Ed McMahon, the development issues expert [1], not the professional sidekick [2], returns to East Tennessee this week with a symposium on sustainable development [3] Thursday at the Knoxville Convention Center.

The event starts at 4 p.m. and is open to the public. I urge you to turn out. McMahon's a great speaker and a font of good information.

Regular KnoxViews readers will recall that McMahon spoke about development last year in Blount County, an event covered extensively by Randy here [4] and here [5].