Special Opportunity Area:
UT Agricultural Experiment Station Farm

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Strategically located on the North side of Tipton Station Road, east of Alcoa Highway, the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station farm has significant potential as a site for the development of walking trails and passive recreation opportunities. Such improvements could include community gardens and educational programming (community outreach).

Objectives

  • Develop a series of public access walking trails
  • Create a community education program (master gardeners)

Short Term Actions (5 Years)

  • Contact the University of Tennessee and develop interest in the proposal
    Responsible Agencies: Community Group(s), Knox County Parks and Recreation and The University of Tennessee

Long Term Action (15 Years)

  • Develop a fundraising program to construct the trail system
  • Connect the Maloney Road Park to the UT Experimental Farm with a walking trail or greenway
  • Build Trail System
  • Create a public education program

    Responsible Agencies: Community Group(s), Knox County Parks and Recreation and The University of Tennessee
     
UT Agricultural Experiment Station
     

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