @ 8:15 PM
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