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Tuesday,
October 26, 2004
KKB's Youth Advisory Board had its regular meeting today at
the Candy Factory. Executive Director Tom Salter met
with the group to discuss their approaches to promoting the Don't Throw
Down on K-TOWN slogan. The popular book "The Tipping Point"
by Malcolm Gladwell was discussed. YAB members also turned
in litter and recycling behavior surveys from several Knox County high
schools. KKB interns Melissa Knowles and Matt
Christopher facilitated the meeting.
- posted by KKB staff @ 8:30 PM
Thursday,
October 21, 2004
Officials from Keep America Beautiful just notified us that
we will receive KAB's top award for a local program on December 3rd at
the KAB annual conference in Washington DC. The full name for the
award is First Place Affiliate Award for a community with
population of 200,000 or more. The recognition if for overall
programming and takes into account everything we did from July 2003
through June 2004.
- posted by KKB staff @ 7:45 AM
Monday, October 18, 2004
Knoxville Utilities Board kicked off its PACE 10 program
today. It is a multi-million dollar construction project to
modernize the community's waste water system. This effort has
drawn praise from individuals and groups concerned with local water
quality issues. KUB has established a mechanism for citizen
involvement in the implementation of the project. Click
here for more information.
- posted by KKB staff @ 4:45 PM
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Central Baptist Church of Fountain City led a consortium of churches in the Fountain City area came together
in Operation Inasmuch. One of their projects was a
community-wide litter cleanup. Several hundred pounds of litter
were cleaned up! Pictured below are David Carringer and Richard
Durfee. A total of 20 groups participated.
- posted by KKB staff @12:30 PM
Keep Knoxville Beautiful arranged for members of the AmeriCorps
Team from Emerald Youth Foundation to pull Kudzu at
the First United Presbyterian Church Cemetery on College Street
near Knoxville College. If your group needs a community
service project, contact us and we can set you up helping this
congregation maintain this historic cemetery.
- posted by KKB staff @ 12:00 NOON
Friday, October 15, 2004
Keep Knoxville Beautiful was just notified by Keep America
Beautiful that the Don't Thrown Down on K-TOWN radio
promotion we did earlier this year has won a national second place award
for state and local radio advertising. This is our second award
notification for 2004.
- posted by KKB staff @ 9:30 AM
Tuesday,
October 12, 2004
Today was the 24th Orchids & Onions Awards luncheon.
Keep
Knoxville Beautiful presented the winners of its Community Service
Award, its Hall of Fame Award, 10 Orchid Awards and 5 Onion
Awards. The Knoxville News Sentinel announced its Environmental
Achievement Award winners.
Keep Knoxville Beautiful award winners: Eddie Howard (Hall of
Fame) and Mike Blankenship (Community Service).
Orchid Award Winners: Camp DeRobertis House (Historic
Preservation), The Emporium Lofts (Multi-Dwelling Units), Old
Mechanicsville Neighborhood (Notable Neighborhoods), The Shops at
Cedar Bluff (Reuse of a Building), Powell High School Mosaic
(Signs, Murals & Sculpture), Krutch Park Expansion
(Landscaping), The Wee Course at Williams Creek (Landscaping), The
Halls Branch Library (Architecture), Bush Brothers Headquarters
(Architecture) and the UT Alumni Memorial Building (People's
Choice Award).
The Onion award winners: Old Dan Broyles Building on 17th Street,
The Kroger Store on Broadway at Woodland, the Old Public
Defender Building, the WATE parking lot fence, and West
End Auto Parts.
News Sentinel Environmental Achievement awards: Bob Santore
(Individual), UT Recycles, UT Cares (Organization), Edwards
Tree Service (Business).
- posted by KKB staff @ 10:30 PM
Monday, October 11, 2004
We received notification today that Keep America Beautiful has
selected the Halls B&P Tribute Trees Project as a first place
national award winning community improvement program. This is very
exciting and we feel the award is deserved by everyone who participated
in this terrific project.
- posted by KKB staff @ 9:45 AM
Thursday, October 7, 2004
Keep Knoxville Beautiful
held its regular monthly board meeting at The Candy Factory
today. We tried a new caterer for lunch - the Everyday
Epicurean. The big topic today was next Tuesday's Orchid
Awards luncheon. Board members discussed status of ticket sales,
the role of board members at the event and then selected the People's
Choice Orchid Award. In September our independent judges chose
9 of the Orchid Award winners and now our board members get to pick a
personal favorite. Come to the luncheon next Tuesday to be among
the first to know the results.
- post by KKB staff @ 2:15 PM
Friday, October 1, 2004
The Knoxville News Sentinel Environmental Achievement Awards
judging was completed today. Winners will be announced at the Orchids
& Onions Awards luncheon on Tuesday, October 12th at the Foundry
at World's Fair Park. Many thanks to our judges: Eddie
Bales of RockTenn Recycling, John Harris of AmeriCorps,
Sara Hart of the Knox County Solid Waste Recycling Program
and Gay Morton of Nature's Way Montessori School and a
past recipient of the Environmental Achievement Award for an individual.
- posted by KKB staff @ 4:45 PM
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