Community Facilities

Activity centers for people of all ages.

Create a visual arts center(s) featuring regional artists, combining studio and retail space.

Community Centers.

Children's discovery center downtown.

Thriving Worlds Fair site.

Place for supervised activities for youth (esp. Grainger).

More community centers for recreation.

Nicer area for local entertainment to perform.

Build more libraries, schools and parks for more entertainment, like red light district.

Create more museums, better promotions for existing museums.

Aquatic center in East Knoxville for public usage.

Need more attractions (amusement parks, IMAX, etc.).

Places for entertainment in beautiful outside settings.

Science museum, a good one, more hands on.

More public libraries spread out in the community.

Build and clean up more parks.

Want an I-MAX theater.

More entertainment centers in smaller communities.

See Knoxville become more of an art center like Asheville, NC. (specifically, downtown).

Knoxville could supply a bird of plant sanctuary with atrium.

Provide a 1000 plus person forum in the center of Oak Ridge for regional meetings and events and arts.

Have a large meeting facility in each of the counties for town meetings and community events that will encourage participation.

Bigger libraries.

A civic auditorium with a couple of different sized spaces.

All ages gathering place.

10,000 seat arena area, convention and assembly center in Oak Ridge.

Restore and re-open Sunsphere to public.

Expand Am. Museum of Energy to include a history of Manhattan project house, alphabet houses, to be part of

historic tour that includes Am. Museum of Energy,  Women's Hall of Fame, other historic sites, dams.

Horticultural conservatories built enclosed in domes, like Mitchell Park, Milwaukee, WI.

A Tivoli garden around Oak Ridge Museum.

Really nice ice skating rink in Oak Ridge.

Expand Oak Ridge civic center to become better meeting place.

Build regional Children's Museum.

Develop federal base.

Oak Ridge airport.

Educational center and recreational center to promote the region.

Foundation for community encouragement classes (M. Scott Peck) for better team building within the region.

Take more advantage of mild outdoor climate - amphitheaters, outdoor evening activities.

Develop world class nature/education center or camp to take advantage of Oak Ridge Reservation land as living lab

and take advantage of scientific expertise in the region.

Modernize American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge.

Establish science camp in Oak Ridge (similar to Huntsville space camp).

Create botanical garden for native plants.

Develop marina/rowing area with shopping center, paddle boats by restaurant, bridge to other side (Hill Lake) for

year-round use.

Have the national army museum in Oak Ridge (ACO Engineers created).

Chilhowse Park turn over to zoo and become like San Diego Animal Park.

Develop wind rock mountain in Oliver Sportings with walking trails marked on map.  Incense four-wheel vehicles to help supply maintenance. Build bird sanctuary like Dollywood. Repair lift.

Develop Knoxville Zoo into major facility including focus on endangered species reproduction.

Change college home project to museum project and housing.

Address the World Fair Park.

Utilize farmer's market.

Develop quality theme park.

Restore and reopen Sunsphere for public; at least observation deck.

Have Ijams have satellite sites for better access to all.

Make World's Fair Park more of a park.

Have a fresh and saltwater aquarium on the river.

Develop the World's Fair Park.

Develop a herpetarium at World's Fair Park (reptiles and amphibians).

Establish an IMAX theater at World's Fair Park.

Corridor connecting the convention center/World's Fair site to waterfront.

Children's discovery museums/technology museum.

Community center larger to include recreational and technology.

Youth centers.

Children's museum.

Convert dirty bowl under Baptist Hospital to multigenerational exercise course.

Interactive museum downtown for all kids in area.  Truly family-oriented.

Chilhowee Park turned into community amusement park.

Have a community center for children and elderly to help get children of streets after school; also give elderly something to do.

Expansion and endowment of Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

Plan educational and recreational facilities which will encourage youth and elderly to take part.

150-200 electronic library placed throughout town.

Improve library services throughout the region.

Local Seymour Community Center.

Community Center for all ages in Seymour.

Seymour needs a community recreation center.

Support from both citizens and county officials for a new main public library, as well as branches in North View and New Center. Should reflect heritage and provide needed services for all Sevier County.

Parks with community centers which can be utilized year-round (in Seymour).

Maintain small community identity by providing community centers for young and old alike.

Community center:  Recreation center/class-in training, one of which training for volunteers for tourism jobs, or learning a trade.

Build a civic center.

Theater organized by volunteers for small and large groups and for after school activities.

East Tennessee as a performing and fine arts center concentrating on the region's heritage, as well as classic forums.

Any kind of museum in Blount County.

Civic Center/good working theatre.

Improving library (system).

Local museum.

Inter-dependent library system throughout nine counties.

Community Center for youth, adult and seniors (individual centers).

Post office with better access.

Very large community center - ongoing activities for all age groups.

Develop multipurpose public facilities.

More recreational facilities for all ages.

Indoor swimming pools - indoor gardens, major community center with activities for all.

Best libraries possible.

Better library system.

Free zoo, with paying for extras inside

Public libraries for 21st century

Build a premier botanical garden to showcase native plants and to encourage gardening as a hobby

More museums and arboretums

Small picnic areas throughout region

Multi-cultural center, (small and moderate sized performance space and comparable rehearsal space) which would

include history and art. Accessible affordable office space for all individuals and groups - studio space

More centers that do after school programs for all ages

Maintain and upgrade public parks.

Regional performing arts center in downtown Knoxville.

Improve and expand library system.

Community centers in each neighborhood and preserve existing housing stock.

Community amusement parks.

Community center - track with lights, pool.

Libraries need to have plenty of children's books so parents can begin reading to their children when they're young.

Indoor arena for horse shows and other major events.

More public libraries.

More seats in Knoxville Center.

Different sorts of clubs for all age groups.

AQUARIUM like Chattanooga.

Improve current park/recreation facilities and add additional ones for al citizens of Grainger County.

Community centers on the north side of the mountain in Grainger county.

Like to see a community center.

New justice center.

Aqua. Greenhouse in Grainger County.

Need a community center for young and old.

New justice center for this area/county.

More and better libraries.

Youth centers for after school.

Well equipped community centers for all family members.  All ages would be exposed to each other.

Scrap justice center and use site for a family oriented attraction.

Bigger public library near the schools.

Community centers for youth and elderly.

Clean old trees at Veterans Monument area and create memorial park with tables, shrubs.

Community recreation center.

Convention center on Union/Knox County line.

Larger libraries.

Better facilities and communication for veterans.

Library for whole community.

Build state of the art planetarium.

Indoor sports complexes (pools, gyms, tracks, weight rooms.

Expand YWCA's.

Get a theater into Roane.

Regional history museum.

Indoor pool at Roane State for public access.

Plan for more county recreation facilities.

Joint devlopment and promotion of recreati’SÿÙ8BIilities in region.

Support public libraries -- volunteer, donate, use them!

Indoor swimming pool (heated for elders) and local movie theater, YMCA or Girls/Boys Club in Roane.

Better conference facilities.

Better conference facilities.

County museums.

Community centers in each area of Jefferson, including auditoriums.

Another recreation center.

Establish community centers to keep sense of community for youth, adults, and seniors.

Create a focal point in our area such as children's science museum and mini-mail in the world's fair site.

Improve public library system.

A major community center with modern architectural design which would include senior and youth centers, theater,

grocery stores, shops -- in keeping with the historical area.

Development of River Glen as an educational/cultural resource.

Bigger libraries in region to support education and economic base of the counties.

Auditorium here at Jefferson County High School.

Open air theater and auditorium for concerts and lectures.

Upgrade and expand library.

Park with playground and picnic tables.

Community center in Strawberry Plains.

Large arena in Jefferson County that can be used for theatrical productions and for sports events as well.

More library outreach in community.

Dance hall and saloon in every community.

Develop cultural art and entertainment centers.

Build major art center in downtown Knoxville, with sufficient parking facilities.

A science/entertainment attraction to complement the Smokies and aquarium.

Make downtown Knoxville the regional and cultural center -- increase support of the arts.

More community centers.

Huge butterfly house (like at Calloway Gardens).

Civic center to hold activities, special events.

Interconnected library system.

Establish an outdoor market for exchange of flowers and produce.

Provide a public auditorium facility (concerts, graduations, meetings)

Effective central library with branches throughout county.

Community meeting center.

Establish a civic center to promote the highest quality of what mankind has achieved.

Community center where people can get information about non-profits.

A centralized interest for the 9 county area; skating arena on the northern edge of Knoxville.

Fine arts center that is accessible from downtown.

Taking advantage of historical theatres downtown to make downtown more of an entertainment venue.

Develop series of regional gardens; including conservatory, auditorium and amphitheater.

Children's discovery museum downtown/planetarium.

Large center city park with a botanical and or butterfly garden.

More public libraries.

Put a regional recreation and convention plan in place.

see Beck Cultural Center expanded to serve more as a tourist and educational center. To better educate and promote racial understanding.

Inter county recreational  centers.

More support for parks and learning centers like Knoxville Zoo.

Build a children's museum.

Community centers; exercise, meeting rooms, kitchens, etc.

Movie theatre in South Knoxville.

Establish mini museums downtown that focus on science, history and art.

Large community family park in south Knoxville.

Movie theatre in South Knoxville

Modest park and performing arts center in south Knoxville.

Park development on south side of river.

Regional performing arts center on south waterfront.

Develop the Marble Facility with local craft enterprises.

A regional commercial and cultural center for downtown.

Golf course in south Knox.

Junior college in Sevier county with vocational training in it.

Community centers and libraries.

Places where people can go in our community.

Butterfly sanctuary.

Central gathering place, I.e., medical facilities and entertainment.

Improve court houses so employees can plug in a lamp, microwaves and a coffee pot.

Entertainment - establish east Tennessee cultural center.

Historical bio-diversity amusement park on south side of riverfront, connected to downtown by monorail or river taxi with chair lift or incline to Ft. Dickerson and connecting railroad to Smoky Mountains.

East TN science and sports experience; large scale, inter-active museum.

Design and build a large public conservatory as part of south side waterfront development.

James Age Museum and Library in an old house in Fort Sanders.

Better canoe/kayak access to beaver creek.

New Knoxville Performing Arts Center.

Realize full potential of world's fair park and surrounding area.

Each suburban community to build a public center.

More athletic facilities in residential areas.

Natural history museum.

Lower library fines on children's books to encourage use.  Develop libraries.

Beer gardens in the parks.

Regional craft center.

North end- world's fair park available to all museums in area to increase educational facilities.  More exhibit space.