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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 incorporated.
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, interior designers, landscape architects, planners, engineers, construction specialists and other professionals.
Since its founding, the ETCDC has completed over 1,300 projects in the 16 county region it serves; this is thanks to our professional volunteers who have donated over 101,000 hours of their time!
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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
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Welcome
2023 marked the 53rd year of the East Tennessee Design Center, and it showed yet again why this organization is such a crucial asset to East Tennessee. We worked on nearly 30 projects for local nonprofits and communities with the aid of over 20 professional volunteers. Those volunteers donated over 1,000 hours of their time, and our dedicated Staff worked over 6,500 hours on both projects and community outreach. The following pages highlight those projects and that outreach. Other information relating to the ETCDC, such as our 2023 project volunteers and Board of Directors, is included. Projects shown in this book were worked on during the calendar year; some were completed and others are still in the design process as we transition into 2024. We hope you enjoy what follows, and we look forward to our 54th year of operation in 2024. Here’s to another year of Envisioning, Inspiring, and Improving East Tennessee through Design!
-The ETCDC Staff
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Project Selection Criteria
The ETCDC and its volunteers work on numerous 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
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Adam Buchanan, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Family Promise, Knox County
Curtis Catron, LA || Sutherland Heights Pocket Park, Knox County
Markus Chady, AIA, Studio Four Design, Inc. || Sertoma Center Renovations, Knox County
Bobby Haines, PE, SE, Haines Structural Group, Inc. || Burlington Lighthouse, Knox County
Chris Hall, Arcadis || Gary Underwood Park Master Plan, Knox County
Suz Holbrook || Faith N Friends Horse Rescue Programming Plan, Knox County
Nathan Honeycutt, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Sunsphere Welcome Center, Knox County
Grace Hooper, Assoc. AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Family Promise, Knox County
Don Horton, AIA, Horton Built Environments Consulting, Inc. || SEEED Mixed-Use Offices, Knox County
Emanuel Huber-Feely, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Sunsphere Welcome Center, Knox County
Doug Kennedy, AIA, Johnson & Galyon Construction || Burlington Lighthouse, Knox County
Caroline Lezon, PLA, Sanders Pace Architecture || SHORA Youth & Garden Center, Knox County
Randy Merritt, The Christman Company || Sunsphere Welcome Center, Knox County // Heritage Park, Union County
Aaron Miller, AIA, McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects || Fountain City Ballfields Master Plan, Knox County
Ric Mixon, AIA, WystWynd Designs || Grove Theater Renovations, Anderson 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
Brandon Pace, FAIA, Sanders Pace Architecture || SHORA Youth & Garden Center, Knox County
Josh Shaffer, AIA, Sparkman & Associates Architects || Vestal UMC Post-Foster Care Housing, Knox County
Claire Shue, AIA, Sanders Pace Architecture || SHORA Youth & Garden Center, Knox County
Gregor Smee, AIA, Smee + Busby Architects || Burlington Lighthouse, Knox County
Susanne Tarovella, AIA, Sparkman & Associates Architects || Vestal UMC Post-Foster Care Housing, Knox County
Oren Yarbrough, AIA, Design Innovation Architects || Heritage Park, Union County
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2023 Project Volunteers
Grove Theater
Exterior renovation plans for a historic Oak Ridge theater County: Anderson || Volunteer: Ric Mixon, AIA
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Gary Underwood Park
Design for park improvements based on community input survey results County: Knox || Volunteer: Chris Hall
Burlington Lighthouse
Design for a new conference and performing arts center in the Burlington neighborhood County: Knox || Volunteers: Gregor Smee, AIA / Doug Kennedy, AIA / Bobby Haines, PE, SE
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William Powell Park
Creation of a community survey for new park amenities and public art County: Knox || Staff Work
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Fountain City Ballfields Master Plan
Master Plan for improvements to the existing ballfields County: Knox || Volunteers: Allison Montgomery, AIA / Aaron Miller, AIA
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Rendering by MHM Architects post-ETCDC involvement
Sunsphere Welcome Center
Design for Visit Knoxville’s new welcome center for the Sunsphere County: Knox || Volunteers: Emanuel Huber-Feely, AIA / Randy Merritt / Nathan Honeycutt
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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
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SEEED
Plan for a six story, mixed-use office building with a LEED Platinum certification County: Knox || Volunteer: Don Horton, AIA
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Heritage Park Music Wall & Farmers Market
Plan for a farmers market expansion and monument wall honoring local country music artists
County: Union || Volunteers: Oren Yarbrough, AIA / Randy Merritt
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Faith N Friends Horse Rescue
Programmatic master plan for potential new locations elsewhere in Knox County County: Knox || Volunteer: Suz Holbrook
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Sertoma Center of Knoxville
Interior renovations for both floors in the existing building in east Knoxville County: Knox || Volunteer: Markus Chady, AIA
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Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum
Master Plan for upgrades to the KBGA site in east Knoxville County: Knox || 2023 Staff Work
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Cocke County Veterans Memorial Park
Master Plan for a new park honoring veterans outside of Newport County: Cocke || 2023 Staff Work
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SHORA Youth & Garden Center
Site plan and building plans for new offices and greenspaces in east Knoxville.
County: Knox || Volunteers: Brandon Pace, FAIA / Caroline Lezon, PLA / Claire Shue, AIA
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Solomon Gardens
Advisory role helping guide the development of new public gardens in east Knoxville County: Knox || Staff Work
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Sutherland Heights Pocket Park
Design for a small park located on a vacant parcel between two existing homes County: Knox || Volunteer: Curtis Catron, LA
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Girl Scouts of Southern Appalachians’ Urban Camp Master Plan for an ‘urban camping experience’ in east Knox County. County: Knox || 2023 Staff Work
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Other Involvements
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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 numerous 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
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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
2023 - Northgate Complex (North Knoxville)
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Northgate Complex
The largely empty shopping complex in North Knoxville is the focus area for Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024.
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CELEBRATION AT IJAMS
In August we held our annual Celebration, this time at Ijams Nature Center, which has been a project of the ETCDC multiple times since the 1970s. We honored former Knoxville Mayor Victor Ashe - who helped expand parks and greenways in the city during his tenure - with our Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award. We also honored ETCDC client Legacy Parks Foundation with the Annette Anderson Directors’ Award for their work on the French Broad Veterans Memorial Park.
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OPEN STREETS: CENTRAL STREET & EMORY PLACE
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ANNUAL MEMBERS’ MEETING
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Executive Director
L. Duane Grieve, FAIA
Board Officers
Kristin Lee Grove - President
Carey Parker - 1st Vice President
Nathaniel Shelso - 2nd Vice President
Randy Merritt - Secretary
Ross Goodman - Treasurer
Scott Busby, AIA - Immediate Past President
Directors
Kathryn G. Baldwin, AICP
Patrick Brown, PLA, ASLA
Megan Chafin, AIA
Jeremiah Corbett, AIA, NCARB, LEED
Courtney Cox, Esq.
Julie Dalby, NCIDQ, RID
Elizabeth Goodale
Mary Wells Holbrook
Nathan Hunter, PLA, LEED BD+C
Shana Love
Peter Ludman, AIA
Dr. Dasha Lundy
Alli Montgomery, AIA
Sharon Moore
Charley Sexton
Amy Taylor
Lizz Wetherall, NCIDQ, LEED GA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CONTINUED
Ex-Officio Directors
Ken McMahon
Kevin DuBose
Jeff Welch
Amy Brooks, AICP
Scottie McDaniel
Emeritus Directors
Douglas H. McCarty, FAIA
Dr. Joseph E. Johnson*
Dr. Gideon Fryer*
Bruce McCarty*, FAIA
John A. Walker, Jr.* Esq.
*in memoriam
STAFF
Perry Childress
Cam Coppala
Dustin Durham
L. Duane Grieve, FAIA
Jan Mosadegh
FOUNDERS & FIRST BOARD MEMBERS
John Anderson, Jr.
Gene Burr, AIA
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
Director names indicate those serving partially or fully during 2023.
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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, ASLA
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
Kristin Lee Grove
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
2023: Mayor Victor Ashe
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
2023: French Broad Veterans Park
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Thank You
*Note: many of the projects shown in this book were still in process at the end of 2023; we will include the finished results for these projects in our 2024 project book. As well, we wish to thank all our Staff and Board members for the work they did to further our mission in 2023.
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Phillip & Janet Lawson Clayton Foundation East Tennessee Foundation Truist Foundation USB Matching Gifts Program TN Architecture Foundation Stowers Machinery Foundation
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