Group No. Idea No. Idea
1 101555 Find out what's already available so people can tap into what we have and use same dollars to accomplish greater.
1 101538 See Pell St. development apprenticeship program for minority students of inner-city (business & computer skills).
1 101565 Create city center mall between Pellissippi/Magnolia and Knoxville Zoo.
1 101564 Everybody feels they have opportunity for home ownership, as opposed to projects. No- or low-interest loans.
1 101563 Insurance companies stop controlling well-being of patients' lives. Elderly, underprivileged should be treated right.
1 101562 Conceive community investment banks to really empower residents. Change the infrastructure.
1 101561 Business and companies must pay true costs for products, instead of getting breaks on environmental laws (like damage to streams).
1 101560 Interactive museum downtown for all kids in area. Truly family-oriented.
1 101559 East communities get together and form garden clubs.
1 101558 Less emphasis on justice center and more on free treatment programs for people with addictions.
1 101556 Long-term care facility with ombudsmen who really cares for clients in their facility --n true ombudsman.
1 101554 Money for Knoxville spent equally in each section (North, South, East, West). Appropriate money for East Side.
1 101553 More partnerships that lead to centrally-located/accessible services and goods. Stores with good products in communities.
1 101552 Teach kids how to get & keep jobs, dress, talk, handle themselves in job market.
1 101543 Local schools become community centers for after hour job training, entrepreneurial, high tech focus; for children & families to use.
1 101539 See churches take more interest in our children -- don't put them off to themselves. After school programs.
1 101540 Bring people together in whole city/metro area and public places (music festival).
1 101557 Drug/alcohol treatment available to whomever needs it and wants it.
1 101542 Social programs for elderly and youth to interact.
1 101551 Students/schools teach real life opportunities. Real jobs with what they learn in school.
1 101544 Beautify campus with lots of greenways, small shops, businesses.
1 101545 Educational opportunities equal, regardless of where you live.
1 101546 School system becomes uniformed so children can focus on education, not clothing.
1 101547 Male mentor ship programs for any male who does not have it in his life.
1 101548 Churches center of activity for whole family, not just parents -- daily and nightly.
1 101549 Streets cleaned up. No autos on sidewalks.
1 101550 Law to make developers pay for tearing down urban areas for interstate.
1 101541 Neighborhoods connect by green areas. Safe and clean places to play.
2 101574 Entertainment for teens and younger elementary age.
2 101566 Do away with drugs and reduce crime & prostitution.
2 101580 Create an internship or apprenticeship for individuals returning from incarceration or penal institutions, so they can have a job to prevent re-incarceration.
2 101579 Eliminate TennCare; more monitoring of mental health service providers and more educated doctors.
2 101578 Develop affordable downtown housing. Subsidize, if necessary.
2 101577 Develop lower income housing in West Knoxville instead of just East, Central, and South.
2 101576 Encourage leadership in schools by students of diverse backgrounds (through community service clubs).
2 101575 Invite more industry into Knoxville and give them a 3-5 year tax break.
2 101572 Tougher curriculum in schools, i.e. foreign languages mandatory in elementary schools.
2 101571 Develop a high technology academy for middle and high school students.
2 101570 Improve East Side: sidewalks, traffic lights, infrastructure, to make it a better place.
2 101569 Make downtown a regional draw.
2 101567 Promote cultural diversity. Make downtown more of an attraction day and night using specialty shops, cultural diversity, dining, entertainment, cheaper parking.
2 101581 Need emission standards for cars.
2 101573 Create another Hope VI type housing development that will make more dense the population n this area.
2 101568 Attract new businesses, not just relocate.
3 101609 Creative solutions for teaching homeless people job skills and creativity.
3 101598 Find a way to keep African-American citizens from the ages of 20-40 in the area.
3 101599 Be organized and plant to prevent exploitation of natural resources (natural, historic, people).
3 101600 Historical preservation of Knoxville college.
3 101601 Provide a wider variety of entertainment opportunities (theater, music, arts, sports, zoo, performing arts, and crafts).
3 101602 Make sure that city and county all have codes enforced (such as prohibiting people from fixing cars in their front yards).
3 101603 Enforce noise ordinances.
3 101604 Martin Luther King Blvd. Needs to be updated, rejuvenated, beautified!
3 101605 Better cooperation between city and county governments.
3 101606 Find ways to encourage more individual participation in civic obligations.
3 101608 With constituent input -- get started on a sound plan for sustainable development for our downtown that makes it economically feasible for people and businesses to move in.
3 101610 Honest solutions to ethnic relations with Knoxville as a priority.
3 101611 Police department that teaches caring so that encounters with "wrongdoers" can have positive endings, instead of violence.
3 101597 Support for small businesses in our community.
3 101607 Waterfront development on the South side of the TN River.
3 101586 Quality education for everyone from birth to death.
3 101583 Find a way to unify all four sections of Knoxville -- East, West, North, South.
3 101596 Keep a rich cultural representation of the area (African-American history, Appalachian arts, Native American, etc.). Stay multi-cultural.
3 101585 Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment.
3 101582 Better opportunities and services for children form birth to seniors.
3 101587 Implement a multicultural day care facility for elderly with programmed activities that is affordable.
3 101588 Parents and teachers working together to raise our children.
3 101589 Complete Alex Haley Park.
3 101590 Get rid of litter and billboards -- visual pollution.
3 101591 More incentives for people to spend more time outside.
3 101592 Light rail transit beginning with diesel-powered units on existing rail.
3 101593 Keep Nine County One Vision young with lines of communication open to city, county, community, neighborhood, & individuals.
3 101594 Recycle bins in every building and on the streets for all recycling: paper, glass, cardboard, plastic. Weekly city pickup.
3 101595 Revitalization and preservation of African American institutions, organizations, and communities.
3 101584 More preservation of natural and historic resources, families, communities, and heritage.
4 101634 Elderly care: access to health care; affordable housing; transportation.
4 101628 More affordable child care provider training.
4 101629 Increase business in East Knoxville that already are in more affluent areas.
4 101630 Provide incentives to become a hub for a major airline.
4 101631 Affordable housing in whole region: low loans for fist time homebuyers; new "mixed" neighborhoods.
4 101632 Clean up and protect our lakes and rivers.
4 101633 Provide financial and tax support for small businesses.
4 101635 Historic preservation -- hate to see some old homes lost.
4 101636 Redevelop brown fields so that all property within inner-city is utilized.
4 101637 Some parts of East Knoxville need to have storm sewers/drainage system
upgraded/installed.
4 101638 Golf facilities for youth of East Knoxville.
4 101639 Reduce number of visible power lines.
4 101615 Build infrastructures to support community: grocery stores; recreation centers; transportation.
4 101627 Provide more funding for recreational-based organizations, like Knoxville Zoo.
4 101640 Increase number of street lights in residential areas.
4 101616 Elected or appointed officials who don't rezone against residents' wishes.
4 101626 Need to take education of kids with special needs more seriously.
4 101617 Street improvement throughout city. Better transportation from one area to another.
4 101613 Upgrade housing in the East Knoxville area.
4 101614 More cleanup in East Knoxville: pick-up; street cleaning.
4 101612 Youth at risk program: after school programs; adult/teen mentoring; faith-based outreach.
4 101618 Busses should run more often with direct routes.
4 101619 More common spaces: parks with open green spaces; shelters for families & communities.
4 101620 More adult job training programs.
4 101621 Workforce preparation youth-at-risk & adults, especially technology training opportunities.
4 101622 Upgrade schools so that they are equal in all communities.
4 101623 Better roads and sidewalks.
4 101624 Police forces should be fully staffed.
4 101625 Adult job training should be de-centralized so more people can participate.
5 101675 No cars on UTK campus.
5 101667 Significant changes to make downtown living affordable and safe (new and renovated; high density).
5 101662 Support local entrepreneuering, including business incubators.
5 101663 Inner-city youth golf course.
5 101664 Children's discovery museum downtown.
5 101665 Useable riverfront park.
5 101666 Accessible pedestrian and bike riverfront.
5 101660 Complete Haley Heritage Square.
5 101668 Summer jobs for youth.
5 101669 Rich, culturally-diverse social and entertainment opportunities downtown.
5 101670 Train to Atlanta.
5 101671 Clinch Avenue 2-way traffic.
5 101672 Better handicapped accessibility on streets, transit, and buildings.
5 101674 No downtown jail. Not State St., Safety Building instead.
5 101659 Technical/service/info-oriented economy. Not heavy industry.
5 101676 Utilize Knoxville College to train inner-city youth.
5 101677 Tough drug laws.
5 101673 Utilize, promote, and train minority entrepreneurs.
5 101642 Create more opportunities for real public participation in decision-making.
5 101661 Pro-sports franchise.
5 101641 Provide recreation and study facilities for children 4-14; then follow up with them beyond.
5 101658 Pedestrian-oriented downtown Knoxville.
5 101643 Nationally competitive pay for teachers.
5 101644 Environmental protection of the region -- key to drawing visitors and residents having better than average life.
5 101645 More focus on expansion of beck cultural center.
5 101646 Programs to preserve historical areas of city.
5 101647 Revitalizing downtown and old city.
5 101648 Invest in inner-city by strengthening existing institutions such as historic preservation and endowment of Knoxville College.
5 101656 Better education and awareness about racism.
5 101649 Develop economic opportunities for all who want to have piece of American Dream.
5 101657 Development of Five-Point Area.
5 101655 Community more sensitive to all groups and supportive of MLK celebration, African-American & Appalachian heritage.
5 101654 Revitalize and help strengthen inner-city neighborhoods.
5 101653 Stronger, more experienced convention/visitors' bureau to enhance tourism.
5 101652 Involve younger people in decision-making about future.
5 101651 Start urban planning to control urban sprawl, traffic and pollution.
5 101650 Public transit transfer station at existing rail lines.
6 101680 Regional center developed to deal with stray and unwanted animals.
6 101687 More equitable distribution of money in education system with minority areas.
6 101692 Golf course in inner-city for youth.
6 101691 Developmental control of natural resources.
6 101690 More recreational areas that are available for walking, etc.
6 101689 Local transportation 24-hr, reasonable, reliable.
6 101688 Zoning to protect old buildings.
6 101693 Post agenda for city and county meetings on internet.
6 101686 Completion of Haley Square Project.
6 101684 Sound system to preserve African-American and Appalachian art.
6 101694 Beck Cultural Center preserved and endowed to expand.
6 101685 Term limits for all elected officials.
6 101681 Recycling.
6 101679 5-point redevelopment.
6 101678 Outdoor 25000 amphitheater in summers; downtown ice-skating in winters.
6 101682 Bike trails.
6 101706 Foster public dialogue.
6 101696 Preserve KC with endowments.
6 101698 Distance learning network.
6 101699 Local power company move to green power or environmentally sound.
6 101700 Endow Martin Luther King Commission.
6 101701 Narrow the social and economic gap.
6 101702 World-class education system.
6 101683 Regional transportation.
6 101695 Gathering place downtown: center of region.
6 101707 Methods for providing economic empowerment for the African-American community.
7 101721 Something as popular as the vols.
7 101718 Make use of buildings that already exist.
7 101719 Improve aesthetics of inner-city: greener, cleaner.
7 101720 Develop all areas of Knoxville commercially, especially East Side.
7 101728 Increase residential rental property. Rehabilitation programs.
7 101727 Economic development for neglected areas in inner-city.
7 101716 Provide positive cultural enrichment for African-American community.
7 101725 Multifunctional day care center for adults and children.
7 101715 Shift away from cars to other means of transportation.
7 101724 Golf facility for inner-city youth.
7 101723 Improve transportation for children in school.
7 101722 Positive academic enrichment in the African-American community.
7 101726 State lottery.
7 101710 Don't center improvements in one area of town.
7 101714 Don't spend $90 million without public vote.
7 101713 Lower property taxes for people over 60 or whose incomes are less than $15,000.
7 101712 Increase inner-city activities: business, recreation, shopping.
7 101711 Schools 2nd to none, regardless of location.
7 101697 No more annexation.
7 101703 Improve methods of interstate construction -- 1 job at a time.
7 101704 Stiff penalty for people who throw trash on public streets.
7 101705 Chilhowee Park turned into community amusement park.
7 101884 Economic empowerment for African-American community.
7 101708 Law enforcement to deal with street crime.
7 101717 Curtail loud noises from cars on street.
7 101709 Build strong neighborhood organization.
8 101738 Bring more jobs and businesses into the community.
8 101729 Social service pods throughout region.
8 101731 Patronize downtown businesses and locally-owned businesses.
8 101747 Help each other and clean the streets.
8 101732 Stop spot zoning.
8 101733 Preserve and protect Knoxville's historic buildings and zones.
8 101734 More parks and recreation areas in the community. Greenways and pedestrian trails.
8 101735 Update nursing homes and create retirement villages for people who are not wealthy.
8 101736 Safer streets and communities.
8 101737 Development of light rail or electric system for region radiating out from Knoxville.
8 101730 Bring more business into the community.
8 101743 In conjunction with the convention center, need a major attraction downtown, something to make people want to come.
8 101752 Have the Worshem-Watkin Group that is working on convention center wait for results of GCIV before moving on.
8 101751 Do complete land use inventory to identify land suitable for development, consistent with long-term downtown & neighborhood plan.
8 101750 Attack litter and plant flowers.
8 101749 New medical facility.
8 101748 Continuum of housing by price and include transition, respite, hospice, supervised and nursing homes.
8 101746 Cleaner lakes.
8 101745 Have a community center for children and elderly to help get children of streets after school; also give elderly something to do.
8 101744 Clean up Martin Luther King Avenue.
8 101754 Work with each neighborhood to become self-sufficient and self-reliant neighborhood team working together.
8 101742 Prioritize needs of the neighborhood.
8 101741 Aggressively market job training programs to neighborhood: church, schools, grocery stores. . .
8 101753 Have more residential housing(apartments) to attract families to live downtown.
8 101740 Revisit existing plans for highway construction, including those with funds and show political strength in deciding their completion.
8 101758 Respect parents and pets.
8 101757 Companies should give employees more incentive: time off to volunteer and mentor children.
8 101756 University should create better programs for adults wishing to return to college.
8 101755 Make a study of our educational system so all our children will be able to learn.
8 101739 Be involved in neighborhood association or start them where they don't exist.
9 101778 UT becomes viable, caring, active member of region.
9 101775 Encourage employers to provide incentives for job development which keeps youth here. Youth leaving now because there aren't jobs.
9 101777 African-American Appalachian arts endowment.
9 101780 Ample money for sidewalks, especially around schools.
9 101779 Transportation policies -- less dependent on personal cars (greenways, electric busses, light rail).
9 101781 More police patrol or security to keep crime down.
9 101783 More economic development of inner-city to include projects such as Haley Square Completion and endowment, HA's (Quad A), Knoxville College endowment.
9 101784 Assurance of dynamic and effective rehabilitation programs for drug abusers & at-risk people.
9 101785 Total reorganization of school system (give governance back to school board).
9 101786 Reeducate and Reacquaint our region with its history and identity: example, downtown museum for music heritage.
9 101787 Train line to downtown Deane Hill Rec. Center, with shuttles to parking at West Town and Deane Hill.
9 101788 Amtrak service within Nine County region.
9 101789 Build and strengthen communities that are of mixed income, race, and ethnicity.
9 101790 Provide technological training at all community centers to create technologically advanced workforce at no charge to participants.
9 101776 Plan educational and recreational facilities which will encourage youth and elderly to take part.
9 101772 Rebuild job base within inner-city.
9 101774 Increase minimum wage.
9 101773 Encourage job development in poorer, rural areas.
9 101771 City-county unification.
9 101770 Expansion and endowment of Beck Cultural Exchange Center.
9 101769 Improve business district, especially 5-Points.
9 101768 Make schools user-and family-friendly so that people love entering facilities.
9 101767 Drug and substance awareness programs.
9 101760 Keep East TN clean of garbage and litter.
9 101782 Provide violence prevention training to all school children, teachers provided sensitivity training and violence prevention.
9 101766 Harmonious commercial development starting with unified sign ordinance.
9 101759 Turn abandoned buildings in downtown into shops, offices, nightclubs.
9 101761 Social, environmental, and economic justice.
9 101762 Come together and concentrate on major things to benefit majority of people.
9 101763 Knoxville College: historical preservation endowment.
9 101764 Restoration/renovation of neighborhoods in city with incentives.
9 101765 Combine smart growth and historic preservation to protect our region's heritage and identity (rural and urban).
10 101805 Put more resources into preventative methods -- crime and drug prevention, youth facilities.
10 101819 Encourage media to stop promoting ethnic negativity.
10 101810 The creation of a public-private partnership that develops housing in inner-city using historic preservation for both low-income and market rate (like CNE).
10 101807 Making sure that all area streets are wide enough for 2 cars and install catch basins and storm drains where needed.
10 101808 Improve citizen-police relationship.
10 101809 An economy that unleashes creativity and makes jobs: from self-employment to worker-friendly large employers.
10 101806 A TVA that values clean air.
10 101811 Instead of being embarrassed by predominant regional hillbilly culture, Knoxville should embrace and promote it through music and museums.
10 101812 Quality education for all kids.
10 101813 Teachers change their method of teaching: upgraded.
10 101815 More entertainment/amusements in Knoxville that could attract tourists to come to our city.
10 101804 Build more quality, affordable housing with sidewalks and bigger yards.
10 101801 Make schools into community serving centers run by parents, community leaders, and staff.
10 101814 Streams that kids can play in and not get sick.
10 101796 Create moral and scriptural job training programs.
10 101791 Revitalize downtown.
10 101792 Develop pride in special cultures and heritages in our region.
10 101802 Downtown that's so livable that they need to locate a public school there.
10 101803 Make the Nine County area the arboretum of the South to highlight the plant life. Turn UT campus into a national arboretum. Buy up old Howell Hunsery on Wimpole St., which has ancient architecture & trees.
10 101795 Create shad tree-lined boulevards along all major highways and interstates into cities & towns in the region.
10 101793 Preserve and restore historic neighborhood adjacent to UT.
10 101797 Invest more resources in people rather than structures.
10 101798 More help and support for "Mom and Pop" businesses than big businesses.
10 101799 Redevelop Magnolia Ave. to make it a shopping center with name brand companies and change the name to Martin Luther King.
10 101800 Establish/improve true dialogue among ethnic groups.
10 101822 Supervision for children at recreation facilities.
10 101885 Plan for historic preservation and land conservation that is funded and implemented.
10 101794 Protect our natural environment.
11 101834 Better health care facilities for sick citizens.
11 101831 Get homeowners to keep community clean (slum lords).
11 101832 Business incubation job-readiness skills.
11 101830 Get parents more involved with children.
11 101833 Encourage developers to invest in East Side.
11 101839 Strengthen neighborhood organizations.
11 101835 Balance (financial) in school system.
11 101836 150-200 electronic library placed throughout town.
11 101838 Public transportation (light rail) throughout Nine Counties.
11 101829 More leadership development for youth.
11 101837 Open computer kiosks D.T.
11 101818 Establish goals and objectives within each community.
11 101828 Better communication throughout Nine Counties Region: e-mail list serve.
11 101821 Place for children to go after school.
11 101817 Continue to create avenues for better race relations.
11 101820 Higher-paying jobs.
11 101823 Encouragement of the family unit.
11 101824 Education facilities should stress advanced computer skills: career-level job skills; foster entrepreneuership.
11 101825 Utilize educational facilities by all ages.
11 101826 Motivate ministers to become involved.
11 101827 Churches more active in community to teach values & morals.
11 101816 Residents participate in everything in community.
12 101866 Greater educational equity between the region.
12 101860 21st century schools recruit and build 21st century enterprise.
12 101856 Youth employment opportunities for those 13+.
12 101857 Transportation network builds on existing roadways and makes use of mass transit -- i.e., trains to connect to urban and rural areas.
12 101858 A fair and more equitable tax structure.
12 101859 Alternative schooling for youths who aren't concerned with education.
12 101861 Better cooperation between city and county governments.
12 101862 More youth recreation opportunities.
12 101863 TVA shut down Kingston and make transition to natural gas at others.
12 101855 Government really listen to the people.
12 101865 Community integrated living opportunities and spaces for the aged.
12 101848 Preserve environment and enhance areas that have suffered (greenspace, rivers, soil, trees).
12 101867 Integration of new technologies and hands-on experiences in a central location -- i.e., technologies museum. . . Not like the new Oak Ridge Museum.
12 101864 Cultural preservation.
12 101854 Aggressive land conservation program (wildlands and agriculture) and urban forests and farms funded by a wheel tax and car inspection program.
12 101853 Establish community business district in East Knoxville.
12 101852 More economic development for East Knoxville sector.
12 101851 Build upon history of UT sports, KC, Emily Austin to establish a national model in terms of blacks and whites doing business = community partnerships.
12 101849 Less strife between municipal governments and agencies.
12 101847 Community-wide water programs.
12 101846 Use current building spaces before developing more.
12 101845 More integrated communities, less segregation.
12 101844 Resolve transportation concerns -- i.e., mass transit.
12 101843 Incentives for investors to make East Knoxville into established assisted living quarters.
12 101842 Provide better transportation for low-income families.
12 101841 Define and design attractive public space. . . Future-scape.
12 101840 More dedicated leaders -- non affiliated.
12 101868 Small wooded areas allowed on private property.
12 101850 Year-round school -- i.e.. Ft. Craig using integrated thematic instruction.