October 4, 2010 – 11:32 am
[Note: This was originally distributed to City Council, County Commission, and the TYP Advisory Board as a stand-alone weekly update.] Knoxville City Council invited the Ten-Year Plan to a workshop last Thursday evening to discuss the TYP’s communications plan and to hear from Brad Greene, the systems engineering consultant who is helping to refine the [...]
September 27, 2010 – 9:21 am
1. Advisory Board meeting Friday, September 24 The most recent quarterly Ten-Year Plan Advisory Board met Friday, September 24 at 8am at the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office. The bulk of the meeting’s time was spent reviewing preliminary work on a statement of vision, mission, and values for the evolving Ten-Year Plan “version [...]
September 20, 2010 – 3:08 pm
1. Flenniken update Southeastern Housing Foundation has begun general clean-up work, including asbestos and lead abatement, at the old Flenniken School. All necessary permits have been issued, and the work is being carried out by a qualified contractor with decades of relevant experience. No construction activity will begin at Flenniken until after the appeal of [...]
September 13, 2010 – 1:46 pm
1. Low-Income Housing Tax Credits: Working with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency towards a favorable Qualified Allocation Plan 2. Community outreach update and invitation 3. Next public conversation happens September 22 4. Myths and Facts About the Ten Year Plan 5. Safety Center in the news 1. Low-Income Housing Tax Credits: Working with the Tennessee [...]
August 25, 2010 – 12:27 pm
1. Public Conversation #5 is tonight You are respectfully invited to the TYP’s fifth public conversation meeting. It will take place at the Cansler YMCA tonight, Wednesday, August 25 from 6-7pm and will address the topic of addiction treatment in the community as that treatment relates to the TYP. Hilde Phipps, Director of Adult Addiction [...]
August 17, 2010 – 10:45 am
1. Press last week: MetroPulse feature, News Sentinel editorial MetroPulse Frank N. Carlson wrote last week’s MetroPulse cover story about the TYP. It’s very well-crafted, thorough, and fair. We encourage you to take the time to read it and pass it on to others. Carlson’s piece focuses attention on some of the controversy surrounding the TYP, [...]
1. Ten-Year Plan Goals and Strategies for Year 5 The TYP office has been working with its advisory board to shape goals and strategies for year 5 of the TYP’s implementation. These goals and strategies will drive a detailed work plan, presently in development, that will inform the day-to-day activities of the TYP office for [...]
Summary is at the top of this update. It’s expanded below. 1. Coming up this Wednesday: Public Conversation #4 — Mental healthcare services delivery. The TYP will hold its next public conversation on 6pm Wednesday, July 21 at the Cansler YMCA. 2. Reminder: Neighborhood meeting about Flenniken Housing. The TYP will dialog with residents of [...]
1. Lakeshore: TYP has no plans to pursue development of PSH at Lakeshore Park The July 9, 2010 edition of the Knoxville News Sentinel ran a front page article titled Ashe against idea for park to be future site for homeless residence. This article contains some elements that are unfortunately misleading. We have spoken to [...]
Summary is at the top of this update. It is expanded below. 1. Flenniken Housing: Parking variance request withdrawn. Southeastern Housing Foundation, the TYP’s nonprofit real estate development partner and developer of proposed permanent supportive housing at the old Flenniken School, has withdrawn its request for a zoning variance that would have permitted a smaller [...]