Tuesday, February 27, 2007
For the first time in more than 10 years Keep Knoxville Beautiful
will have a float in the Dogwood Arts Festival Parade.
KKB's float committee met today at Copper Cellar Cumberland.
Committee members include Darrin Rhines (Ch), Anne Felknor, Terry
Faulkner, Sarah Surak, Maxine Gunter and Jim White, owner of
White Lawn Care who is our float sponsor. Float themes will
include "litter spoils the natural beauty" of the community and the new
"StopLitter campaign from the State of Tennessee.
- posted by KKB Staff
at 10:30 AM
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tom was on the Hallerin Show this morning for about 45
minutes talking about litter, how much people hate litter and how people
can get involved in the 2007 Great American Cleanup. The
new StopLitter litterbug reporting hotline was pushed.
- posted by KKB Staff
at 10:30 AM
Friday, February 16, 2007
Bob Santore of the South Knox Beautification Committee took
KKB director Tom Salter on a field trip to visit the creek
cleanup behind the Seymour Fire Department Station on Champan
Highway. Santore also painted the building. More
improvements are planned.
- posted by KKB Staff
at 11:30 AM
Tuesday, February 14, 2007
The Knox County Solid Waste board held its February meeting at
the Knox County Greenwaste Facility in Solway. They
discussed odor control measures and heard from citizens about their
experience living near the facility. The general consensus was that odor
control measures in place now have greatly improved the situation and
some new techniques should bring additional help.
- posted by KKB Staff
at 2:15 PM
Friday, February 9, 2007
KKB shared some space with the City of Knoxville Solid Waste
Department for the Dogwood House and Garden Show that
continues through Sunday. Pictured below is KKB board member
Anne Felknor answering questions about recycling. Below right
is Rodney Rockett at the Knox County Solid Waste booth
answering questions about composting.
- posted by KKB Staff
at 8:45 PM
Thursday, February 8, 2007
By the time we got back from the conference this was all that was
left of the McClung Warehouse Fire. If you did not see the
fire or come to our neighborhood soon after you can't appreciate the
falling embers threat to the other buildings. If you look at the
shot on the new bridge you will see a lot of chunks of charred wood from
the fire. The heat of the fire was so intense that this material
was carried high into the air, still on fire, and rained down on all the
buildings, cars, weeds, etc. There were lots of small secondary
fires and KFD and the residents did a great job keeping the whole
block from going up in smoke and flames.
- posted by KKB Staff
at 11:15 AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Keep Knoxville Beautiful received 2 major awards at the 2007 TDOT
and Keep Tennessee Beautiful Awards of Excellence luncheon
in Nashville today. We were recognized for the having the most
comprehensive Great American Cleanup last spring and for being
the top performing KAB affiliate in Tennessee for communities with a
population of 85,000 or more. There was also a 2 day conference
for Keep America Beautiful affiliates and State of Tennessee
Litter Grant recipient communities. Pictured below (l-r) is Grace
Massinelo of the KAB National Office giving Tennessee
affiliate directors and staff tips to be competitive in national award
competitions and Eldra White, E.D. of Memphis City Beautiful
reviewing their accomplishments for the past year.
Below is Edith Heller, Executive Director of Keep
Tennessee Beautiful welcoming everyone to the conference.
- posted by KKB Staff
at 6:30 PM
