Monday, May 14th, Town Hall Meeting

Town Hall Meets April 9

Fountain City Town Hall has a full slate lined up for its April 9 general membership meeting. The evening will feature entertainment by the Central High A Capella Choir, an opportunity for community input on whether the city should hand over operation of the Fountain City Recreation Center to the Fountain City Ball Park Commission, and a panel discussion on the county's proposed Stormwater  ordinance.

On the panel will be three speakers from the Stormwater Advisory Committee: John Schoonmaker, president of West Knox County Council of Homeowners; Laura Cole, East Knox County farm owner and member of the East Knox County Community Action Committee; and Jamie Rowe, president of Tazewell Pike-Beverly Station Neighborhood Coalition. 

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike. Fountain City Town Hall is a nonprofit community organization whose mission is to help solve neighborhood issues and promote Fountain City and its heritage.

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Press Release – March 2, 2007

Neighborhood Meeting to Discuss Proposed Skateboard Park on Maple Dr.

Fountain City Town Hall has arranged a meeting with residents and property owners located near the east end of Maple Dr. at Knox Rd. to discuss a proposed skate park in that area.  The neighborhood meeting will be on Thursday, March 8, 2007, at Grace Community Church, 2001 Highland Dr. at 6:30 p.m.  The purpose of the meeting is to identify and discuss potential neighborhood concerns with the proposed skate (board) park.

The idea for a skate park in Fountain City came from discussions at the November 2006 Town Hall general membership meeting.  Subsequently, in January 2007 Town Hall held a community meeting to discuss the need for a park and potential issues.  Skateboarding has become a mainstream sport in the United States and around the world, just like soccer, baseball and basketball.  However, there is no safe, public facility available for area skaters to develop their skills; and Fountain City parents are driving their children hundreds of miles a year to the many skateboard parks that have been built in our region.

As a result of the January community meeting, a task force was created to evaluate sites to construct a local skate park and work with the Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department on implementation.  The task force identified a site on Knox Rd. at Maple Dr. (next to the bait shop) as the preferred site.  However, after City Engineering conducted surveys, it was determined that this site was not feasible because of floodway restrictions.  However, much of the land on the west side of First Creek off Maple Dr. is out of the floodway and could be utilized for a skateboard park.  This has now become the preferred site.

Before the community and the City can proceed further, it is important to have input and address issues that the property owners and residents from Maple Dr. may have.  There will be representatives at the meeting from City Parks and Recreation, Engineering, and the Police Department.  Members of City Council have also been invited.

Due to the enthusiasm demonstrated at the January meeting on the planned Fountain City Skatepark, the Town Hall meeting for February will be a follow-up meeting to discuss potential sites. The Skatepark Task Force, formed at the January meeting, will present their site evaluations to the general membership. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Join us!

For more information and background on the Fountain City Skatepark Task Force, please visit our News page.

All Fountain City Town Hall meetings unless otherwise noted are held in the Parish Hall at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike.

Fountain City Town Hall invites everyone to its February membership meeting to hear the results from the Skate Park Task Force formed at its January meeting. The task force was charged with evaluating sites to construct a local park for area skateboarders and work with the City Parks and Recreation Department on implementation. The two primary sites being evaluated are city-owned property on Knox Rd. at Maple Dr. and at Gresham Middle School. The meeting is at 7:00 p.m. on February 12th in the parish hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike.

Park Task Force. The meeting is at 7:00 p.m. on January 8, in the parish hall of the Church of the Good Shepherd, 5337 Jacksboro Pike.

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