Knoxify

Our very own Suzy Trotta was quoted in the USA Today regard­ing the cur­rent state of the Knoxville hous­ing mar­ket. Some good stats for poten­tial home buyers/sellers in our area.

When the Hen­ley Bridge is ren­o­vated it will be gar­nished with shiny new bike lanes. A good move by the city and TDOT. Hat tip: Patrick Bee­son

If you think it’s cold where you are imag­ine being in Doug McFalls shoes. He’s the Win­ter Care­taker of the Lodge high atop Mt. Leconte and accord­ing to his lat­est blog post it’s neg­a­tive two degrees. We highly rec­om­mend you give Doug’s blog a read and if you’re feel­ing really hum­ble, send him some hand warm­ers. Hat Tip: Michael Silence

You knew it was com­ing and now it’s here. Renaldo Wool­ridge, aka Swiper­boy and UT bas­ket­ball player, is famous for his hoops and his music videos. He just laid a new track, Never Leave You Like Kif­fin, that we hope South­ern Cal­i­for­nia radio sta­tions are play­ing non-stop. Good work Swiperboy.

No ques­tion for today. Be safe if you have to travel and have fun if you’re off and get to play in the snow!

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.

The fine folks over at Ten­nessee Blog­gers For Edu­ca­tion have been ask­ing us to spread the word about their pro­gram for a while. And what a great pro­gram it is. Head on over to their dona­tion page and look at all the ways we can help local teachers.

Kim Henry, Pres­i­dent of City Peo­ple, dropped us a reminder that the 2009 City Peo­ple Down­town Home Tour is right around the cor­ner. On Octo­ber 11th, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, you will be able to tour more than 15 res­i­dences located through­out Down­town Knoxville. Units are housed in every­thing from care­fully restored his­tor­i­cal build­ings to loft ware­house space to beau­ti­ful new construction.

A cou­ple of weeks ago the Ten­nessean reported that A&E is in hot water over their use of Knoxville’s beloved song, Rocky Top. Sounds like some­one bet­ter pay up or it’s going to get rocky.

If you plan on trav­el­ing any­time soon and just hap­pen to use Twit­ter, you might want to give the lat­est TDOT accounts a fol­low: @Knoxville511 and @improving66. Both accounts stream updated traf­fic and con­struc­tion info 24/7.