Tech town: Tearsa Smith sees a renaissance in Knoxville.Charming and quaint with a population estimated at approximately 182,000, Knoxville, Tennessee “Knoxville” redirects here. For other uses, see Knoxville (disambiguation). Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox CountyGR6. , is noted for its contributions to country music and the 1982 World's Fair world's fair: see exposition. world's fair Specially constructed attraction showcasing the science, technology, and culture of participating countries and enterprises. . Among its acclaimed locals are poet Nikki Giovanni and William Henry Hastie, the first African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. federal magistrate judge and governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands. But today Knoxville is being recognized for its commercial growth. Tearsa Smith, a news anchor for ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. affiliate WATE-TV 6 News, points to the new convention center, Turkey Creek shopping center, and the $25 million restoration of the Tennessee Theatre as indicators of Knoxville's development. A $2.5 million business incubator center under construction at the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. is one of three high-tech support projects that will reinforce Knoxville's reputation as Innovation Valley. And the city is becoming a burgeoning media hub with several production companies that support cable TV producer Scripps Networks, which is headquartered there. A The world's largest motion picture exhibitor, Regal Entertainment Group, and processed foods producer Bush Brothers & Co. are also based in this modern Appalachian city. And ExpansionManagement.com has Knoxville on its 2007 list of 50 Hottest Cities for Expanding Companies. According to 30-year-old Smith, the nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy by UT-Battelle, LLC. ORNL is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near Knoxville. attracts computer science professionals, researchers, and engineers to the metro area, but registered nurses, elementary school teachers, and auditors outnumber other professions in the city. There are also recreational attractions: The Knoxville 100/Casey C. Jones Golf Tournament hosted by 100 Black Men of Greater Knoxville "is a great time for golf lovers to visit or plan a business trip. The Knoxville Opera Rossini Festival [has] "an Italian wine tasting hour; it is one of my favorite events that showcases the city's love of the arts." Other popular events include the Dogwood dogwood or cornel (kôr`nəl), shrub or tree of the genus Cornus, chiefly of north temperate and tropical mountain regions, characteristically having an inconspicuous flower surrounded by large, showy bracts which Arts and Kuumba Festivals and the Women Today Expo. Visit www.knoxville.org for a full lineup. |
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