What local band did you most recently see perform live?
"The guy that played at Sundown [May 29, The Durty Guv'nahs with Robert Earl Keen]. He was really energetic and the music had good rhythm."
"I liked the middle band [at Sundown, May 29], they were my favorite."
"A rap show at Chilhowee Park on May 31, where a lot of local bands opened for Vic, like 5ive Ft Giant."
"Absolute Power at that place that's now The Valarium, and they were awesome! They're really cool."
Residents attended the Knox Co. Neighborhod Conference March 8 at the Knoxville Convention and Expo Center to discuss ways citizens can improve their communities. Knoxville Voice spoke with some attendees to ask: "What improvements would you like to see in your neighbrhood?"
"We're looking for traffic improvements right now because we do have a lot of children in the neighborhod, which is a new subdivision there. The cars just come through there flying, and the streets are narrow. We're just trying to nip ths in the bud before somebody gets hurt, whether it be a child or pedestrian."
"I'd like to see some more beautification going on, and I'd like to see a little bit more enforcement of the leash law. We do have some issues with abandoned property. One of the big things we've been looking at is getting some of the illegal street activity eradicated."
"We'd like to see our neighborhood grow and people take care of their property better - empty lots that are overgrown and harboring critters...We'd also like to see traffic control - a little less speed up and down our hill...We'd like to have speed bumps basically. We'd like to see the people that have the goats, get rid of the goats. We've had a real problem with animal control and animals running loose. The leash law hasn't been enforced."
"In the lower income neighborhoods, for the people to feel like they have more access to getting landlords to clean up property that might be driving their property values down. I'd like for them to feel the court system is more user-friendly to them, where they can get acces to the remedies they need just like somebody down in Farragut would get. To see that the codes are enforced and the landlords do keep the houses equitable, and that the plumbing works. A lot of times, poor tenants are not able to do that, and they feel like they don't have any recourse, and they're just at the mercy of the landlord. There's a lot of good landlords, but for the ones that aren't, the lower income people don't feel like they have a way to get a remedy, and I'd like to see that change."
