Group No. Idea No. Idea
1 107444 Plant trees and flowers, fly the stars and stripes.
1 107457 Utilize the space we have instead of expanding.
1 107456 Annual auto inspections that mandatory.
1 107455 Better community planning to prevent urban sprawl while preserving Knoxville's historic districts.
1 107454 Create and support a year round regional all girls high school.
1 107453 Wiring put underground.
1 107452 Link region with efficient rapid transit system.
1 107451 More green spaces.
1 107450 Improve schools; reduce inequality between schools.
1 107449 More green spaces.
1 107448 Better accessibility to medical care and fire protection.
1 107447 Knoxville should be a smoke-free city.
1 107446 Obtain or develop better signage system.
1 107445 Take personal responsibility for solving our own problems.
1 107466 Affordable housing for seniors.
1 107459 Clean up roadsides
1 107460 Adolescent centers designed by adolescents from diverse groups.
1 107461 Promote our South Knoxville school systems.
1 107462 Elimination of nuclear weapons production in Oak Ridge.
1 107463 Living wage jobs.
1 107465 Place where neighbors are able to meet, shop and eat.
1 107458 Find resources to help the people living in poverty.
1 107467 Foster more community businesses.
1 107468 Amtrak passenger service to DC with a decent non-fast food restaurant.
1 107469 Develop a sports complex for kids and adults.
1 107471 Travel road signs; avoid road rage, obey the speed limits.
1 107470 Codes for businesses that force them to beautify their area.
1 107464 Sidewalks and bike trails.
2 107507 Create Maritime community on south side of river.
2 107494 widen roads with curbs and sidewalks.
2 107495 Limit sprawl and preserve open space.
2 107496 Establish mini museums downtown that focus on science, history and art.
2 107497 Accessible public transportation.
2 107498 Improve funding for K-12 education.
2 107499 Link the long range local industrial and business forecasts to local K-12 and post high school education goals.
2 107500 Trolley system for Highland Ave. to Western plaza.
2 107501 Encourage more intensive center city residential development, including greenspace.
2 107508 Different factory styles.
2 107506 Make ALCOA highway safe.
2 107505 Rollerblade/ice skating rink on Market Square.
2 107502 Build a light rail system with Knoxville as the hub with spokes to Smokey Mountains, airport, Oak Ridge, etc.
2 107504 Support that enables seniors to stay in their home.
2 107503 Stop roads through neighborhoods and natural habitats.
2 107491 Transport Chapman highway into a Blvd. With trees and shopping.
2 107492 Bring more business to south Knoxville.
2 107509 Celebrate diversity.
2 107476 More children's recreational areas.
2 107493 Movie theatre in South Knoxville.
2 107490 Everyone has a good job.
2 107472 Lower crime levels.
2 107473 More people learn about God.
2 107475 Better sidewalks.
2 107477 Improve road from Island Home Ave. (Hillcrest) that goes to James White Parkway.
2 107478 Clear both sides of the river and make recreational areas, greenways, fishing etc.
2 107479 create an integrated system of greenways that connects neighborhoods and commercial areas.
2 107480 Require written reasoning behind county commission overrides of MPC rulings with vote results.
2 107481 Make the old Texaco tank farm into a public park without destroying the neighborhood.
2 107488 More food and shelter for the hungry.
2 107483 Community centers; exercise, meeting rooms, kitchens, etc.
2 107484 Over a five year time, limit the construction of billboards and strategically eliminate 50-80 percent of existing ones.
2 107485 Tree replacing program for developers.
2 107486 Establish a network of museums and cultural venue with common marketing and transportation from McClung museum to the zoo.
2 107487 Restore respect for America's Christian heritage to our schools.
2 107489 Stop road production that destroy woodlands. (extension of the South Knox blvd. On the south side)
2 107474 Year-round schools in the top 25 in the country.
2 107482 Build a children's museum.
3 107549 Reconsider Metro Government.
3 107550 Use information technology to cut down on traffic and pollution.
3 107551 Create an equitable approach to redevelopment where a partnership for a cooperative is established for existing homeowners so they benefit as investors both short and long term.
3 107548 More cooperation between school districts in the 9 county area.
3 107553 Coordinate development of the Old City, downtown and river front.
3 107554 $3.00 per pack, city tax on cigarettes to education and ban smoking in public buildings.
3 107552 Set a goal to meet and find common grounds/interest with one unknown neighbor every month.
3 107542 Liberate commercial downtown parking lots and close Neyland Drive as a greenspace.
3 107547 Require parking permits in the Fort Sanders area that is limited to residents; preventing UT commuters from parking.
3 107545 Limitation of fast food chains on one block.
3 107544 Upgrade South Knoxville neighborhood schools.
3 107543 Moratorium on all parking garages at UT and in Fort Sanders.
3 107555 Make stricter zoning laws to protect subdivision from encroachment of apartments and abolish eminent domain.
3 107567 Make these meetings about 9 counties not individual groups about your community.
3 107546 Decrease in litter.
3 107563 Put proper sidewalks in older neighborhoods.
3 107530 More businesses to Chapman Highway.
3 107541 Control pollution particularly in the Smokies.
3 107570 Public fishing piers on both sides of river.
3 107569 Keep a public open greenspace on the south side of river front.
3 107568 Make littering a capital crime.
3 107565 Develop a portion of the south water front as a demonstration area for building and design ideas.
3 107564 Institute a no-wake zone on the river within city limits.
3 107556 Completion of the South Knoxville connector in a timely manor.
3 107562 Use 85% native plants on public lands and use integrated pest management.
3 107561 Develop a tricycle/bicycle/walking trail in the vestal community.
3 107560 Extension of the central business improvement district to the south water front.
3 107559 Preserve the unique character of our neighborhoods and downtown's.
3 107558 Develop specialty retail on the south side of the river.
3 107557 Develop a way to across impact fees for development in the West Knoxville are.
3 107566 A state lotto for funding higher education.
3 107516 Major attractions for the Worlds Fair Park.
3 107523 Better paying jobs and industry brought into our area.
3 107522 An outdoor swimming pool in the Vestal community.
3 107521 Tie the south waterfront and I Jams to downtown with the first light rail application using existing tracks.
3 107520 Develop a means to spread the cost of development across al governments affected.
3 107519 Conserve historic sites and monuments across the region.
3 107524 Control traffic by extending the Pellissipi Parkway to from an extended loop.
3 107517 A rail system that connects Knoxville to the Smoky Mountains.
3 107515 A Knoxville web page for events.
3 107514 Uphold the integrity of the justice system.
3 107512 Protect any prominent mountain top from being bulldozed for apartment buildings.
3 107511 Garden/water theme park on the water front that includes shops, a boardwalk and high quality homes that blend with existing homes.
3 107540 A workable mass transit system that would tie all 9 counties together and eventually connect to Chattanooga and Atlanta.
3 107532 Remodel or tear down some of the buildings or businesses along Chapman Highway.
3 107510 Safe neighborhoods for everyone.
3 107518 Free parking downtown Knoxville and mass transit.
3 107535 Fund adequate education and health care through a state income tax.
3 107538 Development of a south waterfront area s a dense, mixed area with an old world feel to it.
3 107537 Develop a river heritage museum that is spread across several riverfront sites that is connected by river boats and greenways.
3 107513 Better traffic control.
3 107525 Increase taxes to raise per capita student spending to top 10% nationally with comparable increases in teacher pay.
3 107539 Provide a high quality child/adult care support center.
3 107536 Implement a recycling system that pays for itself.
3 107534 Electric transportation downtown.
3 107529 More cooperation between the city and county.
3 107526 K-12 have year round school with high quality after school athletic and academic enrichments.
3 107527 Laws that cover landlords and rental properties that protects the individual homeowners.
3 107531 More involvement with outside businesses for school children.
3 107528 Add continuing turning lanes to Chapman Highway.
3 107533 Making KORRNET more interactive and displaying regional and community events.
4 107640 Build a sense of unity among the 9 counties.
4 107639 For our elected officials to follow the recommendations of our local and regional planning
agencies.
4 107638 Encourage people to remodel existing businesses.
4 107633 Encourage people to remodel existing homes instead of building new ones.
4 107635 Plant more trees.
4 107630 Keep endangered historical properties viable
4 107641 Curbside recycling.
4 107647 Non-polluting rapid transit.
4 107631 Improve Chapman Highway by getting good restaurants, theatre, etc.
4 107632 Redirect money spent on large road projects to provide tax incentive to businesses so that they can locate in depressed areas.
4 107637 Let the school board set the school tax.
4 107642 Controlling traffic in the Smokies by mass transit or charging admission.
4 107643 A downtown with no empty store fronts.
4 107644 Clean and beautify First through Fourth creeks and other creeks.
4 107646 All the counties would develop good relationships with colleges and universities.
4 107648 Periodically re-vision our area-9 counties.
4 107649 TV stations with moral programs.
4 107650 Clean up Brown fields and use for commercial and residential communities.
4 107629 Water park.
4 107613 Regional planning commission that can write and enforce environmental standards in development.
4 107652 Regulations for billboards and signs.
4 107651 Encourage volunteerism to implement the vision.
4 107645 Use more low risk inmates for community services.
4 107617 Extend south Knox blvd. To Sevierville.
4 107653 Clean up water ways.
4 107636 Programs for at risk groups.
4 107606 Better industry in the community.
4 107607 Relocate Holston Gases and Ashfall Co. away from downtown.
4 107608 A school system which ranks number one in the state and has top pay for teachers.
4 107609 Clean up environment.
4 107610 People want to feel safe and secure in their own homes.
4 107611 Greenways that connect all 9 counties for hiking and biking.
4 107612 Increase standard of living.
4 107615 Be known for having cleanest river.
4 107616 Reduce the dependent population; finding work, affordable daycare, accessible healthcare, stimulate responsibility and pride.
4 107628 Include at least one citizen on every committee or office.
4 107618 Region wide economic development agency to steer economic growth to the communities best suited for that industry.
4 107619 More parks, especially nature parks, that are safe to go to.
4 107620 More outdoor facilities for schools.
4 107621 Stop bulldozing the natural land we have left.
4 107622 A plan for controlled growth, socially and economically, with the quality of life as its cornerstone.
4 107623 Amtrak system.
4 107624 Commercial and residential development along south side of the river.
4 107625 Community schools where the teacher/student ratio is small.
4 107626 Harsher penalties for drug dealers and buyers.
4 107627 Change political structure to foster real community participation in decision making.
4 107614 A better system of roads connecting Knoxville to outer lying regions.
4 107655 Keep cell phone towers out of residential areas.
4 107656 Non-partisan coverage on the news.
4 107657 Underground utilities.
4 107658 Regional festival of 9 counties.
4 107634 Include bike lanes in widening roads and in any highway development.
4 107654 Sidewalks.
5 107601 Better position of traffic lights.
5 107588 More technical junior college sites.
5 107589 Landscape requirements.
5 107590 More lighting on Chapman Highway.
5 107591 Small business friendly.
5 107593 Child care training for married parents.
5 107595 No more flea markets, pawn shops or used car lots.
5 107596 Reduce painer of MPC and PBA and all our citizens to vote on large tax payer funded projects.
5 107597 Strict litter and dumping laws.
5 107598 More nature walks and parks.
5 107587 Incentives to recycle.
5 107600 Value local culture, agriculture, art and local businesses.
5 107583 Downtown family attractions reflecting regional culture.
5 107602 Modest park and performing arts center in south Knoxville.
5 107603 Park development on south side of river.
5 107604 Closer to year round school.
5 107599 Neighborhood trails with small businesses and little parks.
5 107579 Better restaurants.
5 107571 Freedom to explore who we are, share ideas, keep pride but willing to grow.
5 107572 Turning lanes down Chapman Highway.
5 107573 More parks and recreation in South Knoxville.
5 107574 More sidewalks, greenways, bike trails, etc.
5 107575 Technology related businesses.
5 107576 Better schools; equal to west Knoxville.
5 107585 Anti-littering law.
5 107578 Mass transit.
5 107586 Anti pollution signs.
5 107580 Movie theatre in South Knoxville
5 107581 Large residential population in downtown Knoxville.
5 107582 More homes for homeless.
5 107594 Improved image for south Knoxville.
5 107584 Strong laws to preserve trees.
5 107605 Sports complex in south Knoxville.
5 107577 Large community family park in south Knoxville.
5 107592 Thriving, vibrant downtown area.
6 107666 Protection of rural areas.
6 107677 More efficient traffic control.
6 107676 Shorter school bus trips.
6 107675 More effort at urban planning.
6 107674 Coordinated effort to promote recreational sports in Knoxville.
6 107673 Turn lanes on Chapman highway.
6 107672 Find uses for abandoned buildings.
6 107671 Process to protect south Knoxville's unique characters. Encourage new business.
6 107670 Developing downtown.
6 107669 Two years free at Jr. Colleges.
6 107678 Cleaner environment.
6 107667 Year round schooling.
6 107664 Community friendly development of the south side waterfront.
6 107665 Regional performing arts center on south waterfront.
6 107693 Turn abandoned rock areas into parks.
6 107663 Buffers between industry and living areas.
6 107661 Number one education in the USA.
6 107701 Public relations training for police officers.
6 107702 Extend riverwalk to south side with Rod Townsend Memorial Bridge.
6 107660 Greener streets and highways.
6 107659 Overcome narrow-mindedness.
6 107668 No annexation by the city.
6 107691 Rollercoasters for public transportation.
6 107662 Promote sustainable development for communities.
6 107679 Reduce population of housing projects.
6 107696 Develop the Marble Facility with local craft enterprises.
6 107697 Reassemble the Smoky Mountain railroad.
6 107698 Charge for entrance to Smokies.
6 107699 Better sign control.
6 107692 Community pot lucks.
6 107690 Refund for packaging materials.
6 107689 Shopping malls on Chapman highway.
6 107688 Sustainable communities.
6 107695 Promote alternative energy sources.
6 107680 Master planning for downtown Knoxville.
6 107694 Look at area as bio-regions vs. political boundaries.
6 107700 A regional commercial and cultural center for downtown.
6 107681 Safety in public areas.
6 107687 Establish a way for Knox, Blount, and Sevier Counties to make contact to discuss the south area.
6 107682 Bicycle training for children.
6 107683 Bike lanes.
6 107684 Less taxes in Knoxville and Knox County.
6 107685 More efficient government.
6 107686 Economical public transportation.
7 107713 Educational opportunities for all.
7 107709 More neighborhood business.
7 107719 Job development for the poor communities.
7 107718 Completion of south Knox's bridge/road in the right place.
7 107717 Sidewalks.
7 107716 Harmonization of commercial development.
7 107715 Opportunities for younger people to open businesses.
7 107721 Names of roads on overpasses.
7 107714 Linear park systems.
7 107720 Recycle.
7 107722 Appreciation of Appalachian roots.
7 107710 Clean, green, safe, healthy places.
7 107708 Development to be environmentally sound.
7 107707 Listen to the people of south Knoxville.
7 107706 Celebrate diversity.
7 107705 Stop uncontrolled develop; protect open land.
7 107704 Effective commuter train system.
7 107703 Premier education system.
7 107711 Greenways.
7 107712 Foster an attitude where we all come together.
8 107746 HGTV- take classes for public.
8 107745 Increase wildlife habitat; more trees, parks and greenways.
8 107744 Protect area around GSMNP from further commercial development.
8 107743 Unique craft regional fairs.
8 107747 County animal control.
8 107741 Golf course in south Knox.
8 107753 Regional-wide after school care.
8 107742 Skateboard parks.
8 107748 Bring this type of involvement into the city and county level to improve public meetings.
8 107749 Use railroads for mass transit.
8 107750 No dome on Market Square.
8 107752 Light rail.
8 107740 Clean clutter.
8 107754 More free kid activities.
8 107755 Public transportation to Smokies.
8 107751 Limitation on billboards.
8 107728 Fiber optics throughout neighborhoods and region.
8 107724 Bike trails.
8 107739 Community consciousness; environmental concerns, recycle, state parks, clean air and water.
8 107723 Better quality restaurants, and shopping.
8 107725 Neighborhood grocery stores and parks.
8 107727 Strict laws for property owners to maintain grounds.
8 107729 More affordable assisted living facilities.
8 107730 More research on history of Knoxville to promote.
8 107736 Design guidelines to keep our region's unique characteristics.
8 107732 Codes of enforcement.
8 107733 Redevelopment of existing housing by financial incentives.
8 107738 Facelift old buildings with store fronts first.
8 107734 Public transportation 6:00 am to midnight, throughout the county.
8 107735 Infill development.
8 107731 churches united.
8 107737 Hower Capital-world class beauty.
8 107726 Gathering place for everyone.
9 107783 Money for enforcement of the many laws we have.
9 107781 Commercial property owners must keep their property up.
9 107780 Reduce regional fossil fuel emission to improve air quality.
9 107779 Create a useful public transportation system.
9 107777 Create pride in our region to achieve group and individual responsibility.
9 107785 Subsidize parking in downtown Knoxville.
9 107794 Better discipline in school systems; make parents more accountable.
9 107778 Complete South Knoxville Blvd/James White Parkway.
9 107786 Increase citizen knowledge of our 9 county region.
9 107787 Increase pay for police officers.
9 107788 Encourage and coordinate more arts and entertainment festivals.
9 107789 More accessible shopping and recreation.
9 107790 Encourage the use of bicycle an other alternative means of transportation.
9 107791 Less crime. More drug enforcement.
9 107776 Enforce the litter laws of south Knox.
9 107793 A network that all 9 county communities can use to interact with each other.
9 107782 Better, cleaner neighborhoods with laws to enforce pride.
9 107795 Making our open space, woodlands, wetlands and mountains as important as subdivisions and new industry.
9 107792 More consolidated public health systems.
9 107758 Revitalized downtown Knoxville as a place where locals would want to live and shop.
9 107784 Creation of a physical and attitudinal environment that welcomes all citizens.
9 107775 Increase property values by cleaning up south Knoxville.
9 107757 Better pay and benefits for teachers.
9 107759 Promote education and training for higher paying jobs.
9 107760 Vote!
9 107761 Think about more nursing homes and caring for the elderly.
9 107762 Sidewalks, greenways and bike paths for all communities.
9 107763 Identify and support new leadership for elected positions.
9 107764 Build up downtown Knoxville.
9 107772 South Knoxville tied into waterfront development by light rail.
9 107766 Put God back in school.
9 107767 Make Chapman highway and John Seiver faster roads.
9 107768 Create a task force to better deal with child abuse. Let it not be limited in funding for victims and offenders.
9 107769 Improve the overall quality of public education.
9 107770 More involvement from parents in school. Smaller class sizes for K-12 and in universities.
9 107771 Organize subdivisions into neighborhoods that reflect the community.
9 107774 Bring low environmental impact industry to our region.
9 107773 Require developers to use existing structures before creating new ones.
9 107756 Encourage small business.
9 107765 welcome diversity and encourage tolerance as key elements in all developments.
10 107818 Public education of regarding cost of solid waste handling and disposal.
10 107817 More parklands.
10 107816 Limit the encroachment of government; city and federal upon people that are against government expansion.
10 107819 Recycling place for tires. We've already paid for it, where is it?
10 107814 Make an effort to preserve our history, buildings, etc.
10 107824 Community high schools in south Knox.
10 107813 National handcrafts museum.
10 107815 Need another newspaper.
10 107820 Promote area for what we do have; recreation, natural beauty, history, etc.
10 107821 Find ways to save mountains and lakes from development and pollution.
10 107823 Revert mining rights back to owners.
10 107825 city and county both pay for schools.
10 107826 Government support for alternative energy systems.
10 107812 Olympic size swimming pools and recreational complexes for the public.
10 107800 Rail transportation with dense centers of population at rail stops. Put parks in between.
10 107822 Nationalize all forest and mining corporation lands to prevent destruction.
10 107804 More parks for bicycles and skateboards.
10 107827 Clean creeks, rivers and lakes.
10 107796 Create a car-less central city with electric public transportation.
10 107797 Consolidation of city and county governments.
10 107798 Make a park out of battlefields and forts @ Strawberry Plains to preserve them for us and future generations.
10 107799 Justice and opportunity for every citizen in this region.
10 107802 Funnel citizen ideas into city hall.
10 107803 Develop downtown Knoxville.
10 107811 Public transport system that people will choose because it is safer, convenient and more pleasant than driving.
10 107805 Develop some sort of major recycling center.
10 107806 Eliminate Neyland Dr. as a traffic way.
10 107807 Tax breaks for residents and businesses located in downtown.
10 107808 Emphasis of natural attractions by local government.
10 107809 Set aside hundreds of acres of completely undeveloped areas as a "green zone" around the city to keep urban sprawl in check.
10 107810 More manufacturing or tech-type businesses to provide jobs.
10 107801 Anti-litter education program for everyone.