City of Knoxville
Bill Haslam, Mayor
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Mike Ragsdale, Mayor

Monthly Archives: March 2010

Arnstein Jewish Community Center

March 24, 2010 – 4:35 pm

Overview & Takeaways
The neighborhood organizations representing the Kingston Hills and Kingston Woods neighborhoods held a meeting on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center. Bill Lyons, the City of Knoxville’s Senior Director of Policy & Communication, Jon Lawler, Director of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, David Arning of Southeastern Housing [...]

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Advisory Board meeting: Friday, March 26

March 24, 2010 – 10:19 am

The Ten-Year Plan Advisory Board meets quarterly. Members of the public are invited to attend.
The TYP AB is an advisory board. It offers guidance and acts as a sounding board, but does not act in a directive capacity. At every meeting, the TYP staff present a progress report. Click here to review those reports and [...]

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Teaberry Housing background

March 12, 2010 – 1:08 pm

Background: The Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
The Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (TYP) in Knoxville and Knox County is part of a national movement to end long-term or chronic homelessness. A person who is chronically homeless is, by HUD’s definition, a disabled individual who has been homeless for at least one year or [...]

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Updated: WBIR permanent supportive housing series

March 1, 2010 – 11:49 am

WBIR’s Alison Morrow is doing a series on residents of permanent supportive housing (PSH).
The first story ran on Friday, and you can watch it here.
Click here to watch the second story.
The idea behind this series is to give viewers a window into PSH, which is such a critical part of our community’s strategy to end [...]

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