2021: A Review

2 21 EAST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY

DESIGN CENTER

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OUR MISSION & HISTORY

In 1969, the late Bruce McCarty, FAIA, then-President of the local AIA, alongside several local architects, returned from a trip to the community design center in Philadelphia and gathered roughly forty local professionals to discuss the need for such a center in this region. On April 15th, 1970, the East Tennessee Community Design Center (ETCDC) was founded.

The objective of ETCDC has been to make East Tennessee a better place by bringing professional design and planning assistance to communities and organizations lacking resources to acquire those services. Our mission is to Envision, Inspire, and Improve East Tennessee communities through design, collaboration, and leadership. The ETCDC also serves as a catalyst to initiate projects within our service area and serves as an advocate for quality design in the public realm. The ETCDC offers these services through the pro-bono contributions of area architects, landscape architects, planners, engineers, and other professionals.

Since its founding, the ETCDC has completed over 1,200 projects in the 16 county region it serves!

WHO WE SERVE We serve a 16 county region within East Tennessee. The star is Knoxville. The counties we serve, seen in blue, include:

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Anderson Blount Campbell Claiborne

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Cocke Grainger Hamblen Jefferson

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Knox Loudon Monroe Morgan

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Roane Scott Sevier Union

Welcome

Where does the time go?

After a very eventful and - as we all experienced - endlessly slow 2020, 2021 has gone by in a flash. While still dealing with the ongoing pandemic, the East Tennessee Community Design Center has been working hard to help communities and groups of all sizes throughout the region by offering our design and planning services thanks to our countless volunteers and people like you. We have had to reimagine many things for the last eighteen months (we’ve had more virtual meetings than we ever thought we would!) but this has allowed us to use our creativity in new ways. An example of this is our ‘Behind the Design’ video series, an educational tool that can reach thousands of people online in a way that a physical seminar or meeting could not.

Another thing we reimagined was this very booklet. This year our annual project booklet is special in that it features projects from two years instead of one. 2020 was our 50th anniversary and saw the production of our 50 Year booklet, which highlighted one project from every year since our founding in 1970. So to keep you up to date with our most recent projects, in the following pages you’ll see a brief overview of a few of our projects from 2020, as well as our projects and events from this year.

We hope it inspires you to continue to partner with us in order to make our home a better place by design!

-The ETCDC Staff

Table of Contents

Projects

Events

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The ETCDC and its volunteers work on a number of projects throughout the year.

Design Center projects and clients must meet 4 qualifications:

Be from a nonprofit or community organization

Be for the benefit of the entire community and not solely for the benefit of their members

Be unable to acquire financial or other resources from the private sector

Be able to demonstrate the commitment and ability to pursue the project through to completion

Project Selection

Chad Boetger, AIA, BarberMcMurry Architects || St. James Episcopal Church, Knox County

Thank You, 2020-2021 Project Volunteers!

Patrick Brown, ASLA, Ross/Fowler || Forest Heights Pocket Park, Knox County Adam Buchanan, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Sunset Gap Camp Master Plan, Cocke & Sevier County Curtis Catron, LA || Royal Oaks Conservancy, Blount County David Cockrill, AIA, A2H || Oak Ridge Public Library, Anderson County Faris Eid, AIA, Design Innovation Architects || CareCuts Knoxville, Knox County Elizabeth Ellis, IBI Group || Childhelp of East Tennessee, Knox County Brian Ewers, AIA, & Robyn McAdoo, AIA, Dollar & Ewers Thomas Wasamund, PE, Proficient Engineers Mary French-Ewers, PE, Fe Design Randy Merritt, The Christman Company

UUNIK Academy, Knox County

Ric Mixon, AIA, Wystwynd Designs || Cumberland Gap Commons, Claiborne County Aaron Shugart-Brown, ASLA, Ross/Fowler || First Creek Park Vision Plan, Knox County Arin Streeter, AIA, Brewer Ingram Fuller Michelle Barillio, RA, Johnson & Galyon

Howell House Preservation, Knox County

Chris Ramsey, AIA, Barge Design Solutions || CAC Mobile Meals Kitchen, Knox County

*Volunteers are arranged in alphabetical order

Royal Oaks Conservancy

Vision Plan converting a 40-acre golf course into a community park County: Blount || Volunteer: Curtis Catron, LA 8

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Royal Oaks Conservancy

Vision Plan converting a 40-acre golf course into a community park County: Blount || Volunteer: Curtis Catron, LA

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Oak Ridge Public Library

Interior renovation concept plans considering library staff and patron flow County: Anderson || Volunteer: David Cockrill, AIA, A2H 10

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Oak Ridge Public Library

Interior renovation concept plans considering library staff and patron flow County: Anderson || Volunteer: David Cockrill, AIA, A2H

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Forest Heights Pocket Park

Vision Plan for improvements to the park County: Knox || Volunteer: Patrick Brown, ASLA, Ross / Fowler 12

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Forest Heights Pocket Park

Vision Plan for improvements to the park County: Knox || Volunteer: Patrick Brown, ASLA, Ross / Fowler

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CareCuts Knoxville

Campus enhancements and addition County: Knox || Volunteer: Faris Eid, AIA, Design Innovation Architects 14

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EXISTING BUILDING, 300 FIFTH AVENUE

70.0

INSTALL STORAGE TRAILER ACCESS GATE

25.17

EXISTING 8'-7"X 48' STORAGE TRAILERS TO REMAIN 9'-0"

AMS

WILLI

ADA RAMP UP

61.45

RELOCATED 18'X20' CARPORT SHED

62.72

STR

PROPOSED OFFICE TRAILER

EET

25'-4"

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PORC

526 N. GAY EXISTING BUILDING REDEVELOPED AS OPEN PLAN HAIR SALON

INSTALL NEW ORNAMENTAL SECURITY FENCE ON WILLIAMS STREET FRONTAGE

PROPOSED PLAZA

519 WILLIAMS STREET

ADA

12'-9"

STD

STD

ADA

197.7

24'-0"

PORTABLE TOILETS

RELOCATE GATE, MUST MAINTAIN ACCESS

21'-6"

PROPOSED AWNING

60'-0"

MUST MAINTAIN ROOM FOR TRACTOR TRAILER ACCESS TO WAREHOUSE

MUST MAINTAIN GATE ACCESS

E TANC DIS INGS ATEDBUILD ESTIM EEN 3/4" BETW 8'-9

GARAGE DOORS

PORCH ADA RAMP UP

ENTRY

MAN DOOR ENTRY

CLAYTON FURNITURE WAREHOUSE 511 WILLIAMS STREET

36'-0"

PROPOSED SHOWER TRAILER

CAR LOT BUILDINGS

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343.4

SCALE: 1" = 10'-0" 0

CareCuts Knoxville

Campus enhancements and addition County: Knox || Volunteer: Faris Eid, AIA, Design Innovation Architects

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20 FT

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Cumberland Gap Commons

Vision plan for a community park and farmer’s market County: Claiborne || Volunteer: Ric Mixon, AIA, Wystwynd Designs 16

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Cumberland Gap Commons

Vision plan for a community park and farmer’s market County: Claiborne || Volunteer: Ric Mixon, AIA, Wystwynd Designs

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UUNIK Academy

Renovation concepts for the former Lonsdale library County: Knox || Volunteers: Brian Ewers, AIA + Robyn McAdoo, AIA, Dollar & Ewers Thomas Wasamund, PE, Proficient Engineers / Mary French-Ewers, PE, Fe Design 18 Randy Merritt, The Christman Company

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UUNIK Academy

Renovation concepts for the former Lonsdale library County: Knox || Volunteers: Brian Ewers, AIA + Robyn McAdoo, AIA, Dollar & Ewers Thomas Wasamund, PE, Proficient Engineers / Mary French-Ewers, PE, Fe Design Randy Merritt, The Christman Company

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Howell House Preservation-KBG&A

Preservation plan for the house to guide its restoration County: Knox || Volunteers: Arin Streeter, AIA, Brewer Ingram Fuller Michelle Barillio, RA, Johnson & Galyon 20

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Howell House Preservation-KBG&A

Preservation plan for the house to guide its restoration County: Knox || Volunteers: Arin Streeter, AIA, Brewer Ingram Fuller Michelle Barillio, RA, Johnson & Galyon

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First Creek Park Vision Plan

Vision Plan for improvements to the park County: Knox || Volunteer: Aaron Shugart-Brown, ASLA, Ross/Fowler 22

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First Creek Park Vision Plan

Vision Plan for improvements to the park County: Knox || Volunteer: Aaron Shugart-Brown, ASLA, Ross/Fowler

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Lindsay Place SW

Lindsay Place SW Orn.

Orn. Orn.

New Play Area

Shd.

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Ex. Orn.

Orn.

Benches

New Bus Stop

Ex. New Shrubs

Shd.

New Shrubbery; Typ.

Bugleweed Groundcover

Mailbox

Meditation Garden

Orn.

Existing Play Area

3' Dia. Shrubs

Shd.

New Groundcover Areas; See Image Board for Plant Types Ex.

Orn.

Custom Plaque

Existing Parking New Crosswalk Existing Building

Existing Parking Shd. Retaining Wall New Groundcover Areas; See Image Board for Plant Types Shd.

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Childhelp of East Tennessee

Development of a campus landscaping plan County: Knox || Volunteer: Elizabeth Ellis, IBI Group 1300 N. Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917 Phone - 865-525-9945 Website - www.communitydc.org

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Funding for this project is provided by the City of Knoxville's Housing and Neighborhood Development Department, Community Development Block Grant.

Remove Invasive Vines

623 Lindsay Place, Knoxville, TN

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Childhelp Children's Center of East TN Campus Plan Date: February 2, 2021 ETCDC Project #2145 This project is in association with Eddie Smith - Development Director - (865) 637-1753.

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Shd.

Tree Legend Evg. = Evergreen Ex. = Existing Orn. = Ornamental Shd. = Shade

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New Playground Surface

Sullins Street SW

5' Dia. Shrubs

Shd.

Professional Advisor: Elizabeth Ellis, Landscape Designer with IBI Placemaking Group ETCDC Coordinator: Leslie Fawaz, AIA, CSI ETCDC Intern: Dustin Durham ETCDC Executive Director: L. Duane Grieve, FAIA

Conceptual Presentation Drawings

NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION

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MEDITATION GARDEN PLANTS

LAMB'S EAR PLANT

HOLLY - ILEX CORNUTA PLANT RUSSIAN SAGE

ASTER WOOD'S PURPLE

BUTTERFLY MILKWEED

SHOWY STONECROP

GROUNDCOVER

BUGLEWEED

DOGWOOD TREE - ORNAMENTAL

BLUE STAR JUNIPER

DOGWOOD TREE -ORNAMENTAL

THREADLEAF COREOPSIS

SHUMARD OAK TREE - SHADE

LITTLE BLUESTEM

TRIDENT MAPLE TREE - SHADE

MUHLY GRASS

ENGLISHLAVENDER LAVENDERPLANT ENGLISH SHRUBBERY

CARISSA HOLLY

SWEET BAY MAGNOLIA TREE - SHADE

BLACK-EYED SUSAN

DWARF FOTHERGILLA

CHINESE HOLLY

FALSE HOLLY

WILDFLOWER AND HERB MEDITATION GARDEN EXAMPLE

PLAY EQUIPMENT

CLIMBER PLAY EQUIPMENT EXAMPLE - BERLINER IKO-M

Childhelp of East Tennessee 1300 N. Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917 Phone - 865-525-9945 Website - www.communitydc.org

Funding for this project is provided by the City of Knoxville's Housing and Neighborhood Development Department, Community Development Block Grant.

Development of a campus landscaping plan County: Knox || Volunteer: Elizabeth Ellis, IBI Group

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WILDFLOWER AND HERB MEDITATION GARDEN EXAMPLE

CLIMBER PLAY EQUIPMENT EXAMPLE

Childhelp Children's Center of East TN Campus Plan 623 Lindsay Place Knoxville, TN Date: February 2, 2021 ETCDC Project #2145 This project is in association with Eddie Smith - Development Director - Phone: (865) 637-1753.

Professional Advisor: Elizabeth Ellis, Landscape Designer with IBI Placemaking Group ETCDC Coordinator: Leslie Fawaz, AIA, CSI ETCDC Intern: Dustin Durham ETCDC Executive Director: L. Duane Grieve, FAIA

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Image Board 1

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Conceptual Presentation Drawings

NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION

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Facade Enhancement and Flea Market Site Design proposal for the redesign of the flea market in Burlington County: Knox 26

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Existing Conditions

Existing Conditions

Facade Enhancement and Flea Market Site Design proposal for the redesign of the flea market in Burlington County: Knox

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St. James Episcopal Church Building Assessment Renovation plan considering the church’s “Room at the Inn” program and food pantry which provides assistance to the homeless County: Knox || Volunteer: Chad Boetger, AIA, BarberMcMurry Architects 28

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St. James Episcopal Church Building Assessment Renovation plan considering the church’s “Room at the Inn” program and food pantry which provides assistance to the homeless County: Knox || Volunteer: Chad Boetger, AIA, BarberMcMurry Architects

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CAC Mobile Meals Kitchen

Development of a building addition to increase food packaging capabilities and addition of a new community room County: Knox || Volunteer: Chris Ramsey, AIA, Barge Design Solutions 30

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30'-0" Addition

Secure Storage Room 550 sq.ft.

Existing patio

2-3'-0"doors

Exit Corridor

New Exit Doors

Pallet storage Meeting Room

Packing / Pallet Storage Room

Remove 2-3'-0"doors windows to create pallet storage

Community Room 730 sq.ft.

Remove windows to create pallet storage Replace doors with view glass only and no center divider

New sidewalk, slope up to door ≤ 20% 27'-9 3/4"

2-3'-0"doors

26'-3 1/2" Reuse existing exit doors

Raise sidewalk to floor level

64'-0"

17'-10"

7'-9"

Remove doors

19'-0"

28'-10"

Begin slope down ≤ 20%

Reuse existing window frames if possible or add new windows to match existing design. All windows to have security glazing added to the bottom section.

New covered entry

Add to existing steps if needed

*New Elevation to match existing, add new covered entry roof, reduce window banks to 5 units (instead of existing 6), reduce glass area on exit doors for security

New covered entry

1,960 sq. ft. Addition New walls Remodeled area New addition

Extend roof to match existing

PARTIAL PLAN

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1/8" = 1'-0" 0

4

8

16ft

Replace door with view glass only and no center divider

New covered entry

30'-0" Addition

CAC Mobile Meals Kitchen

Development of a building addition to increase food packaging capabilities and addition of a new community room County: Knox || Volunteer: Chris Ramsey, AIA, Barge Design Solutions

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Infill Housing Design Studies

Updates to facades and floor plans of three basic options for infill houses County: Knox 32

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Infill Housing Design Studies

Updates to facades and floor plans of three basic options for infill houses County: Knox

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Knoxville College

Visioning and affordable housing study County: Knox 34

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Knoxville College

Visioning and affordable housing study County: Knox

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Sunset Gap Community Center and Camp Phased Master Plan County: Cocke & Sevier || Volunteer: Adam Buchanan, AIA, MHM 36

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Sunset Gap Community Center and Camp Phased Master Plan County: Cocke & Sevier || Volunteer: Adam Buchanan, AIA, MHM

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4th and Gill Neighborhood Center Facilitation

Facilitation of the process to vote on whether or not the neighborhood should keep or sale their existing neighborhood center County: Knox

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4th and Gill Neighborhood Center Facilitation

Facilitation of the process to vote on whether or not the neighborhood should keep or sale their existing neighborhood center County: Knox

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Events

Events

The ETCDC and its volunteers also participate in various events throughout Knoxville, Knox County, and the region. Some of these are one-time events and some are recurring. We are also involved in various ongoing local committees in Knoxville. Some of these events and involvements include: • • • • • •

Community Collaborative Celebration at Lakeshore Park Parking Day 2021 Facade Review Committee Downtown Review Board Bike Walk Knoxville Advisory Committee

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PARKING DAY PARK(ing) Day is an international event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks or parklets. The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park in downtown San Francisco. Since 2005, PARK(ing) Day has evolved into a global movement, with organizations and individuals (all operating independently of Rebar) creating new forms of public space in communities around the world.

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THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE

The Community Collaborative is a focused effort between multiple organizations on the challenges facing our communities. The goal of the Collaborative is to highlight an area’s history, bring awareness to its future potential, and then promote sustainable growth.

Each year a focus area or issue is established, community input is gathered, and multiple studies and efforts are performed. The collaborative concludes each year in a public event and a publication that summarizes the research, designs, concepts, and efforts performed that year. This discourse in turn begins to shape public policy and private development strategies. The Collaborative is the vehicle for our community to envision the possibilities of our region and shape our collective aspirations for the future.

Community Collaborative study areas so far: 2018/2019 - Burlington neighborhood 2020 - Sutherland Avenue Corridor 2021 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Corridor

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Events

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TOWNHOUSE 01

(21 UNITS) 1 BEDROOM + ROOF TERRACE

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RETAIL / COMMERCIAL

(60,000 SF)

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TOWNHOUSE 02

(41 UNITS) 3 BEDROOMS + ROOF TERRACE

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UNDERGROUND PARKING

(650 SPACES)

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APARTMENTS

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COMMUNITY GARDEN

(180 UNITS) 1 BEDROOM + BALCONY

The 9.88 acre site has been divided in half by retaining Cary Street as a shared corridor for pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles. A series of courtyards create community gardens to be shared by residents and farm-totable restaurants located along Sutherland Avenue and Division Street.

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Sutherland Avenue Community Input - 2020

100 FEET

Sutherland Avenue Charrette Example - 2020

Events Burlington Community Input - 2018

Burlington Vision Plan - 2019

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Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor Survey Survey and results packet for eventual master plan of the corridor 46

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Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor Survey Survey and results packet for eventual master plan of the corridor

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CELEBRATION AT LAKESHORE PARK In August 2021, the ETCDC was able to host an in-person event, “Celebration at Lakeshore Park”, which was held at Lakeshore’s Marble Hall pavilion with a tent set up for social distancing. We had over 400 people attend, which made it one of our largest events to date. We honored Thomas N. McAdams, Esq. who was instrumental in several important projects in Knox County including the development of Lakeshore Park. One of the speakers was John Ridenour, a registered landscape architect with Nelson Byrd Woltz and is responsible for managing the planning process and design for the park’s ongoing improvements. We also honored ETCDC clients, CareCuts, who provide services to assist the homeless and are redeveloping a blighted site in downtown Knoxville, with the Annette Anderson Directors Award.

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CELEBRATION AT LAKESHORE PARK

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Executive Director

L. Duane Grieve, FAIA

Board Officers

Scott Busby, AIA Kristin Lee Grove Carey Parker Dr. Dasha Lundy Nathaniel Shelso Nathan Honeycutt, AIA

Directors

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Kathryn G. Baldwin, AICP Bill Bruce, MLA Megan Chafin, AIA Christian Corts Dwane Dishner Alicia Griego Mary Wells Holbrook Mary Kathryn Kennard Maggie Kornahrens Shana Love Peter Ludman, AIA Lane E. McCarty, Esq. Randy Merritt Alli Montgomery, AIA Mary Beth Robinson, NCIDQ Charley Sexton Lizz Wetherall, NCIDQ, LEED GA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CONTINUED Ex-Officio Directors Ken McMahon Jeff Welch Jason Young, AIA

Emeritus Directors

Dr. Joseph E. Johnson Douglas H. McCarty, AIA Dr. Gideon Fryer* Bruce McCarty*, FAIA John A. Walker, Jr. Esq. * *in memoriam

STAFF

L. Duane Grieve, FAIA Jan Mosadegh Leslie Fawaz, AIA Perry Childress Dustin Durham

FOUNDERS & FIRST BOARD MEMBERS John Anderson, Jr. Gene Burr Charles ‘Pete’ Drew Dr. Gideon Fryer Will Griffin Donnell Hurley Bruce McCarty, FAIA William Moorefield, RA William Oliphant Jerry Risenhoover Bill Shell Lewis Sinclair Ravendoor Sood John Walker William Earl White Danny Whittle Woodrow Wilson

BOARD PRESIDENTS William Oliphant Gideon Fryer Gene Burr, AIA Robert Wilson Bob Netherland John Walker Hugh Neil L. Duane Grieve, AIA Dr. Gideon Fryer Gerry Eastman Bill Lauer Doris Scott Crawford Mike Parker Doug McCarty, AIA Mark Mitchum Betsy Quinn Beth Phillips Faris Eid, AIA Curtis Catron Frank Sparkman, AIA Sharon McKee Chuck Morris Brian Ewers, AIA Ric Mixon, AIA

BOARD PRESIDENTS, CONTINUED Jason Woodle Mary Holbrook Jan Evridge Rick Blackburn Nathan Honeycutt, AIA Scott Busby, AIA

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Ed Dusek William Oliphant Annette Anderson Terry Shupp Tim Ledford Gideon Fryer David Watson John Merino Mary Linda Schwarzbart

Wayne Blasius L. Duane Grieve, FAIA

AWARD WINNERS BRUCE MCCARTY COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD 2013: Carol Evans / Paul James / Randy & Jenny Boyd 2014: David Dewhirst 2015: Ashley Capps 2016: Faris Eid, AIA 2017: Natalie Leach Haslam 2018: Pat & Joe Johnson 2019: Mayor Madeline Rogero 2021: Thomas N. McAdams, Esq.

ANNETTE ANDERSON DIRECTORS’ AWARD

2016: Tanner Preservation Alliance 2017: Good Shepherd Center 2018: Delaney Museum at Beck 2019: The Change Center 2021: CareCuts Knoxville

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Thank You to all of our volunteers and supporters who make our work possible!

1300 N. Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917 ................

865.525.9945 ................ communitydc.org

With special thanks to:

Mr. Phillip Lawson Clayton Foundation

East Tennessee Foundation Truist Foundation

*Note: anywhere in this book where a project volunteer was not listed, it indicates that the work was done in-house by the ETCDC Staff of the time. We wish to also thank our various Staff members over the decades for the work they did to further our mission.

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