2022: A Review

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EAST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER

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:

• Anderson

• Blount

• Campbell

• Claiborne

• Cocke

• Grainger

• Hamblen

• Jefferson

• Knox

• Loudon

• Monroe

• Morgan

• Roane

• Scott

• Sevier

• Union

Welcome

2022 has come and gone, and so it is time once more to share our projects and involvements from the year. As the first full year since 2020 without any lasting concerns from the pandemic, 2022 was the busiest year for the Design Center in a few years, and in-person meetings and events were back in full swing. You will find highlights about those projects and events in the following pages, as well as some other information relating to the ETCDC, such as our 2022 project volunteers, Board of Directors, and more. Projects shown in this book were worked on during the calendar year; some were completed, and others were still in the design process as we transitioned into 2023. We hope you enjoy what follows.

-The ETCDC Staff

Project Selection Criteria

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

2022 Project Volunteers

*Volunteers are arranged in alphabetical order

Adam Buchanan, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Sunset Gap Camp Master Plan, Cocke & Sevier County || Family Promise, Knox County

Elizabeth Ellis, Arcadis IBI Group || Cavett Station Historic Cemetery, Knox County

Don Horton, AIA, Horton Built Environments Consulting, Inc. || SEEED Mixed-Use Office Development, Knox County

Emanuel Huber-Feely, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Sunsphere Welcome Center, Knox County

Nathan Hunter, ASLA, Arcadis IBI Group || Beaver Creek Blueway Plan, Knox County

Randy Merritt, The Christman Company || Sunsphere Welcome Center, Knox County // Heritage Park, Union County

Ric Mixon, AIA, Wystwynd Designs || Knox County Rescue Headquarters, Knox County

Allison Montgomery, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Fountain City Ballfields Master Plan, Knox County

Thomas Noggle || Vestal UMC Post-Foster Care Housing, Knox County

Frank Sparkman, AIA, Sparkman & Associates Architects || Greenback Heritage Museum Expansion, Loudon County

Josh Shaffer, AIA, Sparkman & Associates Architects || Vestal UMC Post-Foster Care Housing, Knox County

Susanne Tarovella, AIA, Sparkman & Associates Architects || Vestal UMC Post-Foster Care Housing, Knox County

Oren Yarbrough, AIA, Design Innovation Architects || Heritage Park Music Wall & Farmers Market, Union County

Knox County Rescue Headquarters

Renovation and expansion plan for existing emergency services building

County: Knox || Volunteer: Ric Mixon, AIA

Gary Underwood Park

Studies and surveys for park improvements

County: Knox || Staff work

Greenback Heritage Museum Expansion

Expansion of existing rural museum into adjacent historic building space

County: Loudon || Volunteer: Frank Sparkman, AIA

Cavett Station Cemetery

Analysis and plan for preservation of a historic west Knoxville cemetery

County: Knox || Volunteer: Elizabeth Ellis, AIA

Fountain City Ballfields Master Plan

Master Plan for improvements to the existing ballfields

County: Knox || Volunteer: Allison Montgomery, AIA

Sunsphere Welcome Center

Design for Visit Knoxville’s new welcome center for the Sunsphere.

County: Knox || Volunteer: Emanuel Huber-Feely, AIA / Randy Merritt

Vestal UMC Foster Care Housing

Conversion of former church education building into post-foster care young adult housing

County: Knox || Volunteers: Josh Shaffer, AIA / Susanne Tarovella, AIA / Thomas Noggle

Family Promise of Knoxville

Office redesign and plan for on-site housing for clients

County: Knox || Volunteer: Adam Buchanan, AIA

SEEED

Plan for a six story, mixed-use office building with a LEED Platinum certification County: Knox || Volunteer: Don Horton, AIA

Heritage Park Music Wall & Farmers Market

Pan for a farmers market expansion and monument wall honoring local country music artists

County: Union || Volunteers: Oren Yarbrough, AIA / Randy Merritt

Beaver Creek Blueway

Site plan for walking trails and access to Beaver Creek Watercraft Put-In County: Knox || Volunteer: Nathan Hunter, ASLA

Sunset Gap Community Center & Camp

Phased Master Plan for existing camp and community center County: Cocke & Sevier || Volunteer: Adam Buchanan, AIA

Martin Luther King Jr.

Avenue Urban Master Plan

Plan for a six story, mixed-use office building with a LEED Platinum certification County: Knox || Staff Work

Other Involvements

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:

The Community Collaborative

Our Annual Celebration

Open Streets

AIA East Tennessee’s Architecture Week

Various Symposiums

Infill Housing Committee

Downtown Design Review Board

Bike Walk Knoxville Advisory Committee

THE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE

The Community Collaborative is a focused effort between multiple local 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

2021/2022 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue Corridor

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor

A segment of the corridor from S. Olive Street to Castle Street was chosen for the 2021-2022 Collaborative.

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor Survey

Over 80 community members filled out a corridor survey; the results packet, seen above, guided our plan

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Corridor - Urban Master Plan

Our plan was guided by the commmunity input and best current practices for walkable, bikeable cities.

CELEBRATION AT WORLD’S FAIR PARK

In August we held our annual Celebration, this time at Knoxville’s World’s Fair Park, which was celebrating the 40th anniversary of the city hosting the international Fair. We had our main event under the canopy of the Tennessee Amphitheater as well as offered tours of the Sunsphere. We honored former Knoxville Mayor Randy Tyree - who was crucial to getting the World’s Fair in Knoxville - with our Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award. ETCDC client Sunset Gap Community Center & Camp recieved the Annette Anderson Directors’ Award, and our main speaker was Bo Roberts, who was President of the 1982 World’s Fair. We were also honored to present a donation of $36,000 to Visit Knoxville for their Sunsphere Restoration Fund, which will allow the iconic structure to be enjoyed for generations more.

CELEBRATION AT WORLD’S FAIR PARK

OPEN STREETS: SEVIER AVENUE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS BUS TOUR

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

Kathryn G. Baldwin, AICP

Patrick Brown, PLA, ASLA

Megan Chafin, AIA

Dwane Dishner

Alicia Griego

Mary Wells Holbrook

Nathan Hunter, PLA, LEED AP BD+C

BOARD OF DIRECTORS STAFF

FOUNDERS & FIRST BOARD MEMBERS 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

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

Shana Love

Peter Ludman, AIA

Randy Merritt

Alli Montgomery, AIA

Lane McCarty Odom, Esq.

Mary Beth Robinson, NCIDQ

Charley Sexton

Amy Taylor

Lizz Wetherall, NCIDQ

L. Duane Grieve, FAIA

Jan Mosadegh

Perry Childress

Dustin Durham

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.

2022: Mayor Randy Tyree

ANNETTE ANDERSON DIRECTORS’ AWARD

2016: Tanner Preservation Alliance

2017: Good Shepherd Center

2018: Delaney Museum at Beck

2019: The Change Center

2021: CareCuts Knoxville

2022: Sunset Gap Camp

Thank You

*Note: many of the projects shown in this book were still in process at the end of 2022; we will include the finished results for these projects in our 2023 project book. As well, we wish to thank all our Staff members for the work they did to further our mission in 2022.