2024 ETCDC Project Booklet

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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!

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

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

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

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

SEEED

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

Jacob Parker // Mike Hamlin

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

Fountain City Ballfields Master Plan

Master Plan for improvements to the existing ballfields County: Knox || Volunteers: Allison Montgomery, AIA // Aaron Miller, AIA

Grove Theater

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

Weigel’s Landing

Faith N Friends Horse Rescue

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

SHORA Urban Agriculture Cooperative

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

Knoxville Botanical Gardens & Arboretum

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

Sertoma Center

E. Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917

Sertoma Center

1400 E Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917

Date: December 19, 2023 ETCDC Project #2180 oject

Sertoma Center of Knoxville

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

Appalachian Arts Craft Center

Design plan for new additions along with the expansion of existing facilities County: Anderson || Volunteer: Greg Campbell, AIA

Solomon Gardens

Advisory role helping guide the development of new public gardens in East Knoxville County: Knox || Volunteers: Ross Primmer, FAIA // In - House Advisory Role

Joy of Music School

Renovation plan as well as a plan for the long-term expansion of the school County: Knox || Volunteer: Jeremiah Corbett, AIA

Educator Resource Center

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

Other Involvements

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

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

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)

North Broadway Corridor

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

CELEBRATION AT HISTORIC RAMSEY HOUSE

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.

OTHER INVOLVEMENTS

Sunsphere Welcome Center Ribbon Cutting

City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhood Empowerment - Neighborhood Resource Fair

OTHER INVOLVEMENTS

Knox Heritage Preservation Conference

ETCDC 2024 Project Bus Tour

2024 STAFF FOUNDERS & FIRST BOARD MEMBERS

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

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

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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CONTINUED

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.

BOARD PRESIDENTS AWARD WINNERS

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

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

Thank You

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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