DOWNTOWN NORTH REDEVELOPMENT

Fifth & Broadway Task Force Broadway, Central, Emory Place Small Area Plan I-275/Central Corridor Study Downtown North I-275 Corridor Redevelopment & Urban Renewal Plan SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 MEETING NOTES Redevelopment Director Bob Whetsel laid out the city’s short-term plans for improvements on part of North Central Street this fall at a Sept. 30, public meeting at the Knox County Health Department. Whetsel also provided a tentative timeline for other, long-term projects, in the city’s comprehensive effort to help residents and businesses transform the Downtown North Redevelopment Area into a thriving commercial and residential district. North Central is a key part of Downtown North, which is bounded by Depot Street to the south, I-275 to the west, Woodland Avenue on the North and Hall of Fame Drive to the east. The first order of business was a presentation of the city’s plan to re-stripe Central from Woodland Avenue to Baxter Avenue later this fall. Part of that four-block segment, Woodland to Oklahoma will also be repaved this fall while the remainder will be repaved next year. VIEW NEWS RELEASE 09/30/08 Improvements Plan Revealed 09/30/08 Re-Striping Plan [PDF] 09/30/08 Meeting Presentation [PDF] JULY 8, 2008 MEETING NOTES 07/08/08 Meeting Agenda [PDF] 07/08/08 Meeting Presentation [PDF] 07/08/08 Press Release [PDF] 07/08/08 Meeting Notes View Comments About Downtown North Redevelopment Bob Whetsel Director of Redevelopment bwhetsel@cityofknoxville.org Room 656, City County Building 865-215-2543 Fax: 865-215-3035 The Mayor & City Council have identified the opportunity to create a “Downtown North” commercial and residential district. The goal is to create an integrated mixed use area with visual, pedestrian, vehicular and land use connections working together to capitalize on the revitalization of Downtown Knoxville and her historic near north neighborhoods. This vision evolved as an outcome of the Fifth & Broadway Task Force in late 2006 and was further developed in the Broadway, Central, Emory Place Small Area Plan and the I-275/Central Corridor Study published by MPC in 2007. In the same year KCDC working from the ideas presented in these plans adopted the Downtown North I-275 Corridor Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan and created a redevelopment area by the same name. All of these plans were endorsed by the Mayor and adopted by City Council. Downtown North can generally be described as the area formed by Depot Avenue to the south, I-275 to the west, Woodland Ave to the north and Hall of Fame Dr to the east. It includes the intersection and corridors of N. Broadway & N. Central from Depot to Woodland. Among its many assets are Emory Place, Old Grey Cemetery, Happy Hollow, Fourth & Gill and Old North Knoxville Historic districts. The adopted redevelopment district which is smaller in size attempts to be inclusive of the commercial areas and exclusive of the residential areas.