Wed
Oct 24 2007
02:25 pm
Invitation to Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening for New Harvest Park
By: Lisa Starbuck

You are cordially invited to the Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening of New Harvest Park on the site of the former Farmers Market property, 4700 New Harvest Lane, on Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 5:00 p.m. until ?

Everyone is welcome - tell your friends and neighbors about this great new community resource. Bring your children and let them enjoy the new playground! There will be music provided by The Bluegrass Five and the Knoxville Area Dulcimer Association.

The new park is almost 43 acres and has several unique design features, including a "splash pad" shaped like a riverboat and a playground designed to look like a farm. There is a community building and a covered picnic/amphitheater area, as well as walking trails.

We plan to start a "park Vols" program and want to continue to add features and amenities to the park. Please contact me if you are interested in being a volunteer or have a donation or park idea. Remember - this is YOUR park!

Hope to see you there!

Lisa Starbuck
Northeast Knox Preservation Association

Directions: From I-640, take the Washington Pike exit (8), and turn northwest. Travel three-tenths of a mile and turn right on Washington Pike. Go one-half mile and turn left onto New Harvest Lane.

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Step Away Slooowly From the Keyboard . . .

Submitted by Lisa Starbuck on Thu, 2007/10/25 - 3:51pm.

. . . and head out to the country side of town for the New Harvest Park grand opening! If you've never driven down Washington Pike and Millertown Pike on a sunny fall afternoon to see the ridges alive with orange, red and golden yellow colors, today is your lucky day! Get outside and breathe some fresh air out here in the country - starts at 5:00 until ? so you've got just enough time to wrap it up and get there!

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If you've never driven down

Submitted by SammySkull on Thu, 2007/10/25 - 5:18pm.

If you've never driven down Washington Pike and Millertown Pike on a sunny fall afternoon to see the ridges alive with orange, red and golden yellow colors,

For what it's worth, I drive Washington Pike nearly daily, and if you want to see leaves you better do it soon because KUB's tree trimming service has been in the neighborhood lately, and most of those leaves are cut off at the trunk. From where I sit, I can look at my neighbor's once beautiful tree and see that at least the tree killers left half of it still growing.

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From where I sit, I can look

Submitted by redmondkr on Thu, 2007/10/25 - 5:45pm.

From where I sit, I can look at my neighbor's once beautiful tree and see that at least the tree killers left half of it still growing.

I've often wondered why they butcher trees the way they do. Would it not be better to just cut them to the ground instead of leaving them 'embarrassed' like that?

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Hey Lisa...

Submitted by Carole Borges on Thu, 2007/10/25 - 9:40pm.

Is Harvest Park down by the new Target & Marshall's? I couldn't get down there today. I'll check it out tomorrow. Any chance they will have a dog park there?

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New Harvest Park

Submitted by Lisa Starbuck on Thu, 2007/10/25 - 10:59pm.

Yes, it is next door to the Target, Marshall's and Bed Bath & Beyond. The walking trails in the park were designed to integrate with the retail next door to make one big connected trail. This winter, a trail will be extended up one side of the ridge, across the top, and down the other side - not concrete, just mulch, and clearing as little as possible.

It's not very likely there will be a dog park there though because there isn't enough land. Most of the acreage is on the ridge, which will not be disturbed. The rest of the mostly flat land has the other park components on it.

There will be a dog park in the new Tommy Shumpert park (in Halls/Sterchi area) and three other areas are slated to get big new dog parks.

The outdoor amphitheatre is going to be a fantastic venue for concerts and festivals next year.

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Hey that's great news.

Submitted by Carole Borges on Fri, 2007/10/26 - 8:14am.

I have an assignment to report on the Mayor's Luncheon for Parks today. Maybe I'll hear more about these plans. The new Tommy Shumpert Park has the canine world abuzz. It's supposed to have a place for swimming there too. It sure would be nice if there was a trail that dogs and owners could enjoy together off leash, someplace fenced but with wooded areas for sniffing.

Dog parks really attract people! It's often the first thing newcomers hunt down when they arrive in town. Because people swap stories about dog products and services, it's like a small underground newspaper advertising local businesses. Dog parks can be like a "Cheers" bar for dog owners--a place where everyone knows your name--well at least they know your dog's name--ha ha!

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