2024 2024




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!
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
2024 marked the 54th year of the East Tennessee Community Design Center, and it showed yet again why this organization is such a crucial asset to East Tennessee. We worked on over 25 projects for local nonprofits and communities with the aid of over 20 professional volunteers. The following pages highlight those projects and that outreach. Other information relating to the ETCDC, such as our 2024 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 2025. We hope you enjoy what follows, and we look forward to our 55th year of operation in 2025. Here’s to another year of Envisioning, Inspiring, and Improving East Tennessee throughDesign!
-The ETCDC Staff
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
2024 Project Volunteers
Kathryn Baldwin, AICP - LOSE Design - Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum
Patrick Brown, PLA, ASLA - Ross/Fowler - SEEED Offices
Greg Campbell, AIA - Design Innovation Architects - Appalachian Arts & Craft Center
Curtis Catron, ASLA - Sutherland Heights Pocket Park
Markus Chady, LEED AP - Studio Four Design - Sertoma Center Renovations
Jeremiah Corbett, AIA - Johnson Architecture - Joy of Music
Nissa Dahlin-Brown, AIA - Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum
Brian Ewers, AIA, LEED AP - Dollar & Ewers Architecture - Educator Resource Center
Bobby Haines - Haines Structural Group - Union County’s Heritage Park
Mike Hamlin - Blaine Construction Co. - SEEED Offices
Suz Holbrook - Independent Designer - Faith N Friends
Don Horton, AIA - Horton Built Environments - SEEED Offices
Caroline Lezon, ASLA, PLA - Sanders Pace Architecture - SHORA Youth and Garden Center
Madison Light - Studio Four Design - Sertoma Center Renovations
Doug McCarty, FAIA - McCarty Holsaple McCarty - SEEED Offices
Randy Merritt - Christman Company - Union County’s Heritage Park
Aaron Miller, AIA - McCarty Holsaple McCarty - Fountain City Ballfields
Ric Mixon, AIA, LEED AP - WystWynd Design - Grove Theater Renovations
Allison Montgomery, AIA - McCarty Holsaple McCarty - Fountain City Ballfields
Brandon Pace, FAIA, LEED AP - Sanders Pace Architecture - SHORA Youth and Garden Center
Jacob Parker - Chroma Energy - SEEED Offices
Ross Primmer, FAIA, NCARB - de Leon & Primmer Architecture - Solomon Gardens
Jacob Resor - Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum
Josh Shelton, AIA - Sanders Pace Architecture - SHORA Youth and Garden Center
Claire Shue Associate AIA - Sanders Pace Architecture - SHORA Youth and Garden Center
Andrew Spatz, PLA, ASLA - Hedstrom Landscape Architecture - Weigel’s Landing
Kenny Townsend, ASLA - LOSE Design - Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum
Oren Yarbrough, AIA - Design Innovation Architects - Union Countys’ Heritage Park
2024 Project Volunteers
Plan for a six story, mixed-use office building with a LEED Platinum certification County: Knox || Volunteers: Don Horton, AIA // Doug McCarty, FAIA // Patrick Brown, PLA, ASLA
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 // Bobby Haines
Master Plan for improvements to the existing ballfields County: Knox || Volunteers: Allison Montgomery, AIA // Aaron Miller, AIA
Exterior renovation plans for a historic Oak Ridge theater County: Anderson || Volunteer: Ric Mixon, AIA
Design for park improvements based on community input survey results
County: Knox || Volunteers: Andrew Spatz, PLA, ASLA // In- House
Programmatic master plan for potential new locations elsewhere in Knox County County: Knox || Volunteers: Suz Holbrook // In- House
Faith N Friends Concept Central Campus Study
Site plan and building plans for new offices and greenspaces in East Knoxville. County: Knox || Volunteers: Brandon Pace, FAIA // Caroline Lezon, PLA, Associate AIA // Claire Shue, AIA
Josh Shelton, AIA
Master Plan for upgrades to the KBGA site in East Knoxville County: Knox || Volunteers: Kathryn Baldwin, AICP // Nissa Dahlin-Brown, AIA Kenny Townsend, ASLA // Jacob Resor // In - House
E. Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
1400 E Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917
Date: December 19, 2023 ETCDC Project #2180 oject
ETCDC Project Coordinator: J Perry Childress
ETCDC Studio Director: Dustin Durham
ETCDC Executive Director: L. Duane Grieve, FAIA Conceptual Presentation Drawings
Professional Advisors: Markus Chady, AIA, LEED; Madison Light, Interior Design : Studio Four Design
ETCDC Project Coordinator: J. Perry Childress
ETCDC Studio Director: Dustin Durham
ETCDC Executive Director: L Duane Grieve, FAIA
Conceptual Presentation Drawings
Interior renovations for both floors in the existing building in East Knoxville County: Knox || Volunteers: Markus Chady, AIA // Madison Light
Sutherland Heights Pocket Park
Design for a small park located on a vacant parcel between two existing homes
County: Knox || Volunteers: Curtis Catron, ASLA // In - House
Design plan for new additions along with the expansion of existing facilities County: Anderson || Volunteer: Greg Campbell, AIA
Advisory role helping guide the development of new public gardens in East Knoxville County: Knox || Volunteers: Ross Primmer, FAIA // In - House Advisory Role
Renovation plan as well as a plan for the long-term expansion of the school County: Knox || Volunteer: Jeremiah Corbett, AIA
Interior plans creating a functional environment to support Knoxville’s K-12 educators. County: Knox || Volunteer: Brian Ewers, AI
Facade Enhancement Sevier Ave
Facade Enhancement for Willy’s Butcher Shop
County: Knox || Volunteer: In-House
Facade Enhancement 1421 5th Avenue
Facade Enhancement for Reagan Design and Construction
County: Knox || Volunteer: In-House
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
ETCDC’s Annual Celebration
City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhood Empowerment - Neighborhood Resource Fair
Various Symposiums
Sunsphere Welcome Center Opening
ETCDC 2024 Project Bus Tour
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 with 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
2023/2024 - North Broadway Corridor (North Knoxville)
The largely empty shopping complex in North Knoxville is the focus area for 2023/2024
2024 Collaborative Volunteers
BarberMcMurry Architects
Matthew Jordan, AIA
Will Dallery, Architectural Graduate
Anna Mouraleva, Architectural Graduate
Katheryn Baddorf, RN, BSN
John Michael Worsham, Architectural Graduate
ARCADIS & Johnson
Jimmy Ryan, AIA
Jeremiah Corbett, AIA
Kelley Hicks, AIA
Michael Schmidt, AIA
Ryan Orr, Intern Architect
Cliff Brooks, ASLA
Nathan Hunter, PLA
Chris Hall, Landscape Designer
JD Schumacher, Intern Architect
LOSE Design
Kiersten Cedeno, AICP
Barbara Canuto
Marc Bond, PLA, ASLA
John Taylor
Steve Cotham
Smee + Busby
Scott Busby, AIAGeoffrey Cavalier, AIA
Greg Armour, AIA
Robert Marlino, Associate AIA,
Lacey Moyer, Architectual Designer
Paige Peterson, Associate AIA
Greta Mehlberg, Associate AIA
University Of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design
Third Year Student Involvement
Studio led by Marleen K. Davis, FAIA
Austin Ayers - Knoxville Ice Bears Ice Center
Lila Bunton - Missing Middle Housing
Campbell Clarke - Knoxville Ice Bears Ice Center
Anthony Gonzalez-Martinez - Community Rec Center
Karina Kane - High-rise housing tower
Emily Krimmel - Community Rec Center
Owen Magowan - Mixed Use Residential
Wills McAdams - Knoxville Ice Bears Ice Center
Kiley McDonald - Drone Transit Center
Lauren Nicholson - Knoxville Ice Bears Ice Center
Audrey Reddick - United Way Community Center
Lily Rodil - United Way Community Center
Wesley Slagle - Mixed Use Residential
Palmer Whittam - High-rise housing tower
Maggie Yambert - Mixed Use Residential
In October we held our annual Celebration, this time at Historic Ramsey House, which has been a project of the ETCDC twice since 1986. We honored Rev. Dr. Jerry Askew - who has an extensive background in higher education, theology, and nonprofit work - with our Bruce McCarty Community Impact Award. We also honored Union County’s Heritage Park with the Annette Anderson Directors’ Award. The following photos and the photo on the cover of this book were provided by Tinah Utsman & Ronnie Collins.
Sunsphere Welcome Center Ribbon Cutting
City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhood Empowerment - Neighborhood Resource Fair
Knox Heritage Preservation Conference
ETCDC 2024 Project Bus Tour
Jan Mosadegh
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
Perry Childress
Cam Coppala
Wills McAdams
Dustin Durham
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
Ex-Officio Directors
Amy Brooks, AICP - KnoxvilleKnox County Planning
Jillian Love - City of Knoxville
Scottie McDaniel - University of Tennessee
College of Architecture & Design
Emeritus Directors
Mary Wells Holbrook
Douglas H. McCarty, FAIA
Directors
Kathryn G. Baldwin, AICP
Leslie Wylie Bateman
Ben Bentley
Patrick Brown, PLA, ASLA
Megan Chafin, AIA
Kristin Colwell, RID, NCIDQ
Jeremiah Corbett, AIA, NCARB, LEED
Courtney Cox, Esq.
Julie Dalby, NCIDQ, RID
Elizabeth Goodale
Nathan Hunter, PLA, LEED BD+C
Shana Love
Alli Montgomery, AIA
Sharon Moore
Maggie Morgan
Alison Oakes
Amy Taylor
Lizz Wetherall, RID, NCIDQ, IIDA
Director names indicate those serving partially or fully during 2024.
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
Jason Woodle
Mary Holbrook
Jan Evridge
Rick Blackburn
Nathan Honeycutt, AIA
Scott Busby, AIA
Kristin Lee Grove
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
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
2024: Rev. Dr. Jerry Askew
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
2024: Union County’s Heritage Park
to all of our volunteers and supporters who make our work possible!
Note: many of the projects shown in this book were still in process at the end of 2024; we will include the finished results for these projects in our 2025 project book. As well, we wish to thank all our Staff and Board members for the work they did to further our mission in 2024.
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