Over 35 Knoxville Projects Seeking Stimulus Money

6 February 12, 2009, by CP

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According to StimulusWatch.org, $74,510,000 worth of “shovel-ready” Knoxville projects are seeking a piece of the stimulus pie.

Here are the top 5 by cost:

Because we all need new Gay St. streetscapes – rights?

Photography by thousandshipz

Posted in Business, Government | Tagged Business, City Projects, Downtown Knoxville, Federal Stimulus

http://allaroundktown.com Suzy

Am I the only one who doesn’t know what a streetscape is?
http://knoxify.com CP

@Suzy: I have no idea. Sounds expensive though.
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http://www.jodycollins.com Jody Collins

Here’s an article on the Gay Street renovations: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/15/part-of-gay-street-to-close-for-a-year-starting/
http://www.superpixel.com Victor Agreda Jr

You can do a Google search for streetscapes to get an idea of what they are, and why they would be important to Gay St. — and Jody’s link explains it all, really.

I know it sounds fruity and like there’s no tangible benefit, but they said the same thing about the “artsy” projects that were approved in the 30′s… you know, the ones where photographers, musicians, ethnographers and others went into the mountains of Appalachia and documented the people? The same historical records we covet today, none of which would exist if it wasn’t for the deep public investment that was made at a time of financial crisis.

Yet look: the curation and promotion of those documents still provide benefits in education, in culture and in real, live jobs.
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