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Changing the Landscape ■

HEATHER MAYS hmays@farragutpress.com

Without a doubt, Turkey Creek has changed the retail landscape of West Knox County and Farragut in the past 10 years; but it just might have changed more than that.

Turkey Creek certainly has changed how people in the Greater Knoxville area shop, eat and work.

It’s also changed how people who visit Knoxville decide where to stay, shop and dine.

But it might even have changed how people think of Knoxville in general.

“Turkey Creek has really exceeded all our expectations,” said John Turley of First Commercial Realty, the managing partner and primary developer of Turkey Creek.

“And a lot of it has been a combination of efforts from the community and ... luck. We really made a lot of progress over the last 10 years,” he added.

Turkey Creek sits on more than 400 acres, or around 3 million square feet of retail, office, commercial and residential space, situated between Lovell Road and Campbell Station Road.

“It’s like a small city,” said Tommy Stokes of Tommy Stokes Design Inc., the company in charge of Turkey Creek’s marketing and branding strategies.

And that was the idea.

“We worked hard to try and bring to town a different clientele, a higher end vendor or retailer. It was a fight because we had to overcome the fact that Knoxville was such a ‘one-horse town,’ as Muhammad Ali said in 1969 when he came to town,” Turley said.

“Once we got the key tenants and we set the tone of the development with the landscaping and the guidelines that were interwoven into the master plan, the thing kind of took off.”

Before Turkey Creek was built, the main commercial hubs in Knoxville were around West Town Mall and off Merchant Drive.

“It took four or five years of talking, but once we got WalMart and Target and got those national tenants, other tenants began to realize that Turkey Creek was more of a

regional draw,” Turley said.

And it is.

Around 60 percent of Turkey Creek’s visitors come from Knox County and the four to five contiguous counties, including Blount, Sevier and Loudon.

The other 40 percent come from “outer space,” Turley joked — they come from all over the nation, literally hundreds of miles.

“It’s a combination of the Interstate and tourism,” Turley said.

Turley said developing Turkey Creek was an opportunity he simply couldn’t pass up.

“You know, mental illness strikes every minute-and-ahalf,” he laughed.

In seriousness, Turkey Creek, Turley said, represented an acceleration of his dreams.

“You either have your foot to the gas pedal or you don’t.

Some people have their feet on the brakes; but this was just an opportunity. It looked like a great opportunity,” he said.

Turley and the Turkey Creek Land Partners bought the land in 1995 from a Florida man who had slowly bought up each parcel of land between Campbell Station and Lovell.

“In ’95, I made an offer on the tract and subsequently bought it,” Turley said.

And over the next 15 years, Turkey Creek became the most-talked-about development in Knoxville and the surrounding areas as it moved past your basic, run-of-the-mill retail shopping center.

“If you’re to look at Turkey Creek as a whole, you have to look at its parts: it’s hospitality, it’s entertainment, it’s medical ... we’ve brought high-end retail, we’ve brought restaurants, we’ve brought residential,” Turley said.

Stokes said Turkey Creek’s strength is in that diversity.

“It’s everything from a hamburger to a haircut to going to see my stockbroker,” Stokes said.

“Turkey Creek is a lifestyle center ... it truly fits all that criteria,” he added.

Turkey Creek also set a new standard for commercial developments in West Knox County — holding tenants to sign, architectural and landscaping restrictions in order to

preserve a refined aesthetic.

“We set the tone with the medians and the boulevard and so we raised the bar up a little higher. We did restrict and did have an architectural review committee who implemented the standards.

“We demanded connectivity: every site joins each other.

There’s no in-and-out; every site’s connected to an adjoining site,” Turley said.

“And we probably were one of the first people to build in, at our expense, a two-mile greenway,” he added.

The greenway is incredibly popular with walkers and shoppers, especially those walking to Turkey Creek from nearby residential areas in Farragut.

“Something like this has a life of its own. You know, one of the secrets of yoga is you’ve got to let it happen. Relax and let it happen.

“And we’ve been really lucky. Our greatest strength is that we haven’t screwed it up, if you want to know the truth,” Turley said.

“It has a tone of its own and we were lucky enough to have a great piece of land to work with. And the economy, we caught a rising tide, as they say. So our timing was good and we got off to a good start,” he added.

Turley said the recession had caused some closures in Turkey Creek, and might have stalled the residential side — the Cove at Turkey Creek — slightly; but all in all, the development had weathered the downturn well.

“The recession has reminded us how special Turkey Creek is. It has caused a little pain at Turkey Creek, we’ve lost a couple of tenants, but the strong have flourished,” Turley said.

In fact, Phase III of Turkey Creek was completed in December 2009, the depths of the recession, and it has thrived, Turley said.

“Best Buy is one of their better stores in the state.

Marshall’s and Off Broadway Shoes have done great,” he added.

In fact, Turkey Creek is a major sales tax producer for both the City of Knoxville and the town of Farragut.

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trengthening and supporting our community by promoting business growth, education and economic development.

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Farragut’s new business-friendly outlook touted

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HEATHER MAYS hmays@farragutpress.com

Three new elected officials and a new town administrator have spent the past year touting Farragut’s new business-friendly outlook.

And they’re not the only ones.

Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce and Farragut Business Alliance cover two ends of the business outreach spectrum, and how the two entities interact with the town of Farragut has proved interesting.

The Chamber, which is celebrating its 22nd anniversary this year, has a long history of providing marketing, educational and networking opportunities for its members, which stretch across the Greater Knoxville area.

The almost two-year-old Business Alliance is entirely Farragut-centric and focuses more on community events and economic development.

“All three entities can work together effectively in growing business here in Town,” Town Administrator David Smoak said of the Chamber, the FBA and Farragut’s chartered Economic Development Committee.

Smoak said Farragut is lucky to have three separate entities with one goal in mind — economic development — especially since those three groups have different methods of attaining that goal.

“They have their own niches that they work on, that they do every single day. I think that’s good, to have as many outlets out into the business community as you can, Smoak to know what the pulse is, what’s going on and what we need to be doing as a Town to attract business here,” Smoak said.

“The Chamber has a great network among its members. They support each other, and I think it’s important the Town be involved in the Chamber because we want to network and be involved with those businesses and find out what’s out there.

“The Farragut Business Alliance has definitely done a good job of trying to bring community involvement, recognizing the businesses in Town and promoting the businesses in Town,” he added.

“They’re in their infancy and they’re just

getting started, but I think they’ve done a good job so far.”

The Town financially supports both the FBA and the Chamber.

“We want to see them both succeed and grow,” Smoak said.

Chamber president and CEO Bettye Sisco said a varied membership base and a networking atmosphere are important characteristics of the Farragut West Knox Chamber.

“Our membership is very varied. It has no limits, because as a Chamber, we feel that anyone who does business in the Farragut area would want to be a member of the Farragut Chamber,” Sisco said.

Sisco said one of her first steps as Chamber president, when she was hired in 2001, was getting people involved, and that started with the Farragut Chamber’s famously frequent networking events.

“It started out with maybe two a month, of just basic morning or evening networkings. ... But then all the Sisco members wanted to keep having them.

“So we’ve reached the point now where we’re having one every single week, either morning or evening, and that is by request of our membership. Because it gives those members holding the networkings the opportunity to showcase their business, and lets other members know what they do.

“We are booked in advance for a year at a time,” Sisco said.

That networking atmosphere is important to Sisco, and to Chamber members.

“What we’ve learned from those networkings is that the members grow closer, and members help members in their businesses.

“That networking atmosphere is important because it provides people an avenue to connect,” Sisco said.

The Farragut Chamber was founded by the town of Farragut in 1987, and its first director, Jan Parks, was a Farragut employee. In 1992, Betsy Morrow became the president of the Chamber, and under her leadership the Chamber relocated outside Town Hall — first to the lower level of the Century 21 building and then to its current headquarters in the Michael Bates building off Kingston Pike.

Morrow also changed the name of the Chamber to Farragut West Knox, reflecting members located outside Farragut limits. In 2001, Sisco was hired.

“We had a membership of approximately 200 then, and we have grown to about 650,” Sisco said.

“Our relationship with the Town is extremely strong and always has been. We have a very good working relationship and look forward to continuing that in the near future.

“With the addition of their Economic Development Committee, we will be working with them and suggesting and helping with economic growth, especially bringing new businesses in,” she added.

The Chamber’s part in economic development largely is driven through its members.

The Chamber simply helps members market themselves, Sisco said.

The Chamber hosts and plans dozens of events and activities for its members — from Speaker Series Breakfasts to Brown Bag Educational Lunches, from ribbon-cuttings to networkings, from community events to continuing education grants. Its biggest events include its annual silent auction and dinner, and the annual Farragut Fall 5k.

The Chamber also has a local community presence in the Farragut Kiwanis, Rotary and Optimist’s clubs “with a whomping staff of three,” Sisco joked.

Sisco said the recession may have caused a slight dip in new businesses opening up, but involvement in the Chamber is holding steady.

“Even during the low turn of economic times, we’ve continued to maintain and grow with our membership. We’ve done our part, we feel, to help any member who needs to pay their dues on a time plan, if need be, to help them in tough times,” she said.

And she expects more growth in the future.

“With the increase in entrepreneurial businesses, and the influence of people needing more help, I think people are depending more on Chambers.

“We give business owners an opportunity to meet people quickly, so they can showcase and grow Purvis their business,” Sisco added.

Without its volunteers, though, the Chamber could not do all that it does, Sisco said.

“We couldn’t do without the volunteers,” she added.

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Technology takes flight in Innovation ■

HEATHER MAYS hmays@farragutpress.com

Silicon Valley.

Research Triangle Park.

Those are terms with instant cachet, recognized around the world as leaders in technology and creativity.

And that is the dream for the geographic corridor stretching through Blount, Knox, Loudon and Roane counties to Oak Ridge and Tellico.

Innovation Valley Inc. is the three-year-old economic development not-for-profit that includes those six area partners.

“Innovation Valley is a regional economic development plan with six specific program areas: global marketing, existing industry, technology and entrepreneurship, workforce development and education, public policy and resources for living,” said Rhonda Rice, executive vice president for the Knoxville Chamber and assistant to the Innovation Valley Board of Directors.

The Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley also is the name given to the geographical corridor the six regional partners create.

One of the biggest strides Innovation Valley has made, Rice said, is in marketing the area as a region, something more than the sum of its parts.

“When consultants and people look at our area, they don’t look at Knox County or Blount County; they look at Knoxville. They see it as a region. They don’t see county lines or community lines or anything like that.

“We know that it’s in everyone’s best interest if we can get that word out,” Rice said.

It’s not unusual for someone to be interested in the area they’re calling Knoxville, Rice said, but when asked about particular real estate, mention land or a building located in Loudon County.

“And that’s absolutely fine with us, and I say that because that’s probably one of the largest accomplishments and biggest successes that all the partners and the business community in this region feel.

“Because we work together a lot, and we actually even like each other,” Rice laughed.

“Our regional partnership is as strong as it has ever been in East Tennessee,” she added.

But Innovation Valley does more than just marketing.

Rice said that under the global marketing focus, for example, Innovation Valley works not only the marketing angle but also in recruitment.

“There are companies that are interested in the Innovation Valley in East Tennessee, and we work with those companies, we work with site selection consultants

... to make sure they’re aware of all the unique assets we have here,” Rice said.

The Greater Knoxville metropolitan area is unique because of many technology and innovation industry giants — TVA, the largest federal utility in the nation; ORNL and the DOE, Y-12, plus The University of Tennessee.

“Those are pretty strong assets. So making sure that with all of the other things, quality of life and workforce and all of that, we make sure we are in front of them all the time working with companies who are expanding or looking to relocate.

“So then we get a look here,” Rice said.

In Knox County, Innovation Valley has even worked with Schools Superintendent Dr. James McIntyre on Knox County Schools’ five-year strategic plan.

“And people ask, ‘Why is education important — why is the Chamber and Innovation Valley involved in that?’”

Rice said.

“Well, one, that’s the workforce of the future. And if our students aren’t getting the education they need, they won’t be prepared to go into the workplace in the future,” she added.

“The other thing that I think makes Innovation Valley important is our emphasis on technology and entrepreneurial opportunities in this region. Not only do we want to recruit new industries and help the ones who are here expand, we want to grow our own,” Rice said.

“There are several incubators and locations in our region who have staff and resources who can assist in this effort: The University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Fairview Technology as well as Pellissippi Place R&D in Blount County and Cherokee Farms,” she added.

Innovation Valley was started after the end of an initiative in the early 2000s called “Jobs Now!” a 16-county marketing program, said Farragut resident Bill Johns, who was part of the “Jobs Now!” program.

“Rather than competing against each other for recruitment, people started realizing that if a company comes anywhere within that sandbox, everybody’s going to benefit,” Johns, who also owns a company called BlueWater Consulting, said.

“When there’s new development happening ... when you bring a new manufacturer to town, that creates jobs, that also means that they’re going to pick some land somewhere, and construction is going to happen. And if enough people come in, there will be a spike in real estate, and that kind of thing,” he added.

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Business From page 2D

Farragut Business Alliance founder David Purvis said the FBA was founded “to bring the business community together to discuss common issues and maybe bring positive changes within the community, for both the businesses and the residents.”

A sense of community is one of Purvis’s highest goals, as evidenced by the community events the Business Alliance has planned and executed in the past year, including the Taste of Farragut and Red, White & Blues.

“We want a stronger sense of community among businesses and a stronger sense of loyalty, among residents, for the businesses that are engaged in the community,” Purvis, who also owns Farragut Wine & Spirits, said.

“We started out trying to do community oriented events and not specifically related to businesses, but more related to the community,” Purvis said.

“That way, the community can see that the businesses care about us, about the Town, about the community.

“It’s not just all about us wanting changes in ordinances that benefit us. We’re all part and parcel, all together, and we share a common goal, which is improving the Town,” he added.

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ment, engagement, commitment,” Purvis said.

Purvis said he hopes to see more businesses become involved as the FBA becomes older and accomplishes more.

“We want more businesses in the discussion at the table. Then the FBA will become more of an important piece in the communications pipeline,” Purvis said.

The Business Alliance should be utilized by the Town as an outreach tool to businesses.

“The Town’s not always had a great ability to communicate with the businesses in the community, and they’ve been fighting to find a way to do that. The FBA could ultimately be the vehicle that helps the Town be engaged with businesses and business goals,” Purvis said.

The Town has lofty goals for business outreach and economic development, and the future looks brighter with the combined resources and goals of the FBA and the Chamber.

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The problem with every area marketing itself, Johns said, is that no one area county or city can boast all of those things. The University of Tennessee is in Knox County; McGhee Tyson Airport is in Blount County; Oak Ridge is in Anderson County.

“Because we have those ingredients here, but they’re not together, that’s one of the reasons we’ve not grown like Silicon Valley,” Johns said.

“Jobs Now!” focused on three main economic development areas: recruitment of new businesses to the area, expansion of existing businesses and incubation and entrepreneurship.

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The Taste of Farragut and Red, White & Blues were popular events by any standard.

Each was attended by more than 1,500 people, and the Farragut Business Alliance will donate some of its proceeds from community events to Farragut schools.

But Purvis said community events are just the beginning of what he hopes the FBA will accomplish.

“Now we’re moving more towards recognition of individual businesses,” he said.

The FBA’s next step might be a Web site, complete with a list of “member” businesses and a community calendar.

“So then the community can go there and see what’s going on around Town — and not just open to the businesses that are having activities but maybe churches, more of a social calendar.

“It’s just another thing to engage people so they know what’s going on in Farragut,” Purvis said.

All of those things add up to reasons people can stay in Farragut — to dine, to shop, to play and to live.

The FBA’s membership consists entirely of volunteers; it has no staff, and even its Board of Directors consists of business owners and employees with full-time jobs.

“We don’t have due structures; we’re not asking for money. We’re asking for involve-

Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, owned by Farragut residents Gene and Pamela Treacy, is a fun place to shop.

The Treacys share a passion for wine that started when they were dating 25 years ago.

“We love to share our wine knowledge and experiences. Ours is a store where you will find the owners and staff available and ready to assist you,” Pamela said.

Gene is the Chief Buyer for the store.

With his daily interaction with customers, he buys what they want. One focus is finding great wines priced under $25. Since quality has improved, they increased the variety of their boxed wine selection. They also offer a selection of fine wines that make great client gifts.

To further her professional knowledge, Pamela completed three courses at The University of Tennessee’s Culinary Institute’s Wine Program. She enjoys sharing that knowledge with her customers.

To help educate customers and benefit

A fun place to shop a local charity, Campbell Station Wine & Spirits organizes a free wine tasting on the second Saturday of each month.

Donations for Second Harvest are accepted.

“So far, our customers donated more than $5,600 or 16,800 meals,” Gene said.

Each event focuses on an average of eight wines.

“This event allows folks to try before they buy, which appeals to new and seasoned wine drinkers alike,” he added.

“It has also become a local social event where friends plan to meet,” commented Pamela.

In 2011, they will offer more opportunities to learn about wine. Their current programs such as the F3 Member discount program for frequent customers, friends and family, along with senior discounts, mixed case discounts and their feature Wine Wednesdays and Thrifty Thursdays will continue.

Gene said, “Pamela and I, along with our staff, like to serve our customers and send them on their way with a smile.”

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Innovation From page 6D

development agencies worked together, but “Jobs Now!” was mostly a marketing campaign.

At the end of that program, the idea for a regional partnership grew into an economic development program for the region — one that did more than just marketing.

“Innovation Valley has helped our region because we are having a consistent message and a consistent brand identity that is being promoted externally to our region to attract companies,” Johns said.

“And that is very important. That increases the probability of us attracting businesses.

Internally, having that same brand, message and strategy has helped us become more efficient as a region working together and seeking opportunities and maxing our resources, especially in a limited-resources world.

“There have been great strides, strategic strides, that need to be done,” he added.

And while strides have been made, Rice said Innovation Valley faced a bit of a setback during the recession.

“We launched the campaign in September of ’08, and then the recession hit,” Rice said.

“There’s nothing better than going out and starting a $2 million annual campaign in the middle of the worst recession [in recent years],” she laughed.

“It impacted recruitment, certainly. At that time we were working to try to maintain the companies and jobs we had here, let alone

recruiting companies. Everybody’s trying to hold on,” she added.

The recession caused Innovation Valley partners to step back and re-evaluate goals and budgets, but Rice said the recession didn’t stop the group’s success.

“Marketing costs a lot of money. But we’ve been able to, instead of each individual community or organization trying to do it alone, we’ve been able to capitalize on all of us pooling our resources together,” Rice said.

“And in doing so, we feel like we’ve been very successful,” she said.

The Greater Knoxville area has received several national rankings and accolades over the past few years that indicate a growing awareness of the region.

And Rice said she expects to see Innovation Valley continue to grow, from marketing to recruiting to education.

“We all have a responsibility to sell this region, and we have a great product,” she said.

Rice mentioned the UT-Batelle partnership and regional industry expansions, plus the move toward renewable energy, as the main fields to watch.

“The renewable energy field is wide open for a number of opportunities in this region.

You’ve got the solar field at UT, nuclear components that are a good probability in connection with Y-12,” she said.

Real estate needs to be made available, Rice said, and East Tennessee needs to have a workforce ready and educated.

“I think the opportunities are endless,” she added.

TN STATE BANK Proud to be part of the Farragut community

Tennessee State Bank’s Turkey Creek location is proud to be a part of the growing Farragut community. New to the area, TSB is excited that they have the opportunity to contribute to the community growth by bringing over 38 years of “Banking at its Best” to Farragut.

Tennessee State Bank is actively involved in helping the local schools through financial education, supporting numerous activities, as well as sponsoring activities in and out of school. The bank’s support does not stop with the youth, they also offer adult financial education and they are dedicated to help support and educate the elderly and their caregivers.

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“Farragut gets one percent of the sales out here,” Turley said.

So if even one store in Turkey Creek brings in $30 million a year (which they do), the town of Farragut receives $300,000 of that in sales tax revenue. Farragut’s largest revenue producer is sales tax, since it doesn’t levy a property tax.

But Turkey Creek has had more of an impact on the area than just being a major revenue producer.

Turley said the future of Turkey Creek included building the brand and connecting it to the surrounding area.

“The future of Turkey Creek is in awareness and marketing, or creating an awareness of our brand,” Turley said.

There are several tenant spaces in Turkey Creek yet to be filled, and Turley hinted at a

future tenant that’s yet to come on the Farragut side.

“People will go crazy when they find out,” he said with a smile.

And that may be the allure of Turkey Creek.

Residents, tourists, shoppers and even developers have grown accustomed to looking to Turkey Creek for the next big thing.

And they’re usually not disappointed.

“I think Turkey Creek has set a standard and has probably created some awareness of Knoxville in the region.

“Turkey Creek has become kind of symbolic of our community, in a way,” Turley said.

Stokes said the best way to judge the development’s impact is in how it’s advertised by outside sources.

“Everything is five minutes from Turkey Creek. Everything,” he laughed.

“It has become institutionalized and is a landmark for the region,” he added.

“It has, hasn’t it?” Turley said.

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Major facelifts highlight growth ■

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Farragut economic growth was highlighted by major facelifts within Town limits during the past 10 years, taking off with explosive growth along Parkside Drive plus two major grocery chains building megastores.

Cultural growth, symbolized by a special bronze statue, and a controversial attempt to grow in the area of traffic safety also highlighted Farragut’s attempts to better itself during the first 10-plus years of the new millennium.

“The last 10 years have been a big spurt in building, all to the benefit of the Town,” Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill said. “I'd like to see us start up some growth again; I think that's just healthy for a community.”

Looking ahead to 2020, “I would like to see a community center,” McGill said. “I would like to see a little more growth; we've still got some large chunks of land.

“We do have an urban growth boundary that we could grow into, without any objection of Knox County and Knoxville,” the mayor added.

“There are pieces of land that we could annex, and I think we'll be talking about it soon.

“The only problem is the total of all that land is less than one square mile. I think we have ambitions that are bigger than one square mile.”

To expand beyond that one-mile boundary, “We'd have to negotiate with the City and County, and that's a big process,” McGill said.

“We might throw the idea out there.”

As for aesthetics, “I want to see us transforming with some architectural standards,” McGill said, “So that when things are redeveloped, we will do it in a certain selection of styles, all of which are a motif that might have suited in the Civil War era.”

Turning “motif” into a commercial image that sells for tourism, “This is all part of trying to make us a destination; we’ve got a lot of history we could capitalize on,” McGill said.

“To do it the best way, we need to make the place look historic, and that's something that can't happen very quickly.”

McGill said extensive work has been done during his administration, dating back to Spring 2009, to un-do a negative image.

“The projection of this image of us being business unfriendly was part imagined, and part real,” McGill said. “If any part of that is real, I think that's wrong.

“I'm doing everything I can to change that image,” he added. “And I

The centerpiece of recently constructed Farragut Memorial Plaza, the 7-foot bronze statue of Adm. James David Glasgow Farragut stands majestically along Municipal Drive adjacent to Farragut Town Hall.

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Farragut’s unique personality born of experience ■

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Thirty years of codes, ordinances and restrictions — giving town of Farragut a unique personality among East Tennessee municipalities — were born, for the most part, from bad experiences the Farragut community had with Knox County.

“With county government, we were largely ignored,” said Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill, the Town's third mayor since incorporation Jan. 16, 1980, about how the Farragut community was disrespected in the 1970s.

McGill is considered one of the Town’s “founding fathers” — one of seven Farragut community activists in the late 70s pushing for incorporation.

“They gave in to developers right and left.

There weren't many rules. They would built houses without having a permit,” McGill added. “We just thought we could do better. The commercial development that we were getting seemed to be kinda haphazard.”

For example, “We'd go down to protest something and they'd always postpone it,” he said.

“That was the biggest trick they'd use. They'd try to wear you down.

“We didn't have the system of [county] government that we have today,” McGill added. "There weren't county commissioners, there was a county court, and the judge was the main man.”

McGill, elected mayor in April 2009, said Knox Municipal Planning Commission of the late 1970s “was stocked largely with developers.”

As a result, serious talk between McGill and a handful of other activists about forming a Town through referendum — first attempted in 1970

before failing — was hot and heavy in 1979.

“Unbeknownst to me, there was a group that had been talking about ... four, five, six months before” McGill became active, he said. “In the meantime I was having my own problems with floodplains in Village Green, where they were violating the floodways and jeopardizing people's houses. ”You don't see evidence of that today because it's largely been taken care of.”

When a variance to build a home adjacent to McGill was granted, despite the property being a floodway, “I was about as mad as hell, and I was complaining about it to Betty Dick, who was an activist.

“I said, ‘I'm going to do something, I don't know what,’” McGill recalled. “She said, ‘hold that thought, I'll get back to you.’”

Next came a meeting.

“Got a call from her [asking], ‘can you come to a meeting’ over at her house?” McGill said.

“I went over there, and there were her and Dave Rodgers and I think it was George Dorsey and Eric Johnson.

“What they wanted me there for was to ask me to lead the incorporation,” McGill added. “That was around September 1979. We organized, got a lot of people involved. We knew we needed to have money, so we went around begging for money.”

Operating in secret according to McGill, “On Oct. 26 we announced it, we called a press conference,” he said. “We chose that weekend because we knew [Knoxville Mayor] Randy Tyree was out of town.”

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Ralph McGill takes the oath of office as town of Farragut’s third mayor in 2009 as alderman Jeff Elliott looks on.

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As for Knoxville and Knox County lawsuits, “We were able to get quick hearings on all those suits,” McGill said.

“Knoxville sued us for an injunction against the referendum, and it wasn't heard until a few days after the referendum. And the judge said, ‘I think the people have spoken.’”

Elected April 1, 1980, Farragut had its first Mayor and Board of Aldermen: Mayor Robert “Bob” Leonard joined Aldermen Eddy Ford (mayor from 1994 to 2009), Dorsey, Marianne McGill (Mayor McGill's wife) and Johnson.

Non-elected Town staff included Millie McBride as first Town Recorder and Rodgers as first Town Attorney.

Dick and Ronald F. Simandl were elected aldermen in 1981; Fred William Jones, 1983; Jeffery R. Dobson, 1984; John C. Griess, 1985, and John H. Evans, 1987.

Aldermen elected during the 1990s were Ann C. Page, 1991; J. Michael Haynes 1993 and 1997; Robert P. Watt, 1993; Joel Garber, 1995, and Constance S. Rutenber, 1997.

Richard L. Scarbrough was appointed to serve out Griess’ term in 1994.

Rutenber actually served as alderman dating back to June 1990, when she was appointed to fill out Evans’ term; she also was appointed in 1995 to fill out Haynes’ term.

Haynes also served as vice mayor during Ford’s mayoral term.

Newly elected aldermen in the new millennium were current Vice Mayor Mary Dorothy LaMarche (2003) and Thomas M. Rosseel (2005).

Aldermen currently serving with Mayor McGill and LaMarche are John Williams (2007), Jeff Elliott (2009) and Bob Markli (2009).

Other big advantages of incorporation, McGill said, include no longer having to travel “20 miles to talk to our elected officials. You can go a mile or so.”

“I've always felt the closer government is the better government because you have a greater say in your closer government than you do in the national government, for example,” he added.

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Then Town activist Ralph McGill holds up copy of Town charter Jan. 19, 1980, three days after Farragut’s official incorporation.

Mayor Robert “Bob” Leonard conducts Town business during a Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting in 1987.

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Linda Ford holds arms high in excitement in 2005 as her husband, Mayor Eddy Ford, won yet another term as Farragut mayor.

Town is named after James David Glasgow Farragut — first admiral of U.S. Navy and War Between the States hero famed for his “damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead” declaration — who was born in the Farragut area.

Farragut prides itself for “controls on zoning, building codes and signage plus major improvements to roads,” according to Town’s annual report.

Also, “Development of parks, greenspace, pedestrian links and leisure opportunities.”

Among Town volunteers who donate precious time, Farragut's Unsung Navy Volunteer program has donated almost 80,000 hours of service to Town since its inception in 1992, which is valued at $769,560. More than 100 volunteers contributing to Farragut Folklife Museum represent $61,850 of value to Town annually.

Current location of Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, was built and became operational in 1991.

Town Court convenes second Monday of each month beginning at 6 p.m. in board room of Town Hall.

Board of Mayor and Aldermen meet beginning at 7 p.m. fourth Thursday of each month.

Farragut Municipal Planning Commission meets third Thursday of every month.

Commission is comprised of Mayor McGill, Vice Mayor LaMarche, Chair Rita Holladay, Ed Whiting, Ed St. Clair, Ron

Rochelle, Cynthia Hollyfield, Ron Honken and Melissa Mustard.

In recent years, BOMA meetings have been televised on Charter/ TDS cable.

Fiscal year runs July 1 to June 30. BOMA approves upcoming fiscal year budget in May. Overall, 11 standing councils, committees, boards and commissions, with all but BOMA and FMPC are appointed each year in May. Town employs 44 full-time staff plus 15 to 20 seasonal staff.

Staff include David Smoak, Town administrator; Gary Palmer, assistant Town administrator; Allison Myers, Town recorder; Ben Harkins, Traffic Enforcement manager; Lucinda Reshuffle Troyer, Town judge, Tom Hale, Town attorney; Ruth Hawk, Community Development Director, Sue Stuhl, Parks and Leisure Services director, and Darryl Smith, Town Engineer.

Farragut Municipal Code and Farragut Town Ordinances are updated annually.

Town of Farragut, sitting approximately 936 feet above sea level, comprises 16.2 square miles; bordered on the north by I-40/75 (except Campbell Station Road-Snyder RoadOutlet Drive area); to the south

by Turkey Creek Road and Norfolk South Railroad line; west to Loudon County line, and east at Lovell Road on north side, and east at Thornton Heights and Concord Hills subdivisions on southside of Kingston Pike.

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“We've always managed to maintain a pretty high standard,” McGill added.

“That's commendable.”

Construction of Farragut Memorial Plaza, adjacent to Town Hall along Municipal Drive, was complete by Spring 2010.

But its dedication ceremony Sunday, May 2, had a special concluding act.

Thirty years worth of Town elected officials — various aldermen dating back to the Town’s first Board of Mayor in Aldermen in April 1980 plus McGill and past mayors Robert “Bob” Leonard and Eddy Ford — joined area dignitaries, as a 7-foot bronze statue of Town namesake Adm. James David Glasgow Farragut was unveiled.

Sue Stuhl, Parks and Leisure Services director, said the Town is “studying” the

prospects of a “community center with the community center study committee.”

Study includes assessing “necessary acreage, what amenities it would need as far as roads, the location, and what kind of faculties would be needed,” Stuhl added.

With no decision made whether or not to build the center, Stuhl said, “The committee hopes to have a report with suggestions, recommendations, probably in late winter or early spring 2011.”

Despite a noticeable degree of negative citizen feedback, Farragut installed red-light cameras at three intersections in 2009: Kingston Pike at Campbell Station Road, Kingston Pike at Smith Road and Kingston Pike at Concord Road.

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Six events annually sponsored by town of Farragut have grown into major spectacles.

In 2010, Farragut held its 23rd Annual Independence Day Parade with thousands of spectators lining either side of Kingston Pike — from Farragut High School west to Farragut Towne Square near Ingles.

Sue Stuhl, Parks and Leisure Services Director the past 16 years with 19 years total Town service, said she recently looked through pictures from some of the earliest parades.

“The crowds that were along Kingston Pike, there were people there, but it's not anywhere near what the people are right now,” she said. “It has grown amazingly.”

Among parade grand marshals have been Joan Cronan (1990), women's athletic director at The University of Tennessee; U.S. Rep. John J. “Jimmy” Duncan Jr. (1993); John Ward (1994), former Voice of the Vols for UT Football and Men's Basketball; Marshal Andy Smalls (1997) and 30 years of Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen officials (2010).

Parade participants have grown from a few dozen to the maximum allowed 95 in recent years.

Regular entrees have included church floats, Farragut High School's Marching Admirals Band and a martial arts walking exhibition by Eun's Martial Arts.

The Town just concluded its 14th Annual Freaky Friday Nite Fright Night, now held each year at Mayor Bob Leonard Park the Friday before Halloween.

For children ages 12 and under, “The first year we had it, we had it at Anchor Park, and we probably had a hundred to 150 people period,” Stuhl said. “Our highest number in the last few years, when we haven't had rain, has been around 1,200 kids not including all the adults [such as] parents, grandparents.”

However, Anne Lagrow, Town special events and program coordinator, said her department was planning for up to 1,600 participants this year.

“We ask businesses and organizations to sponsor booths, and they just come and set it up,” Stuhl said, as 31 trick-or-treat stations were featured this year.

That includes Game Land, games run by

Town staff and volunteers, plus cookie decorating.

“We have five or six games with a bunch of volunteers, usually from the high school,” Stuhl said. “Like beanbag toss.”

“All the booths give candy or trinkets or prizes,” Stuhl added. “There's always cookie decorating.”

As for business participation, “We get them all registered, we advertise it,” Stuhl said.

With the incentive to provide children a safe place to trick-or-treat, the Town collects donations to benefit Ronald McDonald House.

Farragut Kiwanis Club combines forces with the Town to sponsor Shamrock Ball, an annual “father-and-daughter” dance centered around St. Patrick's Day in mid-March.

Begun in 2007 and now held each year at FHS, “We had it at the [Farragut] Middle School gym the first year, and we were surprised at how many people we had then,” Stuhl said.

Available to fathers and their daughters regardless of age, the Ball has grown “from 150 or so to 4[00] or 500 last year,” Stuhl said.

Though “this is one of the few things that we actually charge for,” Stuhl said, ticket sales “benefit Kiwanis charities.”

“Mothers and sons are invited, too, but it's mostly fathers and daughters,” she added.

Dating back to the mid-1980s is the annual Bob Watt Fishing Rodeo — held each year in early summer for children up to age 13 along the shore of Anchor Park, where catfish are stocked in the immediate area of Fort Loudoun Lake.

“They also catch bluegill, which must be coming in from the lake,” Stuhl said.

Stuhl credited event namesake and founder, Bob Watt — a member of the Town's Recreation Committee in the early 1980s — and Lovell Heights Barber Shop as being “instrumental in getting money for prizes and T-shirts. It's been a great partnership.”

Watt “really wanted to do a fishing rodeo,” Stuhl said, adding turnouts have been as large as 150 children.

Farragut soon will prepare to Celebrate the Season, its 17th annual salute to Christmas and end of year holiday season fun, free of charge.

Held in early December in Town Hall, the See EVENTS on Page 6D

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Representing patriotic spirit, and lots of friendliness during 23rd Annual Farragut Independence Day Parade, are children on the Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church float. In front, Brodie Roberts, 4; Addy Jones, 3; Anna Wood, 6, and Guy Roberts, 6. In back are Lexi Morrison, 5, and Hawkins Dunn, 6.

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Learning from county indifference, “We would control our own destiny, we would have planning different, more strict zoning, land-use plans,” McGill said. “The absence of which, or what appeared to be the absence of which, is largely why we incorporated.”

After he and Rodgers had appeared for an interview on WBIR-TV Channel 10 in fall 1979, McGill recalled “bumping into” Tyree, who was at the station for a similar interview. “[Tyree] said, ‘We're not going to annex all of you,’ and I said, ‘I know, because you're not going to get any of us,’” McGill recalled.

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According to a 2006 “Special Census,” town of Farragut's population was 19,717, up about 2,000 from the 2000 U.S. Census figure (17,719).

However, a Bureau 2006-2008 American Community Survey Three-Year Estimate listed total population at 20,935 (50.8 percent female, 49.2 male).

David Smoak, Farragut Town Administrator, said 2006 and 2007 were “the last years we really had a lot of housing developed here,” adding since 2008, “We've had a very minimal number of new homes.

“Considering all those new numbers, I wouldn't think [population] is too much higher,” Smoak added.

Households made up of individuals was 15.2 percent and 5.5 percent had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.09.

Town's population age-range was 73.4 percent age 18 and older, 14.2 percent age 65 or older.

Median age was 44 years.

According to 2006-2008 Bureau estimates, median household income and median family income had risen to $100,631 and $114,353, respectively.

Per capita income for the town was

$43,7510. About 2.6 percent of families and 1.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

One problem the Town has with obtaining specific demographic information, Smoak said, “Is the more information you ask of people, the less likely they are to fill it out. That's a tough thing. You want to know all those things, then again you want to get your population accurate. That's the most important thing.”

Though Smoak said the Town has no population growth projections for the next 10 years, he added, “I think it would certainly be slower than it was the past decade, just knowing the economic environment that's out there now.

“But we are working on our long-term plans over the next couple of years, which certainly would have some type of projections built in,” he added. “We're working on a long-range financial plan that would certainly take that into consideration.”

Farragut's Land Use Plan, Smoak said, would determine “how many people can fit into the Town overall. We may add a park here and there, we may add some roadways, depending on where the subdivisions are built, or commercial development is built.”

Smoak said the Town's burden toward population projections is eased somewhat because, “We don't have to plan for police and fire [departments].”

2010 “Celebrate” annually provides a Santa visit with children, including individual pictures. Children also enjoy crafts and cookie decorating, while the entire family enjoys musical entertainment.

“There were several hundred last year,” Stuhl said.

Among the newest annual Town-sponsored events is Farragut Bookfest for Children at Farragut Branch, Knox County Public Library.

Begun in 2007 and held each April, Farragut Bookfest For Children features “local authors who have written children's books, and people who are telling stories and reading books, and crafts and music, and people dressed up as characters,” Stuhl said.

FARRAGUT WINE & SPIRITS

One of the top ten stores in Knox County Just over three years ago, it wasn’t possible for Farragut Wine & Spirits to exist.

Now it’s one of the top ten stores in Knox County by sales.

Before May 2007, the Town of Farragut only allowed three spirit retailers within town limits and only in very specific locations.

Farragut Wine owners, David and Robin Purvis, approached the Town about changing the ordinance. They were successful, and the Town accepted David and Robin’s bid.

Three years later, Farragut Wine & Spirits is one of the fastest growing stores in Knox County and one of the top three stores by square footage in the state.

But they’re more than just a big store.

They’re also the only store in the market that offers discounts on every item, every day.

“Like everybody else in the market, we offer weekly specials, but at our store everybody on our customer list gets a discount on every item, every day. No other store does that. They may offer some special customers a discount, but we offer it to everybody. We also match our competitors’ advertised prices,” David said.

Their size allows them to work with

David and Robin Pur vis large groups.

“We also work with large parties: weddings or corporate events. We work to get the product they want and offer a special discount on it,” he added.

Customer service is very important to David and Robin.

“We like to keep a clean store and clean-cut, knowledgeable staff. We host a lot of special events like wine tastings, beer tastings and spirit tastings,” David said. “We’re really active in working with restaurants like Season’s Cafe, Flemings, Lakeside Tavern, The Orangery, Chez Liberty, Abuelos and Meksiko Cantina. We have tastings so people can see what different products taste like with different food.”

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KNOX AREA DEMOGRAPHICS CHART DEMOGRAPHIC PELLISSIPPI CORRIDOR STATISTICS

CITY OF KNOXVILLE

KNOX COUNTY

FARRAGUT

37934 ZIP CODE

POPULATION

787,984

189,081

445,260

19,717

20,700

MEDIAN AGE

35.2

38.2

39.4

41.8

40

323,494

85,503

186,253

6,333

7,456

$46,401

$34,436

$48,012

$82,726

$94,892

117,418

37,164

85,669

unavailable

2,347

89,265

22,548

63,563

unavailable

4,419

ETHNICITY: WHITE

692,333

144,175

377,874

unavailable

19,774

ETHNICITY: BLACK

52,589

31,821

42,097

unavailable

461

ETHNICITY: ASIAN

10,329

4,139

9,055

unavailable

614

ETHNICITY: HISPANIC

20,145

6,226

11,590

unavailable

231

387,110

90,500

217,207

unavailable

10,167

400,874

95,581

228,053

unavailable

10,533

NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME EDUCATION: HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA EDUCATION: BACHELOR’S DEGREE

GENDER: MALE GENDER: FEMALE

Information compiled from the Knoxville Chamber website, www.knoxvillechamber.com, the town of Farragut’s website, www.townoffarragut.org, and from information used by Farragut’s Economic Development Committee.

No one can deny that Farragut and West Knox County have felt the crunch of the housing market collapse during the recession.

Everyone has seen real estate signs become a semi-permanent part of the landscape, decorating lawns the way pink flamingoes would in a different time or place.

Everyone has seen development stall on vacant lots in subdivisions that are only partially built out.

Everyone has seen homeowners and realtors reduce, reduce and reduce their listing prices.

But according to local realtors and planners, the West Knox area has fared relatively well — especially compared to other parts of the nation, state and even Knox County.

West Knox County has become a residential hub during the last 10 years, and Mike Pappas of Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace estimated much of that was due to the number of amenities on this side of town.

“The schools, the Interstate being good, the onset and growth of Turkey Creek, shopping, restaurants, theaters, all those things. And I think the big thing is, people like the Farragut schools ... that you get a pretty good education, and that helps you get into better schools and that kind of thing,” said Pappas, also the president of Knoxville Area Association of Realtors.

And the recession didn’t change any of that.

“It’s still a desirable area because of the location, the schools, the shopping, all those things that draw people to an area ... you’ve got all that with Turkey Creek, being the big thing,” Pappas said.

Even the higher-priced homes in the area are still desirable.

“You’ve got stronger price values and stronger housing.

“You’ve got a lot of white collar people living in those areas, generally: engineers, doctors, professors. Probably those people aren’t going to be quite as affected as the majority of the rest of the population ... if you’re in one of those fields ... people are still getting sick and still needing care or going to school,” Pappas said.

West Knox County and Farragut are still desirable, still popular, still a destination residential area.

And the numbers support that.

According to data compiled by the KAAR, average housing prices and time on the market in West Knox County haven’t seen the wild fluctuations other places have.

In fact, the listing and sales prices of homes have actually gone up.

In the Choto, Farragut, Lovell Road and Hardin Valley areas, the average listing price from 2000 to 2003 was $234,508. From 2004 to 2006, the average listing price was $307,541 and from 2007 to 2009, the average was $342,773.

Those numbers largely reflect the volume of higher-end subdivisions and homes that have been built in the area during the past 10 years — no great surprise to anyone.

In those same areas, the average closing price of a home from 2000 to 2003 was $229,748; from 2004 to 2006 was $303,771 and from 2007 to 2009 was $332,059.

In other words, on average for the past 10 years, homes in the West Knox County area have been selling for less than their listing price ... but not that much less.

In fact, the percentage between closing price and listing price has only dropped one point for homes in West Knox County during the last 10 years: from 98.10 percent to 97.21 percent.

The biggest change West Knox County’s housing market has seen is the time that a house spends on the market.

From 2000 to 2003, the average was 77 days — as a general rule, the more expensive the house was, the longer it was on the market.

From 2004 to 2006, the average time on the market actually dropped to 73 days.

This was the period the housing market was at its best — building more homes and starting more subdivisions than could be filled.

But the general rule still applied: the more expensive a house was, the longer it stayed listed. And that was especially true of homes that listed for higher (or much higher) than the $1,000,000 mark.

Some of those houses spent more than 500 days on the market, but they were averaged out by other homes with so few days on the market that the average is still 73.

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“Redefining the Art of Gracious Living and Value” From the hills of Bridgemore you can see and live life as full and inspiring as the mountains and landscapes that surround the community. A sanctuary surrounded by gifts of nature a comfortable place that draws family and friends an inviting, relaxing place that invites one to stay and take advantage of a comfortable and invigorating lifestyle and a visual awakening that you do not always have to compromise.

Years from now people will have a time capsule of memories hidden between the walls and “cubbie holes” of their custom homes and the small hand prints, paw prints, signatures, and found objects of the whole family in those secret places inside the family room wall, that will make one smile at the special memory moment and no one else will understand unless you decide to share.

There will be memories of learning to swim in the Bridgemore pool, just like the “McFee boys” learned in the creek on the farm in years past. The first fish caught in the pond, a story that will grow with the telling. Kite flying in the meadow. The winning soccer goal. A future Lady Vol giggles as she makes her first basket. The small tree planted that now shades the back yard. From quiet conservations and laughter that make your eyes water in quiet moments, life-long friendships developing along with the neighborhood.

A place where sweethearts will meet and another generation will begin “their stories.” The miles of walking trails just outside of the door give no excuse not to be fit and may well be responsible for your healthy lifestyle today.

There will be photo albums of a daughter’s wedding reception as she descends the grand stairway at the Bridgemore Clubhouse and the bridal bouquet tossed from the front porch and caught by her best friend. There has never been a finer piece of land for living nor a better location with more to offer.

More and more homes are being built in Bridgemore and the more you visit the more you appreciate what makes Bridgemore such a special place and great value.

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“I got into real estate about 20 years ago,” she said. “I enjoyed dealing with homes and people and helping people find the right place for them.”

What is the secret of Teasley’s success and winning awards consistently? “I’ve been in the business a long time and have

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Saying there’s been commercial growth in West Knox County during the past 10 years is a bit like saying there’s been water in the lakes the past 10 years.

Some things just go without saying.

But the commercial growth in the area does serve as an interesting microcosm of the economic changes that have occurred over the last decade nationwide. From the boom years around 2004 and 2005, to the recession that hit hard in 2008 and 2009, Farragut and West Knox County have

seen it all.

How has the area fared? Have the commercial gains of the early part of the new millennium lasted? How well did West Knox County survive the recession? And how long will it take to recover?

Some of those questions are still questions in the minds of economic planners, developers and builders in the area.

Some of those people are still catching their breath. Some of them are still holding their breath, fearing a double-dip recession, afraid that the worst isn’t really over.

But some see West Knox County as a lucky area — one of the few around the country that has come out of the reces-

sion with large portions of its early economic gains intact.

BIG GROWTH The turn of the century brought plenty of changes to West Knox County and Farragut.

In the late 1990s, a group of developers and businessmen pooled their money to buy 410 acres of wooded land between Lovell Road and Campbell Station Road, with the intent of turning the space into a commercial and retail mecca.

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Turkey Creek Land Partners bought the land for $7 million in 1995, and 10 years later, the assessed value of the property had risen to nearly $155 million.

“The retail component of Turkey Creek has been the mega event, as far as commercial real estate is concerned in West Knox County. Before that, it was probably around the West Town area,” said John Griess of Holrob Commercial Realty, also a former Farragut alderman and Knox County Commissioner.

“The biggest change has been the development of Parkside Drive,” Farragut’s Community Development Director Ruth Hawk agreed.

Griess said commercial development in the past decade arguably skipped over parts of Cedar Bluff and Mabry Hood to land in Turkey Creek.

“The development was a big risk on the part of the developers; the concept took a lot of participation from the County and the town of Farragut and the City of Knoxville, but it’s proven to be a huge bonanza, taxrevenue wise, for all three of those entities,” Griess said.

Some commercial entities won’t even build in other locations because they have, or want, locations in Turkey Creek.

“That little section of retail, Parkside Drive, draws people from everywhere — from a huge market area.

“That is the retail story of the last 10 years in West Knoxville,” Griess added.

Turkey Creek certainly is the largest retail establishment in Knox County, and perhaps the most noticeable, but it’s not the only one.

And it’s certainly not the only one to have done most of its growing up in the last decade.

The next biggest development might just be one that hasn’t yet been completed, Griess said, alluding to the 105-acre development under construction at the intersection of Marketplace Boulevard and Kingston Pike.

The back of the property will feature high-end apartments while the land that fronts the Pike will be largely commercial.

An ALDI grocery is scheduled to open on the property in 2012.

According to Griess, one of the subtlest changes, commercial-wise, has been the relocation of car dealerships from Alcoa to

West Knox County.

“Ten years ago, if you wanted to buy a car, you probably went to the Airport Motor Mile. Now if you go there, you’ll see a lot of abandoned car dealerships out there. And many of those brands have moved down on Parkside as well,” Griess said.

“And some are coming down onto Kingston Pike. It’s kind of been a subtle change over time, but my guess is that if you’re going to shop cars, you’re more likely to go down Parkside now than Alcoa Highway,” he added.

In Farragut, developers R. Knick Myers and Noah Myers had a vision for a retail, office and restaurant mixed-use development.

The two developers/realtors/business owners began their foray into development in the area when they opened Ace Hardware just over the county line in Dixie Lee Junction.

Staying true to the deep west parts of the county, the Myers brothers began developing Renaissance | Farragut just east of Dixie Lee. Also in Farragut over the last few years, development has sprung up around Kroger Marketplace — the first of its kind built east of the Mississippi River — and the newly constructed Brooklawn Street.

THE RECESSION In late 2007, the economic downturn dubbed “the Great Recession” hit nationally. By 2008, the effect was being seen in Knoxville and Farragut.

“It’s had a definite effect,” Griess said.

According to Griess, West Knox County might have seen more business closures than other places because rent is historically higher than surrounding areas.

“From a retail point of view, tenants, especially in West Knoxville, are paying a higher rent per square foot. And when their customers don’t buy as much, whether it’s a service or product, it hurts the tenant.

“And that tenant, in many cases in West Knoxville, has gone to the landlord and said, ‘How about a reduction in my rent, some kind of concession so I can keep my doors open?’” Griess said.

“So it’s hurt the tenant and the landlord, because if the landlord agrees to a concession he has a deficit in his mortgage payment,” he added.

The recession has, understandably, put a halt to most new development. Generally speaking, there aren’t any new retail developments being built in the area, Griess said:

either because banks aren’t lending money or because developers don’t have it.

“In 2005, people were throwing up retail as fast as they could because it was easy money and times were good. But now, the development, generally speaking again, has stopped,” he added.

That’s leading to an interesting conundrum — the number of available retail tenant spaces is actually shrinking.

“The existing inventory of retail space for tenants really continues to shrink,” Griess said.

The recession may have hit office space even harder.

“It looks like offices are downsizing,” Griess said. And when offices downsize, they either shrink the amount of office space they’re using ... or they begin working from home.

“I think the office market still is suffering the effects of this recession, probably more than retail,” he added.

HOW FARRAGUT FARED Hawk said Farragut was fairly insulated from the devastating affects of the recession seen in other parts of the country.

“We have actually fared very well during the recession. The recession ‘started’ in

December 2007 and hit bottom in June ’09,” Hawk said.

“That says a lot for Farragut because we actually did not see much of a slow down until after the economy bottomed out. We have also been fortunate in that we have continued to see development activity,” she added.

Griess said the reason Farragut may not have been as hard hit as it could have been is because the Town doesn’t levy a property tax.

“There’s a real benefit to a tenant that locates in the town of Farragut because most landlords charge tenants rent, but they also want tenants to pay their share of pro rata property taxes, and insurance and common area maintenance.

“If you can cut half the property taxes out of your rent equation, that’s a pretty good incentive for a tenant to say: ‘I’ll move to the west end of Parkside as opposed to the east end,’” Griess said.

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The data from 2007 to 2009 tells a different story. The average number of days on the market rose to 105.

The $2,000,000-plus homes have disappeared from the equation, and the average time on the market seems a little all-overthe-place.

A home that lists for $1,350,000 spends 163 days on the market. But one that lists for $529,900 spends 352 days on. A home listed at $368,500 is only listed for a day, but a home that lists for $305,000 is listed for 212 days.

All in all, Pappas said the numbers show only a smallish dip compared to other parts of the country, or even closer to home, South Knoxville, where the housing market took a deep hit.

And Farragut Community Development Director Ruth Hawk agreed, counting Farragut and West Knox County lucky.

Hawk said the past 10 years have brought some ups and downs for the Town, but nothing totally unexpected — an unusual thing to hear about the recession that seemed to catch everyone by surprise.

“We’ve always had a strong residential growth historically, and particularly between 2003 and 2009,” Hawk said.

“We’ve seen a definite slowdown right now, but ... in comparison to other areas, we’ve been very fortunate because our activity has actually kind of been at a maintenance level,” she added.

Hawk said that “maintenance level” of permits and building activity was what Farragut had been looking to see after its wildly productive “boom” years from 2003 to 2009.

“We didn’t just see residential construction during the boom years. We saw a lot of preliminary plats and final plats being developed, and in fact, before the recession even hit, we were anticipating that we would not see any new residential subdivisions occurring.

“We had so many vacant lots. Right now, we probably have close to 600 vacant [residential] lots in the town of Farragut,” Hawk said.

That’s a lot of empty spaces in existing subdivisions for a 16-square-mile Town with about 20,000 residents.

“Even at our peak number of building permits being issued, we were 8 to 10 years out of being short,” or in need of those homes, population-wise, Hawk said.

Just before the boom, Hawk said, the Town was running short of buildable residential lots. But that’s not the problem anymore.

“So we anticipated that we were going to see a bunch of permits — not as many as we did — but we anticipated that we would see new subdivisions coming in, just because [of the need],” Hawk said.

“We didn’t anticipate the volume that we got,” she added.

In 2003, Farragut approved permits for 214 detached residences; compare that to 158 in 2000, 155 in 2006 and only 24 in 2009.

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years were just nuts.”

While the low numbers of residential plats approved in the past two years might have been expected as part of the ebb and flow of a residential development cycle, Hawk does attribute some of it to the recession.

“The recession supposedly bottomed out in ’09, and we didn’t actually see a lot of slowdown until that time,” Hawk said.

“So in a lot of ways, we were really fortunate, because when it was bottoming out, we were still riding on a fairly high note, more or less,” she added.

Farragut’s residential building permits are still down.

And Hawk said she doesn’t expect to see those numbers bounce back to the levels they were at before the recession.

Development likely won’t proceed at the pace it did before either.

“We got spoiled in the 2000s, in that a subdivision started, it built and then you moved on to the next one. You had really high completion rates.

“That, historically, was really never the case. If you looked at subdivisions built years ago, you didn’t see them build out in four years; it took a long time to build out. And I see us going back to that,” Hawk said.

“It’s going to take longer for subdivisions to build out, and so it’s really important to stay the course,” she added.

Hawk said she didn’t expect anyone to see a “massive crush” of development — commercial or residential — anytime soon.

“And that isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Because as we all know, with the banking failure, a lot of it was artificially inflated and wasn’t sustainable.

“Going back to it taking longer to build a subdivision is a more realistic pattern,” she said.

“It’ll be a while before we start seeing new subdivisions again. I think we might see smaller residences ... maybe not the scale, the size of housing, that we’ve seen in the past,” she added.

While Farragut might always have above average housing, Hawk said, she doesn’t expect very many more Bridgemore or Vista subdivisions.

“Those are great subdivisions, but there’s only so many people that market really accommodates,” she said.

What Hawk does expect to see more of — and is already — is another kind of residential permit.

“Primarily what we’re seeing right now are remodelings and additions, as people are deciding not to sell their houses but to remodel what they have to meet their needs,” she said.

Hawk’s vision for the future of Farragut is largely in line with what Pappas expects to see.

“I think it’s probably going to stay the same for a while, they way we are,” Pappas said.

“Maybe in a year to 18 months, we’re going to see it starting to get stronger. It’s kind of in a stagnant zone right now. We are anticipating it to improve,” he added.

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Residents of Lanesborough enjoy the natural beauty and tranquility of their surroundings while having easy access to I-40 and numerous restaurants and shopping centers.

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where else, for that matter — in the next three or four years.

The development at Marketplace Boulevard and Kingston Pike likely will be the biggest news, Griess said.

And the persistent rumors about Costco and Publix locating in the area could very well come to fruition, and Griess said those stores most likely will locate in the West Knox/Farragut area.

“I can’t visualize, at this point, a whole lot of new construction, say in the next three or four years. I don’t see it commercial-wise, office-wise or residential-wise,” Griess said.

“With the possible exception of Costco or Publix or ALDI or Kroger relocating, I don’t see another mega construction event that’s going to cause people to go, ‘Wow,’” he added.

Part of that outlook includes simply filling vacant inventory that’s already been built.

Another area Griess expects to see growth, even on a moderate level, is off Outlet Drive — which, like Parkside Drive

— crosses City of Knoxville, Knox County and town of Farragut boundaries.

Knox County is heading a project to extend Outlet Drive, which currently deadends near Cotton Eyed Joe, so that the road will stretch from Lovell Road to Campbell Station Road.

“That’s really going to make a difference, if you see what Parkside has done, to see this extension of Outlet Drive go through,” said John Turley of First Commercial Realty, the managing partner and primary developer of Turkey Creek.

“They’ve got that old Outlets Limited mall that’s being rehabbed for a farmer’s market.

That will be a big catalyst for development,” Griess said.

The Turkey Creek Public Market is being built by Sevierville developer Charles Atchley Sr., in a partnership with Turkey Creek Land Partners.

National experts have stated the recession officially ended in late 2009, with slow gains and steps to recovery being seen since then.

“You’re not seeing [recovery] in residential sales. They’re still way off, especially the upper end. It’s almost impossible to

MPC COMMERCIAL DATA According to the Knoxville/Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission: NATIONWIDE: • Unemployment rose from 6.6 percent in October 2008 to 10.2 percent in October 2009 • Manufacturing unemployment rose from 4.3 percent in 2007 to 12.1 percent in 2009 • In the industrial economy, vacancy rates rose from 12.1 percent in fourth quarter 2008 to 13.2 percent in fourth quarter 2009 KNOX-AREA ECONOMIC STATISTICS • Unemployment rose from 4.9 percent in October 2008 to 7.8 percent in October 2009 KNOX-AREA INDUSTRIAL SPACE: • Knoxville had 32.8 million square feet of space, up 2.1 percent from 2007 • Vacancy was 14.1 percent by fourth quarter 2009, up from 11.1 percent in fourth quarter 2007 • From 2007 to 2009, the area gained eight new industrial buildings KNOX-AREA OFFICE MARKET: • Office market vacancy rose from

14.1 percent in third quarter 2008 to 17.2 percent in third quarter 2009 • New construction added 16 million square feet to the area by third quarter 2009 • Office absorption remained negative for the fourth consecutive quarter, signifying supply is outpacing demand • Area-wide vacancy rates came in at 13.4 percent average in 2009.

Downtown markets fared better, coming in at a 12.1 percent vacancy rate; suburban areas ranked at 14 percent KNOX-AREA SHOPPING CENTER MARKET: • Vacancy rates increased from 6.5 percent in 2006 to 9.2 percent in 2008 • New retail supply dropped 75 million square feet in 2007 to about 40 million in 2008 • Since 2006, the square feet of gross leasable area has increased 4.8 percent, or about 744,406 square feet • Gross leasable area additions were concentrated in the Farragut/Pellissippi area, with gains of 13 percent.

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sell,” Griess said.

And likely, he added, recovery isn’t going to come in the form of a return to the development boom of the mid-2000s.

“People have adapted to tougher times.

They’re smarter about their personal business habits and their professional business habits.

“Most businesses have found all kinds of economies to keep the doors open. Maybe today they’re operating with fewer people and the people are doing more than they did before, but maybe not getting paid any more,” Griess said.

And those economizing business practices have trickled down to personal and family finances.

“I think, slowly, people are starting to adapt to a new way of being more efficient.

They figure out a way to survive on less and be more efficient — they’re paying their credit cards down, they’re saving more money. And I think all of that is good, long term.

“People just aren’t going to start spending money frivolously. But I can tell you, when you drive through Turkey Creek on a Friday night, it is packed,” he added.

Merchants are learning to be wise as well, offering discounts, deals and coupons to attract customers who want to spend smart.

“Everyone’s trying to figure out how to get through this. And it’s all cyclical; it’ll come back, and when it does come back, people will be smarter,” Griess said.

Commercial property available in West Knox County

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HEATHER MAYS hmays@farragutpress.com

West Knox County is not the only area of the county, the state or the country with a glut of available commercial property or buildings.

Listing every single available commercial space or property in West Knox County would, quite frankly, take up much more space than is available in this publication.

But it’s helpful to know a few high points.

• One of the largest business parks marketed by the Knoxville Chamber sits just off Pellissippi Parkway, north of Interstate40/75. Pellissippi Corporate Center is a 150acre business park, currently home to the National Transportation Research Center.

For more information, visit http://www.knoxvillechamber.com/pellissippi-corporate-center/ • Hardin Business Park is located just down the road, off Hardin Valley Road. The 95-acre plot is the newest Development Corporation purchase.

Visit http://www.knoxvillechamber.com /development/economic-development/ available-business-park-sites/hardin-business-park/ • The largest business park in Knox County is not far away, either: the 271-acre Westbridge Business Park also sits off Hardin Valley Road.

Visit http://www.knoxvillechamber.com/ development/economic-development/available-business-park-sites/westbridge-business-park/

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And here’s a brief smattering of available commercial and office buildings (all viewable at www.innovationvalley.org/sites-andbuildings): • Goody’s Distribution off Parkside Drive — 36,000 square feet, warehouse and distribution • Century Park V, 10133 Dutchtown Road — 81,00 square feet, office • Lakeside Center off Lakeside Centre Way — 98,000 square feet, office • Century Park Building II, 10133 Dutchtown Road — 100,000 square feet, office • Parkside Centre, 400 Goody’s Lane — 55,000 square feet, office • Pellissippi Square, 2420 Cherhala Blvd.

— 20,990 square feet, office • Parkside Building, 9714 Parkside Drive — 20,000 square feet, industrial Local economic development agencies have more than one property listing and search engine for anyone with such an interest to peruse.

To search a variety of property listings, including office, commercial, farm and even residential, visit http://knoxvillechamber.catylist.com/search/ For a list of available business park sites, visit the Knoxville Chamber website, www.knoxvillechamber.com, under the “Economic Development” tab.

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Greenways to connect Town ■

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Sometime within the next few years, perhaps, a Farragut teenager will enjoy a really long rollerblading adventure winding around the Town.

Joining walkers, runners and bikers to enjoy an unbroken, picturesque link of all Town subdivisions.

Thanks to a completely connected greenway system.

As currently constructed, three major Town greenways are complemented by several segments of greenway trails, in addition to sidewalks constructed in and between Town subdivisions.

However, the town of Farragut’s goal to link all subdivisions and new developments with greenway trails is a work in progress.

“We're looking at short little pieces that we can afford to do,” said Sue Stuhl, Parks and Leisure Services director. “Our public works guys have been able to connect by sidewalks or by steps.

This year they built steps from Fort West down to the Montgomery Trail.”

Another major link “under study” for possible construction “goes from McFee Road over across the creek to the greenway See GREENWAYS on Page 3C

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GREEN ■

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Curbside recycling options, new to Farragut citizens within the past couple of years, actually make it profitable to help Mother Earth.

Solar panel power generation also promises an eventual profit return to the Town according to one official, as Farragut's effort to become environmentally “green” isn't such a drain on pocketbook green.

Tom Rosseel, former Town alderman, is chair of Farragut Recycling Committee charged with assessing “the current recycling situation to determine and evaluate municipal options and best practices.”

Single stream curbside recycling, which allows you to put all recycled items in one bin, also offers incentives.

“The value of the recycled goods is becoming valuable enough to where companies like Waste Connections and Waste Management are now offering incentives,” Rosseel said. ”For example, Waste Connections has a recycling bank, so the more you recycle, they give you more recycle bank coupons,” he added. “I think Waste Management has a similar program.”

Cost for recycle pickup, according to one committee member Rosseel quoted, “is something like $9 a quarter [every three months].”

However, that committee member, Rosseel added, "said she earns $20 to $30 worth of recycle coupons on a quarterly basis, so, in fact, she is earning more on coupons than she is spending on recycling.”

Coupons represent “discounts on meals or other products or services,” he added.

Vendors offer such incentives, Rosseel said, “Because they know that the price of putting garbage in landfills is only going to go up, so they need to reduce that.”

Moreover, “As the spot market for recycled goods continue to increase, that $9 may decrease even more,” he added.

Rosseel said the Town may choose to have a “franchise agreement” with one vendor similar to its cable television deals with Charter and TDS. When the committee reports its findings to Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen in early 2011, “What we're probably going to suggest ... is that the Town consider franchising with one of the companies,” Rosseel said. “One would assume that the more participants they have, the lower the rate of picking up your municipal waste and the lower the rate for your recycled goods, and the incentives this company may provide.”

Rosseel said some subdivisions in the Farragut area already have struck deals with a vendor, “and their rates of garbage pickup and recycling are lower than somebody that just has an individual contract all on their own.”

For example, “Smithfield subdivision, they've already signed a contract for an exclusive interaction with the company,” Rosseel said. “And they have the lowest garbage rates and recycle rates of anybody in Town.”

Estimating “7,500 to 8,000 homes in Farragut,” Rosseel said, “If we were to get something like 50 percent participation, this would make it simpler for the commercial vendor to pick up your garbage.”

As for the option of obtaining property for at least one recycling center, “There's about 10 percent of the population that likes to use recycle centers,” Rosseel said, adding most of these are “dedicated recyclers who have been doing it for years.”

In other “green” endeavors, Sue Stuhl, Town Parks and Leisure Services director, said her department will “finish out installing the Musco Green athletic field lighting” at Mayor Bob Leonard Park.

“I guess we have three fields right now that have the green lighting; this would add two more,” she said. “This would be the replacement of the west baseball field No. 1 and the volleyball complex.

“These lights save about 50 percent in energy, and they have 50 percent See GREEN on Page 7C

CAMPBELL STATION WINE & SPIRITS

FARRAGUT WEST KNOX CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Networking atmosphere and varied membership “Meet someone you haven’t met before!” Sound familiar? Anyone who has attended a Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce networking event will recognize the words of Bettye Sisco, president and CEO of the Chamber.

The networking atmosphere and a varied membership are important characteristics of the Farragut West Knox Chamber. “The membership is far-reaching and has no limits.” according to Sisco, “because as a Chamber, we feel that anyone who does business in the Farragut area would want to be a member of the Farragut West Knox Chamber.”

As a special treat, on Thursday, November 18, the Knoxville Opera will perform at the the 5 p.m. networking to be held at Bill Jones Music, 10412 Kingston Pike. There is usually one networking a week, either morning or evening, with average attendance of about 70 people. Booking can run a year in advance and businesses can partner on a networking event, so even smaller companies without the necessary space can

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President and CEO Bettye Si sco participate. Chamber Ambassadors are the “greeters” and members are always encouraged to bring guests (who frequently become Chamber members themselves).

Members who cater are included in a packet presented to all networking venues. The company sponsoring the networking is given time to talk about their business at the event and there are door prizes donated by that business and other Chamber members who use the opportunity to showcase what they have to offer. The Chamber begins promotion for the networking at least a month prior on their Web site and in the Tuesday Chamber email.

“What we’ve learned from these networkings is that the members grow closer, and members help members in their businesses,” said Sisco. “ That networking atmosphere is important because it provides people an avenue to connect.”

Campbell Station Wine & Spirits, owned by Farragut residents Gene and Pamela Treacy, is a fun place to shop.

The Treacys share a passion for wine that started when they were dating 25 years ago.

“We love to share our wine knowledge and experiences. Ours is a store where you will find the owners and staff available and ready to assist you,” Pamela said.

Gene is the Chief Buyer for the store.

With his daily interaction with customers, he buys what they want. One focus is finding great wines priced under $25. Since quality has improved, they increased the variety of their boxed wine selection. They also offer a selection of fine wines that make great client gifts.

To further her professional knowledge, Pamela completed three courses at The University of Tennessee’s Culinary Institute’s Wine Program. She enjoys sharing that knowledge with her customers.

To help educate customers and benefit

A fun place to shop a local charity, Campbell Station Wine & Spirits organizes a free wine tasting on the second Saturday of each month.

Donations for Second Harvest are accepted.

“So far, our customers donated more than $5,600 or 16,800 meals,” Gene said.

Each event focuses on an average of eight wines.

“This event allows folks to try before they buy, which appeals to new and seasoned wine drinkers alike,” he added.

“It has also become a local social event where friends plan to meet,” commented Pamela.

In 2011, they will offer more opportunities to learn about wine. Their current programs such as the F3 Member discount program for frequent customers, friends and family, along with senior discounts, mixed case discounts and their feature Wine Wednesdays and Thrifty Thursdays will continue.

Gene said, “Pamela and I, along with our staff, like to serve our customers and send them on their way with a smile.”

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that's in Wentworth,” Stuhl added.

Grigsby Chapel Greenway, 2.25 miles of asphalt trail, connects several subdivisions, condos and apartments north of Grigsby Chapel Road. A separate section runs behind Farragut Primary School.

Parking is available at Town’s commuter lot off Campbell Station Road.

Turkey Creek Greenway, a 1.6-mile tree-lined asphalt trail that includes a three-tenths-mile portion to Turkey Creek Woods, runs along Turkey Creek Road and connects Brixworth, Kingsgate and Sailview subdivisions with Anchor Park.

Parking is at Anchor Park.

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Walking trails are prominent features of Anchor Park in the Town’s southeastern quadrant.

Parkside Greenway is a two-mile asphalt trail partially located in Town along Parkside Drive running parallel to Interstate 40-75 from Lovell Road to sidewalk on northwest portion of Parkside Drive.

Parking is available at the Campbell Station commuter lot.

Current efforts to develop pedestrian links throughout Farragut began in 1997 when the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a Pedestrian Circulation Plan.

As a result, all commercial and residential development must include greenways.

To assist greenway users, Town provides greenway maps and signage along greenway access points and road crossings.

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Farragut parks leagues experience growth ■

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Sand rules at Mayor Bob Leonard Park.

“The fastest growing sport that the Town offers is Sand Volleyball,” Sue Stuhl, Parks and Leisure Services director, said of the co-ed sport that has grown tremendously since 2000 now with spring, summer and fall seasons played at Mayor Bob Leonard Park, 301 Watt Road.

Beginning the program in the late 1990s with one small recreation league comprising six teams one night a week, by 2010 Sand Volleyball has added competitive and intermediate leagues and comprised 119 teams, 950 participants, playing each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.

“Sand Volleyball draws people from all around the area to Farragut,” Stuhl said, adding the age range is 18 to “60-something, and maybe older.”

The park's current three sand-court playing area isn't likely to expand, however, because “there's no viable place” for extra courts, Stuhl said, adding, “We're looking at adding another night in 2011.”

The growth of Town-sponsored Softball, on the other hand, “has pretty much stayed the same” in recent years,

Stuhl said of Men's and Co-Ed leagues with roughly 900 participants, played with spring and fall seasons.

“All the rectangular sports fields is probably where we're seeing our biggest growth,” Stuhl added, specifically pointing out “soccer and lacrosse.”

Mayor Bob Leonard Park holds six rectangular fields among its 50 acres, with two at McFee Park (26 acres in Phase I/917 McFee Road) and one at Anchor Park (15 acres/11730 Turkey Creek Road). “The fields are full and overflowing,” Stuhl said.

“I'd say we can fill only about a third of the requests that we get depending on the season,” she added. “We don't book the fields during the day because of maintenance.

“But in the evenings and the weekends, it's booked probably close to 80 or 90 percent. The times it's not booked is like a 9 o’clock slot.”

A one-day co-ed Kickball Tournament annually takes place in June at MBL Park.

Also, “We've had some nibbles about rugby,” Stuhl said.

Despite high demand, no new rectangular fields are planned as part of future McFee Park phases, or at any Town park, Stuhl said.

As for diamond park use with the hardball, predomi-

nately at MBL Park, “We have gotten more requests for baseball simply because there are more clubs requesting space,” Stuhl said.

Meanwhile, McFee Park phase II is set for completion sometime this month, Stuhl said.

Set to open before the end of 2011, MP phase II features two picnic shelters, large multifaceted playground and trails, plus a splashpad ready for use during the next spring-summer season.

McFee Park phase III “is the amphitheater,” Stuhl said, adding that within Town's Five Year Capital Plan, fiscal year 2012 (beginning July 1, 2011) “would be the year that we work on design and engineering plans.”

“We're sort of researching a lot of different options.”

Phase IV “is a bunch of natural trails and a disc golf course,” Stuhl said. “We have some land that's adjacent to McFee Park, but we have no plan for that now.”

As for future improvements to Town parks, “We hope to add some parking lot lighting for Mayor Bob Leonard Park,” Stuhl said.

“And we hope to add a low-level playground at Campbell Station Road [Park] in the next five years,” Stuhl added about the 17-acre passive park at 405 N. Campbell Station Road.

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Schooling and worship in Farragut Seven schools and 22 houses of worship can be found in the town of Farragut.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS • Farragut Primary (kindergarten-second grade) • Farragut Intermediate (third- to fifth-grade) • Farragut Middle (sixth- to eighth-grade) • Farragut High School PRIVATE SCHOOLS • Concord Christian (K-eighth grade) • Knoxville Christian (preschool through 12th grade) • St. John Neumann Catholic (K-eighth grade) CHURCHES • Baptist Everett Road Baptist First Baptist Concord • Catholic St. John Neumann Catholic Church • Church of Christ Farragut Church of Christ

• Church of God Cornerstone Church of God • Episcopal St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church • Lutheran Faith Lutheran • Methodist Concord United Methodist First Farragut United Methodist Grigsby Chapel United Methodist • Mormon Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Presbyterian-USA Farragut Presbyterian • Presbyterian-Cumberland Union Cumberland Presbyterian Virtue Cumberland Presbyterian • Presbyterian-Evangelical New Light Presbyterian • Presbyterian In America Christ Covenant Presbyterian Korean Church of Knoxville • Unitarian Westside Unitarian Universalist

First Farragut United Methodist Church, along Kingston Pike near Dixie Lee Junction, is one of Farragut’s newer churches — built within the past 10 years.

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Dedicated to patients Dr. Brent Fry and his staff at Premier Eyecare have been dedicat- From left to righ t: Caitlin Manger, Mary ed to giving their patients both better Crabtree, Bre nt B. Fry , OD, Heather vision and outstanding service in Treece, Alyssa Faulkner Farragut since 2002.

Premiere Eyecare prides itself on the ed their office space, which means great high level of personal care they provide things for patients. their patients. Rather than taking a cookWith the additional space, Dr. Fry can ie-cutter approach to eye care, Dr. Fry serve more patients and reduce wait focuses on the individual needs of each time for an appointment. Patients at patient by taking time to listen and many offices may wait several weeks for addressing all of their needs. Two an appointment. At Premiere Eyecare, licensed opticians are available to help urgent and emergency appointments patients select the perfect frames and are often available within 24 hours. lenses. Dr. Fry has access to all of the lat- Their patients decide what is urgent, est technologies in contact lenses, which could be just a lost contact lens including Corneal Refractive Therapy, or broken glasses. multifocal lenses and lenses to treat kerCome see why so many people trust atoconus and other irregular corneas. their family’s eyes with Premiere Premiere Eyecare has recently expand- Eyecare!

An upscale senior living community Parkview West Senior Living has filled a missing gap in upscale senior living community in West Knoxville!

“Having opened in July 2008, we have been very happy with the response and support of the people,” Pat Sydes, vice president of Senior Living, said.

Independent living meets the needs of seniors who want to be independent but still have all the freedom to enjoy life.

At Parkview West, resident’s satisfaction and wellbeing are our top priorities. Parkview’s staff is dedicated to providing a full array of services and amenities for our residents. Our high satisfaction rate comes from paying

particular attention to the needs of each resident, serving great food and our lovely physical environment.

Parkview is locally owned and operated and has another location in Fountain City that is going into its tenth year.

“Parkview is a great place to live and work,” Sydes enthusiastically added.

If you want to escape the headaches of home maintenance and find time to do all the things you always wanted to do, then call us today! You will find new friends, exciting activity and, most importantly, security and peace of mind.

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less [light] spill,” Stuhl added. “They're really geared toward more lighting of the actual field rather than the outside area.”

Cost for the 10 replacement light poles, Stuhl said, “is $160,000.”

Recently approved by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, updating those final two fields means “all of our fields will be computerized” through the Musco Control Link, Stuhl said.

“We can also do it by phone. They can manually be turned off, too.”

Previously, “When we had to do it manually, we had one park assistant out there, and by the time you go to all those meter centers, scattered throughout Mayor Bob Leonard Park, and turn on the lights, and do the reverse at the end of the night, it's a lot of time,” Stuhl said. “Plus, not all the lights are needed all the time.”

Energy-saving LED lighting at McFee Park “are the parking lot lights,” Stuhl said, adding Musco Green lighting also is used for the rectangular fields at McFee Park.

LED also is now the choice for the Town's red-light signals. “They last a lot longer and they take a lot less energy,” Town Community Development Director Ruth Hawk said.

McFee Park also includes “rain garden bioswells, permeable pavers ... and natural light tubes in the restrooms,” Stuhl said.

About the use of solar panels at McFee Park, Hawk said, “We opted to do it because we wanted to show people what they look like and see them in operation.

“We are actually selling power to TVA at a higher rate, and we purchase power back at a lower rate,” Hawk added. “The power we purchase is for the lights.”

However, Town Administrator David Smoak said, “We had the architects come out and they actually talked about the time peri-

od to pay back, from the cost of the solar panels to the actual cost of electricity that we'd be saving, could take 20 years.”

For residential solar use, Smoak said, “It's still a relatively expensive proposition, as it is for commercial consumption. The payback period is still out there quite a ways.”

Overall, “We have the permeable pavers, we have the rain gardens ... the whole park kind of represents a green-type project,” Hawk said.

The pavers, which comprise McFee’s parking lot surface, “are blocks ... each paver is a little bit bigger than brick ... they have rock underneath them so that there's stormwater that filters through the pavers and goes down through the rock,” Hawk said. “The rock area kind of serves as a storage facility.”

As for hybrid vehicles, Ford Escapes, in the Town fleet, Hawk said, “We have three, I believe. Leisure Services has one, we have two.”

By 2020, Rosseel said he hopes Farragut “will increase its recycling rate to maybe 30, 40 percent,” which is around the current national average.

As a program manager for materials research programs, Materials, Science & Technology Division, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Rosseel said advances in solar panel technology will result in decreased cost and increased usage and efficiency.

“I think we're going to see a lot more of this solar heating,” he said. “All sorts of opportunities from use of solar cells. I think that's going to be a big increase.

“I don't see much in the way of wind power,” he added.

Rosseel said progress concerning recycling needs to include education.

“If we do our job and inform the public of the value of recycling, the public is going to find that this is going to be a way to save themselves money in the long run,” he said.

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DAVID’S ABBEY CARPET One-stop spot for all your floor covering needs Whether you are remodeling your home or building a new one, David’s Abbey Carpet is the one-stop spot for all your floor covering needs.

David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors has been proudly serving East Tennessee since 1973 and continues to update its products and showroom to ensure its customers always have the latest and best products to choose from.

With the largest showroom and largest selection of products in the marketplace from carpet to ceramic tile, hardwoods, laminates and area rugs, David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors’ magnificent showroom offers customers the opportunity to see all of their options in one place.

And it doesn’t end with floors. David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors owner David Hayes said, “We do design work too. We

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design showers and backsplashes, the intricate pieces and parts to make a home look up-to-date and beautiful … the metals and glasses that go into the trimming and backsplashes … we offer all of those.”

The experienced and professional installation, design and sales teams at David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors are devoted to making your project as smooth as possible from start to finish.

Tour the David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors showroom at 10853 Kingston Pike, or visit www.davidsabbeycarpet.com for a virtual tour.

Stanley’s Greenhouses Garden Center and Plant Farm has been around more than 70 years and has undergone a few changes.

Most people know about Stanley’s retail side of the business. Stanley’s started out selling vegetables on market mall, then went to cut flowers in the 50s. Today, they offer numerous plants, including a year-round supply of houseplants and tropicals. The selection of bedding plants, like many of their plants, are all grown on-site at their 20acre farm. They also aim to have the “hard to find” trees and shrubs as well as the most common.

In addition to offering more plants, Stanley’s now also sells garden and home accessories. They have a great selection of containers, pots, garden art and fountains.

The facility itself has also changed since the business started. The new facility, at 3029 Davenport Road, on the

south side of downtown Knoxville, provides a more customer-friendly experience. The ground is level, has more parking, and shopping carts are available for customers to haul plants to the car.

What customers may not know is that Stanley’s also has a thriving wholesale presence. This time of year, poinsettias, in particular, are a wholesale favorite. In fact, a couple of schools near the Alabama state line are using Stanley’s poinsettias for a fall fundraiser.

Locally, Sertoma Center, sports teams, churches and schools are selling Stanley’s poinsettias. They are a great fundraiser! Stanley’s Prestige Red poinsettias have very little breakage compared to those plants you’ll find at grocery stores, and Stanley’s offers different sized plants.

Whatever your plant needs, be sure to check out Stanley’s Greenhouses Garden Center and Plant Farm!

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