Group No. Idea No. Idea
1 107112 Stop our tax dollars to subsidize urban sprawl.
1 107122 A computer for every child in every school in every county.
1 107121 Ordinary people getting involved in local issues and making decisions.
1 107120 Total shift in direction; views, values, wants from a persistent level paternalistic system to one of empowerment.
1 107119 Vehicle emission testing for these counties to fund national park.
1 107118 Make housing for homeless out of schools instead of condos.
1 107117 Comprehensive art center funded by tax dollars.
1 107116 Safety; children's safety and law enforcement safety.
1 107115 Economic development to eliminate pockets of poverty.
1 107113 Provide cultural and work opportunities to keep young people in this region and attract others.
1 107111 Have entrepreneurial schools of training and development for young people to develop their own businesses.
1 107110 Places to gather and get to know your neighbors.
1 107109 Across the region, all new construction be visitable.
1 107108 Plant trees in our urban forests.
1 107107 Along with mass transit include alternatives to transportation methods.
1 107095 Real choices and rights for all.
1 107114 Compact instead of land fills.
1 107094 Maximize the strengths of air transportation.
1 107106 Build and restore public places which inspire pride and a sense of community; sidewalks, squares, parks, meeting places.
1 107096 Beautification of the interstates.
1 107097 Rapid rail and air transportation around the city of Knoxville; affordable and accessible to all.
1 107098 Support local business.
1 107099 Full employment to include less skilled as well as skilled with promote pay.
1 107101 Knox County; one vision.
1 107102 People become more involved in our schools and school board.
1 107103 Political inclusiveness.
1 107104 Safer neighborhoods throughout the region.
1 107105 Initiate "pay as you throw" for reduced garbage on the roads.
1 107100 Better ways to promote better economic development in all regions.
1 107093 Learn how to get the best from the people.
2 107146 Fast internet access for all.
2 107137 Reach a consensus on building and architectural standards to achieve a more attractive built environment.
2 107138 An integrated regional development plan that controls growth with strong zoning laws that are enforced.
2 107139 Create good jobs that pay a livable wage of at least $9.50 an hour.
2 107140 Serious anti-litter campaign!
2 107141 Plan for innovative business spin-offs resulting from technology transfers coming from UT Battelle research.
2 107142 Stronger link between developments that happen and the infrastructure needed to support them.
2 107143 Support for a development of the community business district in the Five Points an Burlington areas.
2 107145 Develop village communities combining mixed housing, business and pedestrian traffic.
2 107147 More sidewalks.
2 107133 An urban radio station offering a variety of music, news, public service.
2 107136 Establishment of a task force of officials from Sevier and other counties and African American business persons to identify and develop business opportunities in the Gatlinburg resort area.
2 107144 Raise taxes in an enlightened manner.
2 107126 Provide incentives to attract quality industries.
2 107123 Light rail system extending from downtown along major blvd.
2 107135 Focus on the broader based attractions of the area rather than one mega-attraction.
2 107125 Nationally recognized art festival.
2 107127 Maintain a good school system equally throughout the area.
2 107128 Maintain a good school system equally throughout the area.
2 107129 Protecting the environment.
2 107130 Develop a positive regional identity on a national scale.
2 107131 Re-development of downtown with shopping, theater, cafeteria and free parking on Saturday and a grocery store.
2 107132 Using volunteers and regional government funding, extend organized sports to include art, music, computer.
2 107134 Building on the Alex Haley "Roots" legacy, develop Knoxville as the American family reunion capital with capacity for genealogical research and family oriented events.
2 107124 Central plan for the development of the center city and areas other than West.
3 107154 Interstate system connecting surrounding counties.
3 107164 Rapid transportation system.
3 107163 Better city-county government cooperation.
3 107162 Reduce pollution and for clean air and water.
3 107161 Promote state parks.
3 107160 Contain our regions natural beauty.
3 107159 Decrease litter.
3 107158 Attract tourism.
3 107157 A balance development, resource protection and corporate recruiting.
3 107153 Increase recreational opportunities such as walking paths, bridges, etc.
3 107152 Mass transportation system in the region.
3 107151 Point business in untapped market areas.
3 107150 Stop urban sprawl.
3 107149 Improve education in all our communities.
3 107148 Attributes used by the region.
3 107155 Do not close walk ways to the mountains.
3 107156 Community art center.
4 107188 Make public education a priority.
4 107177 Voters should determine the growth plan.
4 107179 The river water front to have more activities and serve as a center attraction.
4 107181 Affordable child care.
4 107182 We need a downtown with retail services brought back to Knoxville.
4 107183 Knoxville needs another culture identity other than sports.
4 107184 meeting between elected officials and people of their districts for improved production regarding community concerns.
4 107185 A major re-cycling center that allows us to re-use the by-product.
4 107187 More police protection and interaction with communities by police.
4 107178 Create more affordable housing, choices and locations.
4 107176 Use available land space better; not everything so close together.
4 107186 More public libraries.
4 107169 East Knoxville to become most desirable area to live in.
4 107166 Encourage and recognize appreciation of all races and cultures in the region.
4 107168 Representatives from these meetings to make sure that no duplication of resources and attractions throughout the nine counties.
4 107165 County's Farmer Market operated by a non-profit organization for maximum design and intent.
4 107170 Beautify communities.
4 107171 Improve infrastructure, sidewalks and street alleys.
4 107172 Business, economic and residence growth for east Knox County.
4 107175 A better working relationship between city and county and outside governments in providing better service and reducing overlapping services.
4 107173 Redesign communities; square with schools, services, shops with a central plaza.
4 107180 Greenways and bikeways that will contact communities and develop parks along these ways.
4 107174 Maintaining, improving to increase in number of parks and greenspaces.
4 107167 Public transportation for out line areas with Knoxville as center.
5 107211 Free parking downtown. More retail or recreation businesses.
5 107204 More responsibility by commercial property owners to maintain their property.
5 107206 Build a race track with multipurpose. (cars and other uses.)
5 107208 Eliminate commercial advertising billboards or restrict content to informative/community events and tourism destinations.
5 107209 Increase the presence of the arts including art, craft, theatre, music, dance, etc.
5 107210 Construct a regional beltway for I-40 and I-75 through traffic.
5 107212 Increase the educational level of the citizens of the region.
5 107213 decrease road construction at one given time.
5 107214 Restore historic buildings rather than tear them down.
5 107215 Build monorail system.
5 107203 Bring more tourism money to the region.
5 107218 More affordable and more access of downtown parking.
5 107205 Development of a science center as a tourist/educational attraction. Tie in literature or science.
5 107216 passenger rail to connect to nation wide.
5 107193 Political cohesion.
5 107207 Improve the curb appeal of downtown as viewed from the interstate.
5 107202 Conservation and preservation of our natural recreational resources, ie..Smokies.
5 107190 Build community schools in the community.
5 107192 More sidewalks and greenways.
5 107189 Revitalize downtown.
5 107194 develop south side of river downtown near Baptist hospital. Put in a pedestrian bridge.
5 107195 Develop the region into a destination location for education, tourism and retirement.
5 107200 Develop a sustainable, regional food system where everyone has access to fresh foods.
5 107197 More green space around schools and have schools community friendly.
5 107198 Multi racial arts program across the region.
5 107199 Preserve a rural environment that would include a plan areas for development.
5 107196 Develop a regional transportation master plan/ 20 year vision updated semi-annually.
5 107191 Reduce or contain urban sprawl.
5 107201 Reduce the number of cars.
6 107246 High school enrollment limited to 1,000 or less to create more opportunities for leadership development.
6 107245 Put a regional recreation and convention plan in place.
6 107244 Give higher priority to water resources for recreational use.
6 107243 Provide incentives for people to become more energy independent.
6 107241 Attract and provide incentives for clean industries to locate here.
6 107239 More mass transportation that is convenient and reasonable in cost.
6 107247 Tax removed from food.
6 107240 More parity in shopping opportunities and services throughout the region.
6 107242 developing attracting new technology and smart energy businesses.
6 107248 make up the tax revenue.
6 107249 Business and private development on both sides of the river through the downtown Knoxville area.
6 107250 Provide a community rated insurance system that provides a basic package of health care for everyone.
6 107251 Continue improvement of area around Chilhower Park and east.
6 107256 Greater ecumenism and inter neighborhood and cultural cooperation.
6 107252 Develop Bill Meyer Park into a community recreation facility.
6 107253 Education money distributed more equitable between administration, teachers and students.
6 107254 Job training for the trades.
6 107238 Develop the area to make it a retirement center.
6 107220 protecting our natural resources particularly by addressing air and water quality.
6 107255 Develop a commission to guide planning and zoning on a regional level.
6 107223 Input assistance by the government for the private schools.
6 107217 Billboards curtailed.
6 107222 would like to see our expenditure per child in education rise to 25th position among other states.
6 107221 A downtown redevelopment plan that is actually implemented.
6 107237 Better public support for recycling programs including residential pick up.
6 107224 Better cooperation between all governmental bodies.
6 107225 Standardization of landscaping requirements for all businesses and more stringent
requirements supporting more green.
6 107226 Inclusion of green space in development planning for subdivisions and businesses.
6 107227 Fully integrated green spaces and waterfront development with bike paths.
6 107229 Expand employment opportunities in future oriented jobs.
6 107230 Revitalize the University of TN.
6 107231 Begin vocational training for future jobs.
6 107232 More concentration on personal responsibility for keeping our community clean.
6 107233 Parity in the schools throughout the nine counties so you have a standard of excellence throughout the region.
6 107234 Find creative ways to utilize vacant structures rather than abandon them.
6 107235 Unified county government.
6 107236 More pedestrian friendly communities and neighborhoods.
6 107228 Increase in resources to higher education to attract national caliber academics.
6 107219 A plan that fosters housing and a culture exchange in the city with infrastructure with government complexes on the periphery in depressed areas.
7 107267 More equity in development of region.
7 107265 Make Haley Heritage Square a cultural tourist attraction.
7 107264 Better transportation system. More user friendly.
7 107263 Improve communications with government and community in some form.
7 107262 Improve appearance along interstate coming into Knoxville. Get rid of billboards and remove concrete median walls.
7 107261 Better childcare providers.
7 107260 Get road construction finished.
7 107259 Put resources into our public schools.
7 107258 Improve standards of living for all residents.
7 107268 Neighborhood redevelopment; business, residential and commercial.
7 107257 Preservation of historic resources.
7 107276 Rural housing for the elderly.
7 107281 Preserve natural landscape and greenspace to support agricultural.
7 107279 Widen I-40 W at Broadway.
7 107277 Develop heavy manufacturing.
7 107373 Find uses for abandoned buildings.
7 107275 A deeper understanding and appreciation for the different cultures in our region.
7 107274 More computers and media for learning disabled and handicapped. Better informed instructors.
7 107266 Clean u the roadsides, city and interstate, promote education of such.
7 107272 school systems that promote higher education and life long learning.
7 107271 Keep taxes low by responsible spending.
7 107270 Encourage the development of parks and recessional facilities.
7 107269 Improve resources for the impoverished.
7 107273 Be consistent in the programs we develop. Development and resource distribution in all regions.
7 107280 Develop programs that develop our youth for future leadership.
8 107294 Visual pollution eliminated.
8 107296 Change model of education to take advantage of information technology, with more cultural and civic focus.
8 107297 Litter free streets and highways.
8 107278 More upscale restaurants instead of fast-food.
8 107299 consolidated or at least cooperating governments in the region.
8 107300 Neighborhoods as community centers.
8 107302 Improve mental health services, provisions for the homeless.
8 107292 see Beck Cultural Center expanded to serve more as a tourist and educational center. To better educate and promote racial understanding.
8 107293 A positive attitude about change.
8 107301 Urban tree management plans for counties and municipalities that focus on tree protection, preservation and planting.
8 107284 Planned development; not hit or miss.
8 107295 Less divisiveness among city/county, black/white, sheriff/police and rich/poor.
8 107291 Bring businesses back to downtown; give a tax break to get them there.
8 107283 Try to improve educational opportunities.
8 107285 Develop a regional light rail transit system.
8 107286 see economic activity throughout the region so that long commutes become unnecessary.
8 107287 Encouraging and developing alternative energy systems for homes, businesses, schools, etc.
8 107288 Develop a cosmetic facelift plan for our downtown area which will include building art, landscape, architecture and greenways.
8 107289 Housing downtown.
8 107290 Protect what is left of our scenery by establishing greenways where billboard and liter are tighter controlled.
8 107282 Leave adequate space undeveloped for nature, recreational and farm use.
9 107361 Enforce better laws on tobacco.
9 107347 Lower entertainment tax.
9 107354 Participate in or form a community group.
9 107360 Alternative scheduling and year round schooling.
9 107359 Increase drinking age to 26.
9 107362 Facilities that include soccer fields, skateboard and family sports.
9 107358 Schools to be used as community centers at evenings and weekends.
9 107343 Improve our education systems.
9 107356 Underground utilities.
9 107353 Increase ways of promoting the sales of locally grown food.
9 107352 Food and drug agency will not allow some drubs from Europe to be used here.
9 107351 Thorough review of current roads for signs and up keep to issue their safety and less hazardous.
9 107350 Tree planting program with incentives.
9 107346 Keep health care systems away from treatment and prevention.
9 107345 Modify rural residential densities to include development at one unit per two acres and one unit per five acres and one unit per ten acres. Increase as you move out from cities.
9 107344 Medical and financial support for impoverished children.
9 107363 Need an amusement area to attract more visitors from out of town.
9 107382 Limit development on steep slopes, sink holes, and wet lands.
9 107349 Require homes, businesses and government to plant a tree for everyone they cut down.
9 107298 Alternate advertising methods to get rid of billboards.
9 107383 Volunteer!
9 107355 Celebrate our local historical figures.
9 107381 Provide money for in state tuition for in state kids.
9 107342 More industry for more jobs.
9 107379 Improve vocational school alternatives for middle and high school student.
9 107378 Find ways to encourage guidance counselors to tell kids with more information on what opportunities are out there for them. Higher education, career opportunities.
9 107377 Improve water quality management to include non point source and construction run off.
9 107376 Better quality water for drinking and our lakes.
9 107380 Provide welfare for those who need it and not to those who do not.
9 107374 Buckle down on animal cruelty.
9 107364 Vote.
9 107372 Stop bussing through parks for casinos.
9 107371 Seriously promote spay and neutering of animals.
9 107370 Metro government.
9 107369 No food tax.
9 107368 State income tax.
9 107367 Fair tax system.
9 107366 Encourage venues to let entertainers set pricing.
9 107365 Give incentive to get involved in all projects.
9 107375 Increase enforcement and penalties for zoning and building permit infractions.
9 107310 Organized way of picking up food from grocery stores and restaurants and given to shelters or people in need.
9 107320 Promote more clean up of area i.e.. trash and promote keeping things clean.
9 107319 Bus service to all nine counties and low fares.
9 107318 Better education; more equal education for the entire region.
9 107317 Increase historic preservation efforts.
9 107316 Enforce the American with Disabilities Act.
9 107315 Ample free parking especially downtown.
9 107314 Limit road improvements outside metropolitan area.
9 107313 More emphasis on beauty of area.
9 107321 Bicycle trails throughout region interconnected.
9 107311 Better transportation monorail.
9 107308 Main roads that have four lanes that go all the way through town; north, south, west and east.
9 107309 More recycling programs with an emphasis on them being mandatory.
9 107307 Air to be cleaned up; nice to see the mountains again.
9 107305 Welcome new ideas and ways of solving our problems.
9 107304 Spend money in our own region.
9 107303 Attend public meetings.
9 107348 Increase transportation for elderly and kids after school.
9 107341 Encourage health food sections in our grocery stores.
9 107357 More nutritious school lunches with natural foods.
9 107312 Everyone working together for the good of the a community and it's people so everyone can live better.
9 107335 Sidewalks, parks and hiking trails!
9 107340 Give farmers incentives so they do not have to sell their land.
9 107339 For safety and traffic control use school buses.
9 107306 centers for the arts providing for each county.
9 107322 parks for teens to keep them from getting into crimes like skate boarding parks.
9 107338 Inter county recreational centers.
9 107336 Land usage changes in accordance with a sector or comprehensive plan.
9 107334 create morals of everyone to provide role models for children.
9 107333 Stop racism!
9 107332 Industrial parks to use each others byproducts.
9 107328 Treat each other with respect, eliminate racism, sexism, etc.
9 107326 Limit the extension of sewer and water to rural areas.
9 107337 Make Baxter Ave/Coster area more residential with shopping.
9 107331 Outdoor youth activities.
9 107324 Lower crime rate so people can go out and feel safe.
9 107325 Better system for using the skills of teenagers and retired people to improve our community.
9 107327 Charge fee to enter Great Smoky Mountain Park and funnel money back to the park.
9 107323 Better downtown areas; shops and refurbished old buildings.
9 107329 Sidewalks!
9 107330 All counties belong to one central business improvement district and recruitment.
10 107419 More support for parks and learning centers like Knoxville Zoo.
10 107425 Pay college students well to help with PE, art, music, lunch and sports programs after school.
10 107426 Drop block scheduling; go back to shorter time class periods, more time if need be to increase opportunities.
10 107423 Recruit experts in cultural diversity to educate administrators and employees of public offices.
10 107427 Comprehensive botanical garden for Knoxville.
10 107424 Planned senior-citizen apartments in downtown and possibly over shopping centers.
10 107422 Make it possible for everyone to have a job that pays well.
10 107420 Performing arts center free or sliding scale cultural programs at that facility, for children.
10 107418 Refurbish existing schools and not abandon them in favor of new schools and use for educational centers, residency and community centers.
10 107428 All residences will have access to all utilities, gas, internet, etc.
10 107437 Mail voters materials and discussions of the issues to all registered voters.
10 107417 Completely remove billboards and utility poles back from streets by undergrounding.
10 107416 Provide suitable entertainment for all ethnic groups.
10 107415 stop warehousing children in large schools and return to smaller neighborhood schools.
10 107421 Give significant tax breaks to developers who design and inched on-site; active community
centers, public access and rights of way.
10 107429 Entice a major airline to make Knoxville it's hub.
10 107430 More traditional neighborhood design rather than fields of subdivisions.
10 107431 Make this region the national model for on going citizen participation and creative thinking.
10 107432 Share newspapers so we don't waste paper.
10 107433 24-hour accessible, affordable transportation.
10 107434 Demand that all schools have the same standards so that all children have the opportunity to
go onto college.
10 107436 Put freight on the rails instead of on the road.
10 107438 Promote strong character development programs amongst public officials, police
departments so that they can become role models.
10 107439 A strong historical preservation program.
10 107440 Actual and enthusiastic compliance with the ADA, all civil rights legislation with passage of a regional equal rights amendment.
10 107441 Have less factories or have factories that don't pollute.
10 107414 No care in one large area of the downtown.
10 107392 Better job opportunities and fair wages for young adults entering the work force.
10 107442 True equal enforcement of laws, legislation including codes and licensing requirements.
10 107435 Fast train to Atlanta airport.
10 107399 Gather money and take it to shelters.
10 107443 Better funding for health care and schools.
10 107384 Organize neighborhood associations to engender cohesion and a sense of community.
10 107385 ET (9 counties) to become the most wired educational community in the world.
10 107386 Make affordable health care, superior public education and genuinely, fulfilling work available to all citizens.
10 107387 People gather to clean up trash.
10 107388 More cooperation between developers, large businesses, government and individuals to foster more economic opportunities for everybody.
10 107389 make more effort to help citizens become more aware and involved in their communities first
and then more outward.
10 107390 More sidewalks and bike trails with fewer roads.
10 107391 Allow signs and billboards to be less than 4' X 6'- less visual pollution.
10 107393 Safer highways; need a real by-pass.
10 107395 Mini-malls with essential services; doctor, medical, post office, retail, grocery and lawyers.
10 107396 More adult job-training programs.
10 107394 Force developers to utilize existing buildings or existing urban properties; less destruction.
10 107398 Involve parents and students in policy-making at all levels in the schools.
10 107413 Concentrate on the prevention of crime through educational and economic opportunity rather than punishing after the fact.
10 107400 More user-friendly legislation and information resources for beginning businesses.
10 107401 More positive environment for young people (teen-21) where they will feel comfortable.
10 107402 A law to protect our hills from being excavated in our area.
10 107403 Encourage citizen participation in government by giving equal TV and radio time to all candidates six weeks before an election. Talk about issues.
10 107404 Reclaim inner city communities and neighborhoods with input from residents that are in need of redevelopment.
10 107405 Economic parity for majority and minority businesses.
10 107406 Improve traffic engineering by providing left and right turn lanes at all intersections instead of red lights.
10 107407 There are more people who look like African Americans coming to the area for technical, skilled and professional jobs.
10 107408 Better and more programs for at-risk kids.
10 107409 Economic incentives for developers to bring residences into the older buildings downtown; keep the historic fabric of the city.
10 107410 Substantial pay raises for teachers.
10 107411 Increase voter turn out and community involvement through education and creative incentives with tax benefits to people who vote.
10 107412 Make schools better places to learn.
10 107397 More community centers and land marks rather than strip development.