Knoxify

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When Suzy asked our new-business-themed Fri­day ques­tion on Feb­ru­ary 5th we didn’t know what would hit our com­ment sec­tion. By the end of the day we had heard Knoxville loud and clear: bring Trader Joe’s to Knoxvegas!

Of the 39 responses to our ques­tion, 19 com­menters asked for a Trader Joe’s — a whop­ping 49% of you! Accord­ing to their web­site, the clos­est TJ’s to Knoxville is located in Roswell, GA.

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Given the recent buzz about a national chain pos­si­bly land­ing in Down­town Knoxville, we thought today’s ques­tion was fit­ting. On a side note, one of the most pop­u­lar posts here at Knox­ify was/is a retail rumor.

What stores or national chains would you like to see in Knoxville?

Photo by: Rod­Beg­bie

On Tues­day, Decem­ber 1st from 6 – 9 p.m. in the Square Room at Café 4 — that would be tomor­row — the Social Media Club Knoxville will hold their Win­ter Panel which is titled “Social Media Lia­bil­ity, Ethics & Pol­icy”. In lay­man terms: how not to get sued for using social media. Hey, it hap­pens. If you’re inter­ested please RSVP here.

Jan­u­ary 2010 will mark the fourth anniver­sary of own­er­ship for my car. It will also mark my intro­duc­tion to Lee and Jena of Sun Matic Con­trol who I’ve been doing busi­ness with for about the same time frame.

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If you haven’t yet tried jAVERDE cof­fee yet, I promise you you’re miss­ing out!

Brewed locally in Pow­ell, jAVERDE has a ton of fla­vors to sat­isfy any cof­fee lover’s taste-buds. With names like CocoJo, Mahalo Mocha, Shell Shock, Blar­ney Moo, Dream­sip­ple, Munky Chow, Johnny Zap­ple­seed, Jav-O-Lantern, Straw­dairy Sur­prise, and many more, you can be sure you’re not going to find this vari­ety any­where else! And for those of you who just like a nor­mal cup-o-joe, jAVERDE has your more basic blends too!

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Is there a piece of Knoxville his­tory you’d like to know more about? Ask Chuck or tweet him.

To build the Panama Canal was to move heaven and earth: to bring 360 ft of ele­va­tion of the Cordillera Cen­tral, the con­ti­nen­tal divide, down to sea canal; to push through 48 miles of jun­gle and rivers; to over­come dis­eases med­ical sci­ence did not under­stand; and to replace the 27,500 men who died of these dis­eases to con­tinue build­ing all so a ship from New York could travel 6,000 miles to San Fran­cisco, instead of 14,000. No won­der Theodore Roo­sevelt con­sid­ered it the great­est feat of his pres­i­dency, and many more con­sider it the great­est engi­neer­ing achieve­ment of all time.

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Not that this preppy city boy is look­ing to get some ink, but…

In your opin­ion, where is the best place to get a tat­too in Knoxville?

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One of the first ques­tions I asked my friends and neigh­bors after pur­chas­ing a new home was, “Who do you use for pest con­trol?” Wow! Talk about an array of answers.

Some wanted an Exter­mi­na­tor with environment-friendly prod­ucts. Oth­ers didn’t care. Some didn’t want a con­trac­tual agree­ment. Oth­ers just wanted their pesky rodents dealt with.

As I pre­pare for my first pest con­trol appoint­ment today, I want to know:

Which Knoxville pest con­trol com­pany do you use for your home and why?

I’m always amazed when other peo­ple are amazed that Knoxville has some­thing they didn’t expect — really good locally-owned restau­rants, unique music, an organic art scene, cozy, tree-lined neigh­bor­hoods, a lively down­town – to name just a few things that come imme­di­ately to mind. In fact, Knoxville has all these things and more, if you’re will­ing to open your eyes and explore.

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Dave and Thomas are report­ing that Knoxville folks will receive an addi­tional help­ing of HD chan­nels if they’re Com­cast cus­tomers. Bring on the Hall­mark HD, baby! In case you missed it, check out our review of Com­cast and their use of Twitter.