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Regional Mobility Plan 2035 Workshop -- Downtown Knoxville
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

City County Building, Main Assembly Room, 400 Main Street, Knoxville

"Please join us as we continue our discussion on the future of mobility in the Knoxville region. We will review the feedback we received during the spring workshops and talk about how to get around the region in the future. The discussion will help us identity steps we can take as a region to achieve our common vision."
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Regional Mobility Plan 2035 Workshop -- Blount County
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick Street, Maryville

"Please join us as we continue our discussion on the future of mobility in the Knoxville region. We will review the feedback we received during the spring workshops and talk about how to get around the region in the future. The discussion will help us identity steps we can take as a region to achieve our common vision."

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Regional Mobility Plan 2035 Workshop -- West Knox County
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Cedar Bluff Public Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive, Knoxville

"Please join us as we continue our discussion on the future of mobility in the Knoxville region. We will review the feedback we received during the spring workshops and talk about how to get around the region in the future. The discussion will help us identity steps we can take as a region to achieve our common vision."
09 / 11
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Regional Mobility Plan 2035 Workshop -- North Knox County
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Halls Public Library, 4518 E. Emory Road, Knoxville

"Please join us as we continue our discussion on the future of mobility in the Knoxville region. We will review the feedback we received during the spring workshops and talk about how to get around the region in the future. The discussion will help us identity steps we can take as a region to achieve our common vision."
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National Park(ing) Day
Start: 8:00 am
End: 8:00 pm

National Park(ing) Day is an opportunity to celebrate parks in cities and promote the need for more parks by creating temporary public parks in public parking spaces. National Park(ing) Day is Friday, September 19, 2008.

San Francisco art collective REBAR first created "PARK(ing)" in 2005 to re-imagine the potential of the metered parking space. In 2006, in collaboration with TPL [The Trust for Public Land], REBAR founded "PARK(ing) Day": a global exploration of the creative potential of streets.

Liberals! Progressives! This must be addressed to you. Who else, since it started in San Francisco and they are promoting "public" parks.

Sounds like fun.

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"Take a Child Outside" Week
Start: 8:00 am
Start: Sep 24 2008 - 08:00
End: Sep 30 2008 - 23:00

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Do children really need a themed week to encourage them to play outside?

Apparently someone thought a week was needed. A little surprising only if you are over forty.

Back in the old days when we walked twenty miles to school, most teens had no car, personal computers (etc.) were in the future, just about everybody played outside. With six kids, my parents allowed about two hours of tv a week. The rest of the time we were outside, at school, reading a book, or involved in band and/or sports.

So get the kids outside. Walk the dog, pick a four leaf clover, visit a neighbor, check out the neighborhood, sing while you walk, skip, roll in the grass, enjoy the outside world!
09 / 25
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"Take a Child Outside" Week
(all day)
Start: Sep 24 2008 - 08:00
End: Sep 30 2008 - 23:00

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Do children really need a themed week to encourage them to play outside?

Apparently someone thought a week was needed. A little surprising only if you are over forty.

Back in the old days when we walked twenty miles to school, most teens had no car, personal computers (etc.) were in the future, just about everybody played outside. With six kids, my parents allowed about two hours of tv a week. The rest of the time we were outside, at school, reading a book, or involved in band and/or sports.

So get the kids outside. Walk the dog, pick a four leaf clover, visit a neighbor, check out the neighborhood, sing while you walk, skip, roll in the grass, enjoy the outside world!
09 / 26
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"Take a Child Outside" Week
(all day)
Start: Sep 24 2008 - 08:00
End: Sep 30 2008 - 23:00

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Do children really need a themed week to encourage them to play outside?

Apparently someone thought a week was needed. A little surprising only if you are over forty.

Back in the old days when we walked twenty miles to school, most teens had no car, personal computers (etc.) were in the future, just about everybody played outside. With six kids, my parents allowed about two hours of tv a week. The rest of the time we were outside, at school, reading a book, or involved in band and/or sports.

So get the kids outside. Walk the dog, pick a four leaf clover, visit a neighbor, check out the neighborhood, sing while you walk, skip, roll in the grass, enjoy the outside world!

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Hot Air Balloon Festival - Pellissippi State
Start: 4:00 pm
Start: Sep 26 2008 - 16:00
End: Sep 27 2008 - 22:00

Music, food, arts & crafts, and performances specially for kids.

4-10 PM Friday and Saturday

Admission is $5 per person per day.
Children 5 years or younger are admitted free.

Pellissippi State Technical Community College
10915 Hardin Valley Road
Knoxville, TN 37933
865-694-6400

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Are you ready? A Presidential debate set for Friday
Start: 9:00 pm
End: 10:30 pm

The first of three debates by the presidential contenders will be held Friday, September 26, at 9 PM EST.

At Ole Miss! Two debates in the South, the other is in Nashville. Offset, of course by the other debate being held in that liberal bastion, New York State (hmph).

PBS' Jim Lehrer will moderate. The focus of the debate will be foreign policy and national security.

I suppose it is best the debate focusing on domestic and economic policy isn't until mid-October. The events of the past few weeks might bring the nominees to fisticuffs.

Get your beer, wine, $20 scotch, valium or other calming devices ready. It might get crazy (or not).
09 / 27
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"Take a Child Outside" Week
(all day)
Start: Sep 24 2008 - 08:00
End: Sep 30 2008 - 23:00

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Do children really need a themed week to encourage them to play outside?

Apparently someone thought a week was needed. A little surprising only if you are over forty.

Back in the old days when we walked twenty miles to school, most teens had no car, personal computers (etc.) were in the future, just about everybody played outside. With six kids, my parents allowed about two hours of tv a week. The rest of the time we were outside, at school, reading a book, or involved in band and/or sports.

So get the kids outside. Walk the dog, pick a four leaf clover, visit a neighbor, check out the neighborhood, sing while you walk, skip, roll in the grass, enjoy the outside world!

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Hot Air Balloon Festival - Pellissippi State
End: 10:00 pm
Start: Sep 26 2008 - 16:00
End: Sep 27 2008 - 22:00

Music, food, arts & crafts, and performances specially for kids.

4-10 PM Friday and Saturday

Admission is $5 per person per day.
Children 5 years or younger are admitted free.

Pellissippi State Technical Community College
10915 Hardin Valley Road
Knoxville, TN 37933
865-694-6400

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Historic Downtown North neighborhood bike ride
Start: 9:00 am

What: 8th Annual Neighborhood Bike Ride
When: 10 a.m., Saturday, September 27
Where: Market Square
Who: City of Knoxville and the Knoxville Regional Bicycle Program

The theme of this year’s event is “Bike Historic Downtown North” and riders will travel through several North Knox neighborhoods including Emory Place, Fourth & Gill, Edgewood Park and Oakwood Lincoln Park among others on this 10-mile ride.

Riders of all ages and skill levels are encouraged to participate, though this ride is not recommended for young children, and they can enjoy free Tomato Head pizza at the conclusion of the trip. There will also be free bike safety checks on the square beginning at 9 a.m.
09 / 28
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"Take a Child Outside" Week
(all day)
Start: Sep 24 2008 - 08:00
End: Sep 30 2008 - 23:00

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Do children really need a themed week to encourage them to play outside?

Apparently someone thought a week was needed. A little surprising only if you are over forty.

Back in the old days when we walked twenty miles to school, most teens had no car, personal computers (etc.) were in the future, just about everybody played outside. With six kids, my parents allowed about two hours of tv a week. The rest of the time we were outside, at school, reading a book, or involved in band and/or sports.

So get the kids outside. Walk the dog, pick a four leaf clover, visit a neighbor, check out the neighborhood, sing while you walk, skip, roll in the grass, enjoy the outside world!
09 / 29
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"Take a Child Outside" Week
(all day)
Start: Sep 24 2008 - 08:00
End: Sep 30 2008 - 23:00

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Do children really need a themed week to encourage them to play outside?

Apparently someone thought a week was needed. A little surprising only if you are over forty.

Back in the old days when we walked twenty miles to school, most teens had no car, personal computers (etc.) were in the future, just about everybody played outside. With six kids, my parents allowed about two hours of tv a week. The rest of the time we were outside, at school, reading a book, or involved in band and/or sports.

So get the kids outside. Walk the dog, pick a four leaf clover, visit a neighbor, check out the neighborhood, sing while you walk, skip, roll in the grass, enjoy the outside world!
09 / 30
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"Take a Child Outside" Week
End: 11:00 pm
Start: Sep 24 2008 - 08:00
End: Sep 30 2008 - 23:00

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.

Do children really need a themed week to encourage them to play outside?

Apparently someone thought a week was needed. A little surprising only if you are over forty.

Back in the old days when we walked twenty miles to school, most teens had no car, personal computers (etc.) were in the future, just about everybody played outside. With six kids, my parents allowed about two hours of tv a week. The rest of the time we were outside, at school, reading a book, or involved in band and/or sports.

So get the kids outside. Walk the dog, pick a four leaf clover, visit a neighbor, check out the neighborhood, sing while you walk, skip, roll in the grass, enjoy the outside world!
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American Solar Tour includes East Tennessee stops
Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

By way of KAG, the American Solar Energy Society has organized National Solar Tour day, Oct. 4th 2008. There are several East Tennessee stops on the tour. This is a great opportunity to learn more about solar energy and see real-life examples.

Courtesy of David Bolt at Sustainable Future (whose "zero energy home" is on the tour), here's a map of the featured stops on the East Tennessee Tour. Here's more info about Mr. Bolt's open house during the tour.

And here is the ASES list of other East Tennessee participants.

UPDATE: Mary Speight at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy forwarded more info on the Knoxville tour.

The Morning Workshop is from 9AM to 10AM at Ijams Nature Center, and the self-guided tour of solar homes and businesses is from 10AM to 2PM throughout Knoxville and nearby TN locations. Green Mountain Coffee will be served at all of the tour sites and tour maps can be found on Mellow Mushroom pizza boxes. The public will get a chance to meet local solar technology installers at the morning workshop.

Here is more detailed info on the morning workshop and the homes and businesses on the tour with directions and contact info. And here's another site hosting the tour map.
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Democracy for Knoxville Meeting
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

This month's Democracy for Knoxville (DFK) gathering will take place at Sullivan's in Rocky Hill on Tuesday, October 7, at 6:30pm. Sullivan's is located on Northshore Drive in the Rocky Hill shopping center parking lot.

DFK is a group of progressive Democrats that help local candidates with their campaigns. We also like to get together, drink good beer and talk politics. This meeting, as is the case with all our events, is mostly a social gathering.

Tell your friends and bring someone along. See you Tuesday!

Thanks,
Paul
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