August 26, 2013 www.knoxfocus.com FREEPAGE A1 Take One! Visit www.knoxfocus.com to access August 26, 2013 TDOT meets with East FOCUS Town area Weekly Poll* As a voter, do you merchants consider yourself By Tasha Mahurin
[email protected] a Democrat, Republican or 4th District City Independent? Councilman Nick Della Volpe invited TDOT Region DEMOCRAT 1 Director Steve Borden 24.28% and Knoxville Public Service REPUBLICAN Director David Brace to 50.16% discuss potential road improvements with East INDEPENDENT Town area merchants last 25.56% week. Survey conducted S t a t e S e n a t o r August 24, 2013. Becky Massey, State Representative Bill Dunn, * Focus Weekly Polls are conducted by an independent, professional polling State Representative company. Harry Brooks and City Councilmen Duane Grieve, Finbarr Saunders and Daniel Brown were present for the discussion that PART-TIME included more than 70 area PHOTO BY DAN ANDREWS. SALES POSITION merchants. The last Boomsday on the Henley Street Bridge was in 2010. This year’s event will return to the bridge Sept. 1. Knoxville Center Mall, AVAILABLE. located off exit 8 on I-640, FLEXIBLE has approximately 60 tenants. Additionally, the HOURS. GREAT exit is home to Home Depot, Boomsday returns to OPPORTUNITY. Lowes, O’Charley’s, Cracker 686-9970 Barrel, and a McDonald’s, among others. Economic downturn and increased commercial development Henley Bridge in other areas of Knoxville Emerald Youth have caused a significant This September, the nation’s largest Labor Day trailer beds is similar to how we loaded and launched struggle amidst businesses weekend Fireworks Festival will once again launch from the show from railroad cars the past two years,” Golf Classic Oct.