Q&A: Victor Agreda, co-founder Creative cooperatives—work spaces housing several different “makers” or businesses—have been sprouting in Knoxville for a few years now, from the artists at Vacuum Shop Studios to the workshop …
Social Justice Series: Discussions on Race Relations at Fourth United Presbyterian
Q&A: the Rev. Liz Peterson In 2009, the Rev. Liz Peterson was given an interesting task: work on new church development after the merging of a historically black church–First United–and a …
Waynestock: An Annual Local Music Festival that Raises Money for Other Community Organizations
Q&A: Steve Wildsmith, Waynestock Organizer At the end of 2010, when News Sentinel music writer Wayne Bledsoe’s 23-year-old son Andrew died, the local music scene immediately went to work. In …
DreamBikes: Putting Kids on Bikes—and Showing Them How to Maintain and Fix Them
Q&A: Preston Flaherty, manager DreamBikes is a nonprofit, community-based bike shop that provides employment, job training, tutoring and career mentoring to area teens, sells bikes to pay for the teens’ salaries, …
Trees Knoxville: Protecting and Expanding Knoxville’s Urban Tree Canopy
Q&A: Tom Welborn, board chair Tom Welborn sees much more than a collection of foliage when he looks at trees. He sees a grove of economic benefits, improved air and …