Hey this is so cool. Thanks for the news flash. Maybe they will hire me. E-Z Wider. Man, blast from the past. I love the stuff on their web page. Neat to have a progressive company for Knoxtown. Hippies can do some powerful business.

Knoxville's environmental and sustainability efforts were said to be a factor in their decision.

Huh? Seriously, this is nice, but they must mean recent efforts such as those by our good Dr. Lyons's department. That's pretty much all there is to Knoxville and green, other than foliage.

Now, this is more like the K-burg I know:

A complete line of sliced luncheon mats, bacon, ham, chili, sloppy joe, Three Pig Wieners, Touchdown Beef Franks, Quikstart Wieners, Ole Timer Sausage, Lay's Bologna and lard will be available.

Anywho, I think this is the coffee sold at the Western Plaza Ben & Jerry's. Never tried it, though. Starbucks is too close by.

It's interesting that Stiller started out in Waitsfield, VT. That's the home of SmallDog.com, the best little Macintosh (mostly) retailer in the world and probably the only place you can buy RAM, a dog collar, and donate to Planned Parenthood at the same time.

Just down the road from Ben & Jerry's!

Can we hope for a factory outlet too?

ZigZag and OCB, purist stuff.

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On at least two trips they spent a good bit of time with Madeleine Weil and others from KUB and TVA specifically to discuss environmental efforts, including the work of the city's enery and sustainablity task force and the Solar Cities designation.

Yes, that is how I would have guessed it transpired and I wasn't impugning the green reputation of the firm. It is a good thing and your department is to be congratulated on the deal. Thanks for your continued good works, including greening our town!

I was only referring to Knoxville's historic enviro stewardship (and almost total lack thereof up to now). Things can only get better and I'm real glad to see it being pushed along by you and the rest of the city administration. Better late than never, and again I am grateful to see it happening. (One of my self-appointed jobs here is to prod along with guilt and sarcasm.)

Seriously, thanks for filling us in on the details too.

And more good coffee is always a good thing.

You bet! (slurp)

I would hate to live close to that thing with all that coffee scent polluting the air. Putting a Krispy Kreme shop nearby would surely be the final straw.

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What does this say about the need for the Midway Industrial Park? Those quasi-governmental, semi-socialist TDC recruiters were sure the only way to get jobs in Knox Co was with a brand-new facility a stone's throw from I-40. Apparently an already industrialized area two or three stone's throws from I-40 is good enough for some corporations.