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Project
Description
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5
Yr.
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15
Yr.
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Agency
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Parks
and Open Space
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City,
County
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1.
Expand Holston River Park
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a.
Acquire land or easement through property adjacent to Holston
Hills Road (to west)
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X
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b.
Obtain easements to the island and nearby property
currently owned by UT
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X
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c.
Redevelop and reuse landfill property for recreation, connecting
to existing park using trail
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X
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d.
Select portions of the expanding park should become
designated ‘Natural Areas’
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X
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2.
Develop Botanical Garden - Wimpole Avenue/Boyds Bridge Pike
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X
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Private
Sector
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3.
Increase park and recreation area at Spring Hill Elementary School
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X
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City
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4.
Explore using area between Norfolk Southern Railway and Shangri
la/Del Mabry Drive for community park
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X
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City
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5.
Convert portions of Farmer’s Market property for use as community
park
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X
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County
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6.
Improve and expand Skyline Park, preserving former Beaman Lake
Site as wetlands
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X
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City,
HUD
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7.
Create conceptual plans for Brooks Avenue Linear Park (Graves
and Biddle Street)
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City,
EZ
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a.
Develop and connect park with community as part of the Williams
Creek Greenway project
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X
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b.
Maintain and preserve graves and eliminate illegal dumping at
the site
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X
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Community
Center
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1.
New Community Center in (or close proximity to) the Alice Bell/Richard
Yoakley Alternative School
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X
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City
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Greenways/Walking
Trails
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1.
Holston River Greenway
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City,
County
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a.
Chilhowee Intermediate School extension (connect
Holston River Park, Holston Hills, Chilhowee Hills, and
the intermediate school)
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X
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b.
Holston-Chilhowee Ball field extension (following
Holston Drive, connect the ball field to Chilhowee Intermediate
School
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X
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c.
Westward extension along the waterfront, connecting Holston
River Park to: Ijams Nature Center, Downtown Knoxville/Neyland
Drive, and First Creek Greenway
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X
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d.
Create loop from Chilhowee Drive near Asheville Highway to
bluffs along Holston Riverfront
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X
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e.
Connect Holston River Park to Skyline Park and neighborhoods
to
the northwest
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X
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2.
Love Creek Greenway
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City,
County
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a.
Connect Spring Place Park to Holston River greenway, using Chilhowee
Drive
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X
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b.
Knoxville Center Mall segment (Using Love Creek Greenway, connect
Spring Place Park with
Mall and Farmers Market)
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X
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c.
Alice Bell Park/Richard Leake segment (Using
branch of Love Creek and KUB easement, connect neighborhoods
with Alice Bell Park)
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X
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d.
Whittle Springs Middle School segment (Using
utility easement, connect Alice Bell Park with school and neighborhoods,
westward to First Creek)
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X
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3.
Williams Creek Greenway
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City,
EX
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a
Using Williams Creek, connect Tennessee riverfront with First
Tee Golf course
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X
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b.
Create botanical garden site extension
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X
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c.
Create Austin East High School extension
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X
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d.
Caswell Park extension
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X
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e.
Morningside Park and Greenway connection
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X
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f.
Intersect with Holston River Greenway, providing: Downtown/Neyland
Greenway connection, Ijams Nature Center, First Creek Greenway
connection
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X
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4.
Sharp's Ridge Greenway/Linear Park
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City,
County
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a.
Sharp’s Ridge westward to N. Broadway, connecting with extended
First Creek Greenway
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X
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b.
Walking trail down south side of ridge to Washington Pike, connecting
to Farmer’s Market
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X
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Walking Trail/Pedestrian connection
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City
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a.
Walking trail from Buffat Mill Road to Washington Pike creating
pedestrian connectivity between Prosser Road and Knox Lane
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X
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b.
Sharp’s Ridge vertical walking/biking trail up south side of
ridge connecting Knox Lane to proposed Sharp’s Ridge Greenway
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X
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