Group No. Idea No. Idea
1 105979 Make new development "walk friendly"; retrofit older development to not be so auto-oriented.
1 105987 Foster cooperative community hubs, emphasizing self-sufficiency resources and efficient design.
1 105986 Sustain 9 Counties 1 Vision; try again to see where we've been sustaining the idea. Maintain the vision.
1 105985 Entertainment venue to provide for integration of older and younger people, emphasizing poverty and proaction.
1 105984 Control businesses in residential areas through planning.
1 105983 Increase preventative health education in schools and accessibility to primary prevention's and resources.
1 105982 Create more flowers and gardens (like British Columbia).
1 105980 Arts should be important and have a voice in government -- come together to draw people to where they are. Arts in the schools.
1 105978 Greenways, bike trails in counties to bring them together in a natural environment -- tie to Smokies.
1 105977 Fewer and smaller billboards.
1 105976 Make all streams clean for swimming.
1 105975 Create a focused recycling program, including pilot funding for businesses that transform waste into useable products.
1 105974 Make all decisions like the Indians: consider the 7th generation as more important than the now.
1 105963 Get rid of present ugliness.
1 105981 Excellent education for all people across region; attitude of support and involvement.
1 105962 A science/entertainment attraction to complement the Smokies and aquarium.
1 105973 Facility to help those with drug abuse instead of putting them in jail.
1 105964 An interurban transportation system.
1 105965 No more new hospitals -- use existing ones to maximize public health centers.
1 105966 More trees on streets.
1 105968 Strong planning throughout whole region to ensure diversity and integration of neighborhoods.
1 105969 People passing through to spend money other than fast food.
1 105970 Finish road construction in a reasonable time.
1 105971 Maintain neighborhood schools, particularly elementary levels.
1 105972 Public, culturally-diverse events in the old city.
1 105967 Downtown Knoxville old city rejuvenated.
1 105961 Create health centers to teach self-management to young children.
2 106013 Preserve downtown Knoxville.
2 106002 Encourage small local businesses.
2 106003 All counties working together.
2 106004 Have large corporations work with our students.
2 106006 Better working together between religious and public organizations.
2 106008 More sidewalks in neighborhoods and better traffic control.
2 106009 More trails for biking and rollerblading.
2 106010 Noise barriers put up for neighborhoods that border interstates.
2 106012 Solve our race relation problems.
2 106032 Light rail rolling stock manufacturing facility at the Coster Shops.
2 106005 Preserve our natural and scenic resources.
2 106001 Support local agriculture.
2 106011 Emphasize preservation more than quick-buck development.
2 105992 Stop suburban sprawl.
2 106000 Recycle -- pickup service.
2 105988 Children learn right from wrong in school.
2 106007 Promote cultural arts in lower school grades.
2 105989 All schools have same quality of education.
2 105991 Better city and county planning and stay with the plan.
2 105993 Consider link between public and private facilities -- share space.
2 105994 Greater value put on education.
2 105995 Better mass transit system.
2 105996 More desirable and affordable housing throughout Knoxville for low-income families.
2 105997 Make downtown Knoxville the regional and cultural center -- increase support of the arts.
2 105998 Spend more money on children than prisoners.
2 105999 Have educated work force -- adult education.
2 105990 One government.
3 106620 Better regional planning.
3 106607 Vibrant center city for 9 county region.
3 106621 Safer neighborhoods everywhere.
3 106615 Create climate for high tech industries.
3 106619 Consolidated government.
3 106618 Improved n/s transportation.
3 106617 Bring have's and have not's closer and encourage more diversity.
3 106616 Encourage medical research in this area.
3 106614 Amtrak through Knoxville.
3 106613 Regional recycling in Knoxville without dumping.
3 106612 City/county/regional beautification w/ buried utilities and sign ordinances.
3 106611 Adherence to regional planning.
3 106610 Mandatory programs to teach parenting skills.
3 106608 More affordable mixed use housing.
3 106628 Improved public transportation ; easy to use and more accessible.
3 106606 Two newspaper town.
3 106605 Incentives for litter reduction. (fast food tax/bottle deposits)
3 106604 Sports center/complex for all; scholarships available.
3 106609 Bike lanes on old and new roads.
3 106632 NCIV input into implementation and funding of visioning ideas.
3 106633 Protect our regional natural resource.
3 106603 World class schools.
3 106641 Waterfront growth and activities on both sides.
3 106640 Redesign educational system with outcomes in mind.
3 106639 Interconnected counties/county w/greenways and parks.
3 106638 Come together as a community.
3 106637 Revitalized and preserved downtown.
3 106626 Upscale bar/restaurants that host light rock musicians and attract affluent non-smoking customers.
3 106634 Equal opportunity schools.
3 106622 More holistic approach to community consolidation and eliminate divisive parochialism.
3 106631 Another world's fair in 2015.
3 106630 County-wide interstate loop; less pollution, less congestion.
3 106629 Save the big trees everywhere.
3 106627 Incentives for historic preservation.
3 106625 Planned communities w/housing, schools, parks and retail areas in walking distance to each other with narrow streets and sidewalks to promote pedestrianism.
3 106624 Partnerships between schools and businesses.
3 106623 Use schools to teach character and to create inclusive environment for everyone.
3 106636 Well planned and attractive communities w/historic preservation.
3 106635 Smaller neighborhood schools w/more discipline.
4 106655 In the NE county a huge park similar to Percy and Edwin Warner Park in Nashville; picnics, sites for churches, smaller groups and families.
4 106666 Facilities and the programs in them will be assessable to people with disabilities considering our aging population.
4 106665 Promote zoning, save the trees and control billboards.
4 106664 Improve recycling programs in the area.
4 106663 Festivals downtown; food festivals where big restaurants participate.
4 106662 A building/architectural code for new construction.
4 106661 Larger number of well facilitated public libraries.
4 106660 Middle income housing downtown.
4 106659 Better public and private support of our arts, culture, and history.
4 106658 Getting the earthen forts that were built at the time of the civil war on the historical registry to keep out looters.
4 106651 Build roadway infrastructure before development allowed in an area.
4 106656 Make sure we protect the scenic beauty of our area.
4 106654 Better public transportation; more reliable.
4 106653 Develop comprehensive recreation programs and services reflecting diversity in
age/interest/abilities/income.
4 106652 Passionately cry to promote excellent public education across the 9 county area; without great schools we have nothing.
4 106642 A centralized interest for the 9 county area; skating arena on the northern edge of Knoxville.
4 106643 Build a sense of community and cooperation in the nine county area.
4 106644 Bike paths connecting downtown and all the way to suburbs.
4 106645 Public awareness and education regarding TN's historical places and houses.
4 106646 Preserve historical architecture downtown and in neighborhoods because our history is what
makes us unique.
4 106647 Emphasize our cultural heritage.
4 106648 Passenger train connecting the nine counties.
4 106649 Creation of enterprise zone in downtown to include; parking and a riverside area.
4 106650 Develop a river walk with shops, cozy restaurants and boat rentals.
4 106657 A vibrant downtown with outlet shopping malls, restaurants, historical buildings.
5 106670 Regional passenger rail service, public transportation.
5 106667 Don't annex and develop outward until responsible use of the central business district stimulates further growth for Knox County.
5 106683 Does the majority of the population want change? Empowerment of the people.
5 106696 improving housing conditions and impoverished neighborhoods.
5 106695 Return to neighborhood schools, more sidewalks.
5 106694 Block off a block downtown to vehicular traffic.
5 106693 More concerts.
5 106692 Recycle/reuse residential and commercial buildings to prevent urban sprawl.
5 106691 Promotion of villages; mix of commercial, residential, parks within walking distance.
5 106690 A 24 hour or late night orientation for more businesses.
5 106689 Attract large business and promote small business to provide living wage job opportunities.
5 106688 Protect water and natural beauty for residents and tourists.
5 106687 Taking advantage of historical theatres downtown to make downtown more of an entertainment venue.
5 106686 A vision combining environment and commerce/technology.
5 106668 Keep government regulations as far away from business as possible.
5 106684 More progressive and aggressive school systems, smaller schools and classrooms.
5 106669 Unified metropolitan government.
5 106682 Better planning and more control over construction, more grass, saving old buildings.
5 106680 Better sense of communication.
5 106678 Kingston Pike; better aesthetics, sidewalks, bury powerlines, more trees.
5 106677 Better integration; racially, economically, socially starting with downtown.
5 106676 Fine arts center that is accessible from downtown.
5 106675 Build infrastructure, the right government, education, transportation and revenues.
5 106674 Regulating billboards, sign ordinance.
5 106673 Redevelop areas downtown and outside downtown.
5 106672 More grassroots from the bottom up.
5 106671 Protect neighborhood boundaries "do no further harm."
5 106679 Community groups should network to take care of the area.
5 106685 A regional master plan with an urban growth boundary and a master plan for downtown done
by a design professional.
5 106681 Clearing house for community information.
6 106705 Focus for downtown/waterfront entertainment and activities.
6 106714 A wired community with no digital divide.
6 106713 More inclusive communities with acceptance for other cultures, religions.
6 106712 Inner city and rural schools remodeled and same standards as those in suburbs.
6 106711 Railway system that connects surrounding major city.
6 106710 Affordable, independent living centers.
6 106697 A healthy environment; clean air and water.
6 106706 Community-based health care services for all ages.
6 106717 Same higher educational standards taught in all counties in the region.
6 106704 Green parks with native plants in every neighborhood.
6 106703 Sidewalks and bike trails and lanes.
6 106702 Support education financially and with partnerships in the community.
6 106701 Community-wide vision with guiding principle of how we can best serve the next generation.
6 106700 Livable wage for everyone.
6 106699 Sustainable community development.
6 106698 A more balanced planning and development process; with citizen involvement, environmental balance, community-based.
6 106708 Strong incentives for small businesses.
6 106724 Beautiful neighborhoods with nature walks and enforced restrictions.
6 106733 Stricter controls over visual pollution; towers, billboards.
6 106732 With every new road or road improvement, add sidewalks or bike lanes.
6 106731 Bike lanes on major roads with trails that connect greenways and parks; encouraging environmentally friendly transportation.
6 106730 Better public transportation for handicapped and all others; city and county.
6 106729 Comprehensive regional transportation/accessibility system; light rail, bus, sidewalks, and greenways.
6 106728 No visual or noise pollution.
6 106727 Clean downtown; looking better, beautification standards for businesses, cleanliness enforced for aesthetic reasons.
6 106715 Become more of a community a partner.
6 106725 No trash along highways; enforce restrictions.
6 106716 Encourage people to be nicer to one another.
6 106723 Truck by-pass loop further out than 640.
6 106722 More money to schools for equipment and supplies.
6 106721 Children's safety first; schools need sidewalks or must provide buses.
6 106720 Develop series of regional gardens; including conservatory, auditorium and amphitheater.
6 106719 UT strip made into pedestrian mall; develop the area with shops, cafes, parking, etc.
Re-route traffic to make this happen.
6 106718 Take pride in our historical, cultural, and topographical resources.
6 106707 Develop areas of mixed income housing across river from UT, beyond morningside park area.
6 106726 Maintain older neighborhoods.
6 106709 Enforce auto responsibility by requiring emissions testing and mandatory insurance.
8 106023 Attract and nurture information and technology industry.
8 106034 Better long-term zoning.
8 106033 Bring the bookmobile back.
8 106031 Re-think and restructure automobile transportation and parking.
8 106030 Offer the best education possible in the public schools.
8 106029 Expand the use of Lakeshore Park to include retirement home.
8 106028 Have a clear, concise picture of industry and our identity.
8 106027 Rewrite sign ordinances to reduce eye pollution.
8 106026 Make city parks more inviting and have more bike trails.
8 106035 Implement auto emission controls.
8 106024 Connect and extend greenways.
8 106021 Uplift the declining neighborhoods and better police protection; need funding to rehabilitate and upgrade housing.
8 106022 Reuse existing light rail service for the Nine County region focused on downtown Knoxville/airport/Smokies (monorail through the cities and up to the Smokies).
8 106049 Increase dialogue/planning between city and UT to improve communication and reduce conflict.
8 106020 More and better recognition of our historical sites in the Nine Counties.
8 106019 Preserve our older neighborhoods and buildings -- reuse instead of tearing down.
8 106018 Improve public transportation (make more desirable to use).
8 106017 Reconsider metropolitan government for Knox County.
8 106016 Access to Smokies without going through all the shopping -- without harming the area.
8 106015 Clean up litter: education, enforcement, recyclables.
8 106025 Reduce water pollution.
8 106055 Huge butterfly house (like at Calloway Gardens).
8 106036 Limit signage on beautiful scenic highways.
8 106050 Get the politics out of Chamber Partnership: leadership and vision need to be more inclusive and representative.
8 106051 Independent funding of the Chamber -- not government.
8 106057 Publicize McCluns genealogy center.
8 106056 Limit how much UT hospitals can take over Fort Sanders.
8 106054 Accessible funding for housing stock rehabilitation, particularly for low-to-moderate income families.
8 106053 Trees, shrubs, and flowers everywhere.
8 106048 Smaller neighborhood public schools -- smaller enrollment.
8 106047 Reduce air pollution from all sources.
8 106046 Eliminate homelessness.
8 106014 More sidewalks.
8 106045 More community centers.
8 106038 Revitalize downtown Knoxville.
8 106039 Revitalize the Dogwood Arts Festival.
8 106037 Enforce speeding and other traffic safety laws.
8 106052 More festive areas and occasions throughout region/county.
8 106040 Know your neighbors -- increase interaction in neighborhoods.
8 106041 Improve the efficiency of our county and municipal governments.
8 106042 Get the derelict retail areas cleaned up and thriving -- such as Central Avenue and areas that attract crime and decay.
8 106043 Industrial redevelopment of the North-South band of property between Coster Shops and downtown Knoxville.
8 106044 Safe, non-alcoholic activities for young people (under 20).
9 106752 More money in schools; identify and support gifted students, don't short change our more promising students. Allocations of where money is spent needs to be evaluated.
9 106758 Coordinate economic development efforts within Knox city and surrounding counties.
9 106754 Greater understanding of the segments in our towns and regions.
9 106755 Develop walkways and sidewalks and greenways interconnecting neighborhoods; require
this in future development plans.
9 106756 Develop a cultural center for regional non-profits and art organizations to share ideas, expenses, resources.
9 106757 Performing arts center.
9 106753 Standardization of resources for all schools in region.
9 106759 Develop regional Vs national manufacturing plants to minimize transportation requirements.
9 106760 Improve adult education.
9 106761 Bury powerlines.
9 106764 Improve recycling.
9 106763 Better care facilities for senior citizens that utilize resources for efficiently.
9 106751 Reroute truck traffic to avoid downtown.
9 106736 More higher paying professional jobs in region.
9 106762 Limit telecommunication towers.
9 106742 More park and recreational areas within walking distance.
9 106765 Saturday morning pix-it classes.
9 106734 Develop regional mass transit system.
9 106735 Noise abatement system; program for highways of 4 lanes and greater, place strict noise limits, future planning and implantation.
9 106737 Respect neighborhoods, especially older, no more road expansion at expense of neighborhoods/parking lots.
9 106743 Support development of our cultural and natural, environmental resources for availability of our citizens and visitors.
9 106738 Buy greenbelt areas and parks and protect areas from over-develop.
9 106740 More activities for teenagers, especially on weekends.
9 106750 Get creative with public schools.
9 106744 Litter and billboard control.
9 106745 Insure vision from this process transcends present and future teachers and fully supportable by region.
9 106746 Develop a planned growth policy.
9 106747 Develop small schools and invest more money including teacher salaries, materials, etc..
9 106748 Implement and improve checks and balance relationships between citizens and developers; weigh costs/benefits beyond economic and short term.
9 106749 Regional government with policy powers to handle interjurisdictional matters.
9 106739 Protect Smoky Mountains and rivers; protect boundaries such as Townsend, etc.
9 106741 Develop and promote center city including performing arts venues.
10 106786 Better land use; planning site design which preserves natural environment limits on population growth. Stabilize population; greenways and blueways alternative energy sources. Limit ridge-top development.
10 106778 Amtrak connection of NC, GA, VA, KY and SC to Knoxville.
10 106780 Realize responsibility as stewards to the great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Appalachian ecosystem.
10 106781 Greater anti-littering awareness and enforcement and clean-up.
10 106782 Preservation of historic and sacred buildings, sites and communities.
10 106783 Superb affordable health care.
10 106785 Sidewalks and greenways, bike trails, pocket parks throughout community.
10 106777 I would like to see this area fashion itself as a model for our whole country, in it's attitude of responsibility toward achieving economic, environmental, educational and social balance and promoting humanity in the new millennium.
10 106787 Better facilities for homeless and mentally ill with a regional mental health infrastructure throughout the 9 counties.
10 106788 Better educational and social services for youth.
10 106789 New building and sign height restrictions; possible parking underground.
10 106790 Stop clear cutting to build homes or anything.
10 106791 Minimize impervious surfaces.
10 106792 Curbside regional recycling.
10 106784 Capitalize and utilize resources at Oak Ridge and UT for innovative mass-transit solutions such as alternative fuels, non-traditional services and intelligent transportation systems.
10 106768 We need better land use planning; a community based planning/long term.
10 106779 Encouraging parental interaction involvement to improve the education process for both children and adults.
10 106767 Getting communities to realize the "real" costs of development i.e.; environmental, fiscal, social, etc..
10 106776 Development of inexpensive public transportation geared to all citizens, but especially the elderly. To areas that have facilities for entertainment, shopping, education, health care..whatever.
10 106769 To deter any development adjacent to our waterways and to maintain healthy riparian buffer.
10 106770 A great education for K-12 with emphasis on character development and academics.
10 106771 Universal transportation system that joins all 9 counties and drastically reduces air pollution, enables children and adults and senior citizens the flexibility and freedom to get where they want and need to go; safely, economically and fast.
10 106772 Remove all billboards.
10 106773 Diversified economy that encourages entrepreneurial activity.
10 106774 More options in alternative transportation; less roads, less pavement, less negative impact on water resources. Park and ride system that utilizes empty church parking lots, rail transits between cities. Emphasize pedestrian friendly.
10 106775 Preservation of urban forests and regional land cover..let this be the reason for re-establishing small neighborhood communities where goods and services are within safe walking or biking distance at the same time inhibiting urban sprawl.
10 106766 Take some main roads and turn them into parkways; removal of telephone poles, planting of trees and shrubbery in mediums.
11 106130 Encourage urban areas to not turn their backs to rivers and creeks.
11 106136 Better enforcement of environment building and community health codes.
11 106135 Eliminate litter.
11 106134 Develop a plan to eliminate billboards.
11 106133 Encourage voter turnout.
11 106132 Preserve the region's cultural heritage.
11 106137 Beautiful urban spaces throughout our counties.
11 106138 Increase the diversity of our urban areas; replace surface parking lots with buildings.
11 106131 Transportation network to accommodate local, regional and pass through.
11 106122 Improve air quality by reducing fossil fuel emission.
11 106095 Every child has parents who read and write well enough to hold a job.
11 106115 Develop greenways and parks with nature, plants, trees, and flowers which are available and accessible.
11 106116 Testing of teachers for subject knowledge and harder tenure requirements.
11 106117 See us adopt sustainable development principles in order to preserve our rural resources by curbing suburban sprawl development.
11 106118 Provide incentives to attract families to move downtown: for example, schools, parks, children's discovery center, day care.
11 106119 Provide adequate health options for senior citizens.
11 106140 Create an art in public places ordinance that utilizes the talents of regional artists.
11 106121 Revitalize downtown Knoxville by increasing the variety of activities and services.
11 106098 Governments working together from Anderson to unify counties toward to future for the people of the region.
11 106123 Collaborate among nonprofits to eliminate duplication of services.
11 106124 Protect integrity of communities.
11 106125 Encourage development of sustainable interconnected neighborhoods.
11 106126 Emphasize heritage tourism.
11 106127 Create technology employment opportunities that will keep our young people from moving out of the area.
11 106128 Spread the social and cultural cost in addition to the economic expenses associated with our social service agencies evenly across the community.
11 106129 Achieve high water quality throughout the region.
11 106120 Create ways to encourage and protect agricultural land usage.
11 106114 Expand our school system to include technical schools to train our citizens to fill jobs.
11 106105 Create a light rail network among the communities within the Nine Counties and a hub in Knoxville with Amtrak.
11 106106 Create serious alternative transportation corridors for bikes, walkers, and anyone other than people who drive cars.
11 106107 Revitalize local governmental structures including utilities.
11 106108 A fair, adequate, and responsive elastic and responsive tax.
11 106109 Region-wide recycling and waste exchange program.
11 106110 Develop the World's Fair Site as a destination site.
11 106111 Create facilities and capacity for a continuous learning opportunity for the people.
11 106096 Eliminate the racial divide that currently exists in our community.
11 106113 Develop a regional growth plan.
11 106097 Honor the heritage in history of the region but encourage an open community.
11 106103 Break the services of public participation in our local governments by building a series of internet-based public communication forums which are accessible to all citizens.
11 106102 Better pay for teachers and policemen to keep and attract better qualified personnel.
11 106101 Good schools that are well-planned, diverse, and offer activities of community interest year-round.
11 106100 Encourage business development from within. Employ our own citizens.
11 106104 All cities should adopt a historic building code.
11 106099 Preserve and protect our natural environment for our families and our future.
11 106139 Restructure interstate signage so we will know what there is to see in the communities.
11 106112 A willingness to invest publicly in education.
11 106141 Lessen traffic congestion by improving major roads, developing mass transit, and improving land use.
12 105958 Make it local to call all 9 counties.
12 105953 Develop programs similar to the Jobs Partnerships to mentor and integrate immigrants into the community.
12 105952 Clean up the downtown riverfront and make it more inviting.
12 105951 Unify Knoxville and Knox County government.
12 105950 Require trucks to drive in the right lane.
12 105947 Mass transit from Knoxville to Smokies.
12 105949 Foster association through school, church, media for better than low-paying service and retail jobs.
12 105948 Develop a centralized high-tech area.
12 105955 Ensure that our area remains scenic by making more large areas of farmland and forest off-limits to development.
12 105960 Foster Cooperation between schools, civic organizations, and churches to work on community.
12 105957 Improve access to health care (physical, mental) for rural residents.
12 105956 Initiate a tree ordinance.
12 105954 Charge to access Smokies and state parks.
12 105959 Develop a world-class attraction, such as a living museum of American History or Music.
12 105937 Create parks.
12 105932 Neighborhood revitalization through housing rehabilitation.
12 105933 Focus on transforming downtown Knoxville into viable regional center.
12 105934 Extend I-75 Northward to alleviate (to bypass city).
12 105935 Be thoughtful and more sparing in use of the car.
12 105936 Build major art center in downtown Knoxville, with sufficient parking facilities.
12 105939 Public transportation in and around the Nine Counties for people of all ages.
12 105940 Form a 9 County alliance to work together on industry recruitment and area development.
12 105941 Increase expenditure per pupil in order to improve standard of primary and secondary education.
12 105942 Mass transportation (rail) connecting large southern communities.
12 105943 Create a series of sidewalks and greenways that connect all of Knoxville.
12 105944 Reduce pollution in Smokies: non-polluting bus system in the National Park.
12 105945 Improve view of Knoxville from interstate -- fewer billboards and more landscaping.
12 105946 In 15 years, see community as a nurturing environment for all children.
12 105938 Bury utility lines.
13 106812 Install treadle traffic lights.
13 106811 Encourage planning that respects environment.
13 106810 Embrace life time learning from birth to grave.
13 106808 Attract large employers to utilize skilled labor in area and highly trained individuals.
13 106807 Strict enforcement of environmental regulations-region-wide environmental; clean up and preservation.
13 106806 pedestrian walking, biking trails, greenways linking whole city and surrounding counties.
13 106809 Incentives to use existing buildings, including housing, instead of constructing new or tearing
down old.
13 106821 Save House Mountain.
13 106829 Regional transportation hub-air and train.
13 106828 Lottery.
13 106827 Use state street justice center site for residential development.
13 106826 Major performing arts center.
13 106825 Ban monopolies.
13 106824 Create relationship between industry, government and education.
13 106817 Preserve architectural integrity of downtown through renovation of existing structures.
13 106822 More useable parks.
13 106813 Repair downtown.
13 106820 Preservation of historic Bill Meyers Baseball Stadium as home for youth and amateur baseball and possibly concerts.
13 106816 Reduce territoriisum of county and municipal governments.
13 106819 Support growth of existing and start-up businesses.
13 106805 Worldwide superior education through utilizing all means.
13 106815 Remove billboards.
13 106814 Increase the importance of arts in education and funding to arts organizations.
13 106823 None-regressive taxation.
13 106794 More city wide festivities to bring sense of community to Knoxville.
13 106804 Economic development attract businesses to open major points of presence.
13 106818 Local government and quasi-government consolidation with excellent qualified concerned
and committed officials.
13 106793 Provide expanded non-denominational services for the homeless; food, shelter, and health
services.
13 106795 Expanded, safe, free public transportation for those in need.
13 106796 Better traffic light synchronization.
13 106797 Reconfigure and localize neighborhoods to accommodate neighborhood centers.
13 106802 Provide adequate education funding.
13 106803 Enhance downtown parks with weight machines, sand volleyball, etc.
13 106798 Establish forward reaching comprehensive municipal plans.
13 106801 Encourage racial, economic and age integration diversity.
13 106800 Control growth of development and suburban sprawl.
13 106799 Improve schools.
14 106075 Develop Knoxville as center for hosting family reunions.
14 106084 Blue ways -- kayak and canoe access and designated trails along major waterways.
14 106083 Establish connector between UT hospital and Baptist hospital via Cherokee Trail.
14 106082 Encourage less dependence on autos including relief of vehicle congestion in Sevier County.
14 106081 Tax incentives to improve the look of vacant land.
14 106080 More concern about impact of population growth on environment.
14 106079 Support TVA green power program.
14 106076 Paint murals on Holston gas tanks across from downtown.
14 106077 Encourage ethnic, cultural, and economic diversity in every neighborhood and community activity.
14 106073 Change Knoxville slogan -- "Knoxville, an Early American Frontier City."
14 106072 Revitalize downtown as the national center of Appalachian art, crafts, and cultural heritage.
14 106085 Eliminate billboards and limit other outdoor advertising structures -- no upward lights.
14 106092 Unify city/county governments of Knoxville/Knox County.
14 106074 Use our heritage as a redevelopment tool for downtown Knoxville and other downtown's inn the region.
14 106078 Raise educational standards at all levels -- spend the necessary money.
14 106094 Make residential neighborhoods pedestrian, including waterways -- reduce auto volume and speed.
14 106841 Build on blue grass music as a theme festival/event.
14 106842 Fair taxation of developers to support county infrastructure. Make an understandable plan for
development including growth boundaries, tightening towns.
14 106843 Clean up the air.
14 106844 Unify city and county government.
14 106845 Maintain traffic engineering for good traffic flow.
14 106846 New idea for public housing so it is less concentrated in one community.
14 106090 Shift freight on trucks to railways.
14 106848 Create a monorail and electric bus transportation system with incentive for use.
14 106086 Social welfare networks that provide a continuum of care for all in need of emphasis on the child.
14 106093 Support tax reform.
14 106063 Rapid transit that could connect counties with downtown and each other.
14 106091 Make Alcoa Highway safe.
14 106071 Build a region-wide network of interconnected greenways for biking/walking in a natural setting.
14 106089 More assisted living for low-income seniors.
14 106088 Natural trail along river downtown and upstream.
14 106087 Make Tennessee River a place for swimming and clean up the air.
14 106847 After school programs; more cooperation between county schools and churches to provide after school summer programs.
14 106838 Keep Knoxville beautiful, have every road coming into Knoxville. Have gardens and flowers and don't ruin the space along the TN river.
14 106065 Create a more physically attractive city -- develop a plan to create more parks and walking trains.
14 106830 Pay teachers competitive, professional salaries; equalized across the region.
14 106854 Beautify Cumberland Avenue.
14 106855 Devise a way that local agencies can better communicate their projects and plans.
14 106856 Mandatory bottle bills to force better waste management, increase recycling.
14 106832 Affordable, good, solid housing downtown.
14 106839 Restore the historic nature of downtown.
14 106058 Develop our museums, historical, and cultural resources throughout the region, including cooperative marketing and transportation.
14 106837 Plan construction projects in succession and complete prior projects to initiate a new project.
14 106836 Equal access to highest quality education, health care and support services in 9 county region. Especially transportation for elders.
14 106835 Full-time, paid arts, cultural, music and physical education teachers in all schools.
14 106834 Entice and bring high paying, professional jobs/companies to the area.
14 106840 Focus on education, better pay and raising scores. Stop cutting down trees especially Westwood, keep beautifying Knoxville.
14 106833 Development of central city as approved to continue suburban development and urban sprawl.
14 106857 Encourage widespread decision making and less of good-ol-boy network.
14 106060 Recycling program that is mandatory and easy -- curbside pickup with labeled containers.
14 106069 Work to be a "steward" of the park rather than exploiter.
14 106068 Buffer zone around Smokey National Park.
14 106067 Preserve green spaces and natural resources -- for hiking.
14 106066 Discourage strip development.
14 106064 New and wider roads.
14 106831 Economic and educational development for low income individuals.
14 106061 Renovate old or vacant buildings to end urban sprawl.
14 106070 Get ride of junk cares, eyesores.
14 106059 School systems promote the best.
14 106849 Set up incentives, evaluations and measurements to encourage collaboration between UT, city and county governments and private sector corporations and encourage inter-generational boards.
14 106850 Adopt and implement a downtown development plan to encourage concerns Vs confrontation between stake holders.
14 106851 Promote programs between schools to encourage common purpose; after school projects like clean up and beatification projects.
14 106852 Make Market Square look old like it used to be-not modern.
14 106853 Traffic-do something about it.
14 106062 Innovate programs that would bring people back into the city/downtown, such as free parking and other incentives.
15 106880 Higher standards for public education.
15 106871 Sustainable development.
15 106858 Limit development in Townsend and traffic in the Smokies.
15 106859 More cooperation and less competition across the board.
15 106860 More elementary schools, lower teacher/pupil ratio.
15 106861 Disincentives for suburban sprawl.
15 106862 Develop summer camps for 11-15 year olds.
15 106863 Religion in schools and region.
15 106864 Enforce littering laws.
15 106865 One comprehensive social services resource center.
15 106866 Preserving integrity of our outdoors.
15 106867 Pedestrian walking and greenways.
15 106868 Comprehensive public transportation system-region wide.
15 106882 Significant improvement in % of students graduating from high schools.
15 106870 Create a feeling of safety in our community.
15 106884 Develop a comprehensive and participating, planning board.
15 106872 Region wide business and industrialization.
15 106873 Restrict the loss of open lands.
15 106874 Establish and economic development academy at UTK using Ball State University as a model.
15 106875 Preserve Ft. Sanders through tax advantages and historic overlay.
15 106876 Safe greenways, bikeways, blueways.
15 106877 Curbside recycling.
15 106878 More schools with higher paid teachers.
15 106879 Uniform zoning/building codes region.
15 106881 Eco-regional planning.
15 106883 Region wide tourism promo board.
15 106869 Spirit of cooperation between Knox county and Knoxville.
16 106897 The most dense network of greenways in our country for our region connecting green spaces and for use as alternative transportation.
16 106891 Demonstrate respect for the beauty of the area such as concern for trash, billboards, signs, sprawl also historical sites and buildings.
16 106899 Demonstration of growth and control of the developments in Knox County to prevent over loading the schools.
16 106900 Sidewalks.
16 106898 Unified city and county government for Knox County.
16 106896 Elevated monorail on existing road systems.
16 106895 Entertainment sources for the teenage population.
16 106894 Reinvent the concept of small community living; cultural diversity, range of financial investments, variety of affordable housing, mass transit, community centers and providing local business opportunities.
16 106902 Sidewalks and bike lanes everywhere.
16 106892 Use sustainability as a measuring stick for change.
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16 106903 Efficient school system with up-to-date technology that blends with business, government
and community.
16 106890 Keep talking and thinking together to consider the larger picture; imaginative, inclusive,
tolerant and diverse.
16 106889 Do whatever we can to save our land and use what we have already existing.
16 106888 Schools that encourage creativity and inquisitiveness as opposed to the focus on
standardized testing.
16 106887 Minimizing the notion of prosperity.
16 106886 Revitalization of downtown's; away from the mall and strip mall mentality.
16 106885 Fast, efficient, local transportation.
16 106893 Focus on using existing buildings to make it attractive for industry, cultural and residential uses.
16 106910 Instill in our region a sense of our culture and heritage which is unique and wonderful.
16 106918 Good public school programs for required environmental education.
16 106917 Take advantage of work potential of incarcerated population for community service projects.
16 106916 World-class university where academic excellence is the standard.
16 106915 Put all telephone, cable, utility lines underground.
16 106914 Get a handle on the developers.
16 106913 Actual public participation in government-dialogue.
16 106901 Make the region a racism-free zone.
16 106911 Encouragement to limit the population explosion.
16 106919 Develop our regional voice for leverage in government and for regional principles/standards.
16 106909 Reintroduce physical education, arts and culture in our schools to lead to appreciation in these areas for students.
16 106908 An attraction for the region focusing on the attributes of the area specifically a botanical center and children's museum.
16 106907 Equitable, efficient tax structure.
16 106906 Clean air and clean water for all living things.
16 106905 Affordable, alternative, long-term care for elderly.
16 106904 Student exchange programs within the region; inner city kids and rural kids exchanging to bridge racial, social gap through cross-cultural exchange.
16 106912 Resurgence of the use of the railroads within region and to reach outside the region.
17 106924 Regular public forum meetings.
17 106932 More public places (pocket parks) that encourage recreation, visiting and gathering for all types of people.
17 106943 Clean environment.
17 106926 Equalize resources (educational and economic).
17 106941 Rail between Knoxville and Serveirville to ease the seasonal employment problem.
17 106940 Free parking downtown.
17 106939 Multi-use of public facilities as community centers.
17 106938 Greater concern for healthcare and facilities for the elderly.
17 106937 Outer connector between I-75 and I-40 to re-route pollution.
17 106936 Make the training of our youth a shared community priority.
17 106935 Protect, preserve and revitalize downtown.
17 106945 Minimize garbage through education; tax incentives for businesses to use recyclable packaging or containers.
17 106933 Bring back life to downtown; create an atmosphere that is pedestrian friendly.
17 106944 Effective mass transportation connecting all 9-counties; several hubs. Appropriate scale; major hub at coster shop site.
17 106931 Protect diversity of life forms.
17 106930 Foster creation of a citizens environmental resources council to review and support environmentally sensitive development.
17 106929 Preserve and enhance the regional natural environment through education, legislation and appropriation.
17 106928 Inter-county government (cooperation among the governments).
17 106927 Mass transit.
17 106925 Regulate and remove cell phone towers.
17 106923 Create an annual 9-county culture and humanities festival that highlights the unique character of each county.
17 106922 Excellent schools and an outstanding university.
17 106921 Raise standard of living for all citizens in region.
17 106920 Preserve landscape we all enjoy.
17 106934 Reassess our strengths to better use our human, physical and natural resources.
17 106959 Learn from mistakes of the past.
17 106942 More community based mental health services.
17 106960 Curb urban sprawl through actively planning new growth of population areas.
17 106946 Place utility lines underground instead of cutting down trees.
17 106958 Sidewalks and bike paths to and from shopping centers.
17 106957 Ensure that vision take into account the needs of the elderly.
17 106956 Establish agreements and procedures to minimize tree disfiguration when trimming by utility companies is necessary.
17 106955 Foster an attitude of decentralization of goods and services.
17 106954 Encourage e-commerce for small businesses.
17 106952 Recycle or retrofit historical structures for new use instead of raising them.
17 106951 Diminish digital divide by establishing free computer centers in low-income communities.
17 106950 Create identity that preserves natural beauty of the area as a part of business tourism and quality of life.
17 106949 Enact and enforce laws to minimize pollution.
17 106948 Minimize visual pollution; standardize graphics.
17 106947 Listen to and include individuals who reside and own small businesses downtown in the process of revitalization downtown.
17 106953 Encourage community-based economics and self sufficiency.
17 106961 Tour bus parking downtown.
18 107009 Residential built on proposed state street, justice center construction site.
18 107000 Protect Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
18 107001 Expand nature center and forks of the river wildlife management.
18 107003 Children's discovery museum downtown/planetarium.
18 107004 Relocate Holston gas and tank farm away from downtown.
18 107005 No downtown parking for more than two dollars a day.
18 107006 Improving residential internet access.
18 106983 Get rid of urban strip malls; Kingston Pike.
18 107007 Environmentally sustainable economic growth.
18 107008 Adopt urban growth boundary, designate rural area and enforce.
18 107010 Intake center not justice center.
18 107002 National chains must renovate an existing building to locate here.
18 106999 More progress on reduce, reuse and recycle.
18 106967 Consolidate Knox city/Co. government.
18 106977 Paved greenway trails connecting from Knoxville to Townsend, Oak Ridge and Gatlinburg.
18 106976 Most of crime money to be spent on preservation with very young children.
18 106974 Focus on fostering multicultural and multi-age communities; creating events like storytelling events, etc.
18 106972 More sidewalks and bike paths going to neighborhood parks.
18 106971 Slow down rapid destruction of beauty of this area. Some land maintained that is natural.
18 106970 Finding a way to fund school extras where parents can't afford to.
18 106978 Don't try to make Knoxville a big city.
18 106968 Public transportation between all counties to share jobs, shopping, entertainment.
18 106975 Stricter zoning to help business and residential areas completely separate.
18 106985 Clean up TN Holston, Pigeon, Little, Clinch, French Broad, especially upstream from Knox County.
18 106966 World class tourism destination gardens; English, French and Japanese.
18 106998 Consider reducing set backs on streets.
18 106965 Get over mindset that low taxes are good. Taxes should reelect money we earn and what we want to pay for.
18 106964 More quality public schools in safe walking distance of neighborhoods.
18 106963 Regional and neighborhood recreation centers. Parks and central areas that would foster small businesses to provide for people's needs in walking or biking distance.
18 106962 Passenger train service regionally and to Chattanooga, Atlanta, Nashville, Asheville, Raleigh, Lexington and Charleston and the airport.
18 106969 Attract more companies that pay a livable wage.
18 106991 stricter traffic code or present code enforced.
18 106997 Village style communities based on what people want, net developers, and sidewalks.
18 106996 Master plan for redevelopment of downtown.
18 106995 Year round schools.
18 106994 Something similar to the Bart in San Francisco that you can park you r car and ride.
18 106973 Tax credits/waivers and revolving loans for historic building renovations.
18 106992 Better funding for schools.
18 106979 Transportation accessibility for poor and elderly.
18 106990 Facilitate downtown residential and commercial development.
18 106989 Develop canoeing blueways on French Broad, Holston River with put ins, take outs and canoe camping area.
18 106981 Promote other role models of success besides athletes.
18 106993 Stop funds for unnecessary new bridge at UT. Use money for other purposes at UT.
18 106980 More affordable housing.
18 106988 Funding for programs that aid children and families in crisis.
18 106982 Effective sign control including replace of law that permits highway landscape clearing.
18 106984 Promoting arts/entertainment at reasonable prices.
18 106986 Support and encourage local theatre, local music and local artisan.
18 106987 Build more public libraries with internet connections.
19 107043 Establish a system or quality measurements and process improvement for teachers and the education system.
19 107040 To require developers to pay for the negative impacts that they produce through their development .
19 107049 Bottle bill deposits.
19 107048 Charging for parking at the mall.
19 107047 Attract a more diverse population.
19 107046 Build a high quality children's museum.
19 107045 Work on affordable housing.
19 107044 Adopt a Santa Barbara parking model. (90 minutes of free parking downtown.)
19 107050 Less roads. Be less dependent on automobile transportation.
19 107017 To improve the quality of education in our public schools.
19 107025 More efficient in our region, not just interstates.
19 107023 Not only make this area a center for the arts but to extend them to the whole community.
19 107042 curbside recycles/trash pick up fees.
19 107021 Encourage volunteerism; through an organized effort.
19 107020 Unify our city and county government.
19 107026 Encourage movement into the existing neighborhoods.
19 107018 To educate ourselves of the need for a revised state tax structure.
19 107024 More linear parks, greenways, residential parks and open green spaces.
19 107016 Give every child a fair start.
19 107015 The university to become a leader in the area.
19 107014 Improve the public transportation system in Knoxville.
19 107013 Region become an arts center.
19 107012 Encourage compact growth to occur within the city.
19 107011 Twenty four activity center in downtown Knoxville.
19 107019 Limit residential development in the west, east, north and south.
19 107036 Encourage businesses, and neighborhoods to improve their existing facilities and grounds.
19 107041 Increase funding for schools to level out funding discrepancies through schools.
19 107039 Have better MPC control and don't let developers drive the system.
19 107022 Encourage smaller neighborhood with ell lit streets and sidewalks.
19 107037 Find and recruit desirable businesses and industries to enable folks to remain in this region.
19 107027 To redevelop downtown Knoxville.
19 107035 Recognize the impact or aesthetics of the economy on the quality of life.
19 107034 Increase foot traffic and shopping in the downtown area.
19 107028 Light rail regional.
19 107032 Make higher education a top priority.
19 107031 Build a river trail.
19 107030 Preserve our history.
19 107029 Sidewalks!
19 107033 Offer green power as an option to subscribers.
19 107038 Better control of pollution through parks and greenways.
20 107085 Large center city park with a botanical and or butterfly garden.
20 107086 Have competition to improve the city within one year.
20 107087 Free tuition at UT for regional residents with B average maintained and a half year community service for one year tuition.
20 107088 Bring real trolleys back to downtown Knoxville.
20 107089 Adoption and enforcement of a historical building code e3xpecially in Ft. Sanders.
20 107090 Eliminate as many billboards as can.
20 107056 Encourage and support city government and large residential community downtown CBID.
20 107084 Take advantage of VOL fans by having something for them to do while waiting that appeals to them; theater showing "highlights", covered and indoor. Something for each person. A bookstore for people who don't want to go to the game.
20 107092 Community bulletin board website.
20 107091 Have a coordinated or unified East TN. United way.
20 107059 Improve the public education system.
20 107058 Improve the methods of getting community problems to the public.
20 107065 Restore and revitalize downtown Knoxville, with attractions, shopping, restaurants, theaters, museums and parks.
20 107064 Have a community that recognizes, accepts and celebrates cultural ethnic diversity.
20 107063 Recapture 50's Gay street with angle short term parking.
20 107062 Preserve the resources we already have; restore buildings, maintain green space for public good.
20 107067 Have shoulders on highways where you can walk or ride a bike;.
20 107060 Provide an adequate range of mental health care services for people in our region.
20 107068 Reduce the authority of the MFC and the PBA and allow citizens to vote on zoning changes and large projects using taxpayer money.
20 107057 Strengthen neighborhoods with sidewalks, parks and activity centers.
20 107055 Industrial truck traffic bypass local traffic areas.
20 107054 Create more high tech jobs as in other NC research areas.
20 107053 Finish the improvements to the highway system.
20 107052 City and county unification government.
20 107051 Get outside consultants to continue to meet to broaden the perspective.
20 107061 Form a school of field research for K-12.
20 107075 Create an Appalachian arts traditional performance center.
20 107082 Create more greenways and kids athletic fields in our region.
20 107081 Insist one area of highway construction to be finished before another is started.
20 107080 A pool of money for low interest , low down payment loans for downtown residences.
20 107079 Create a regional centrally located greenspace meeting area for various community, social
and entertaining events to replace world's fair parks.
20 107078 Create more bike trails as on unused railroad tracks.
20 107066 Improve the public transport.
20 107076 Create a "Race Tuesday"; take someone of another race to lunch.
20 107083 Create a 9 county light rail transportation system with multiple railheads at major attractions.
20 107074 Electric buses only in Cades Cove; no cars.
20 107073 Provide land within neighborhoods for gardening.
20 107072 Get Knoxville and Knox County to stop fighting and begin to work together to solve problems creatively.
20 107071 Celebrate diversity and work on specific ways of getting to know and appreciate each other.
20 107070 A more enhanced and positive relationship between law enforcement and public particularly in a downtown development situation.
20 107069 Provide more shelter for the homeless with out patient treatment for those homeless who are mentally ill.
20 107077 Preserve and protect the history of the region; old homes, buildings, etc.