Commentary
<P><SPAN CLASS="author">Barry Henderson recognizes our very respectable employment and population growth rates but stresses the importance of addressing environmental issues in Insights; Jack Neely pays tribute to stonecutter Alberto Milani in conjunction with South Knoxville&rsquo;s annual Vestival in Secret History; and as city and county tax rates make for Editorial fodder, the advisability of merging the two governments arises again.

<P>Citybeat
<P><SPAN CLASS="author">Joe Tarr</SPAN> probes the abundance of bars and sandwich shops that mark <A HREF="dir_zine/dir_2004/1419/t_citybeat.html"><B>Cumberland Avenue</B></A> and the vacant storefronts that plague the UT strip, and <SPAN CLASS="author">Molly Kincaid</SPAN> stumbles on the triumphant return of the New Knoxville Brewing Company and its Left Coast savior.

<P>Art for Art&rsquo;s Sake
<P>The essence of artistic variety resides within Knoxville&rsquo;s <A HREF="dir_zine/dir_2004/1419/t_cover.html"><B>Art Underground</B></A>. <SPAN CLASS="author">Brian Conley</SPAN> and <SPAN CLASS="author">Mike Gibson</SPAN> take a pick and shovel to it, and talk to some of its able, unorthodox practitioners.

<P>How Cosby &lsquo;Shines
<P>Intrigued by rumors of the unspeakable fun to be had in the not-so-quiet burg of <A HREF="dir_zine/dir_2004/1419/t_gamut.html"><B>Cosby</B></A>, <SPAN CLASS="author">Clint Casey</SPAN> spends time in the company of its locals and discovers a friendly side of the Smokies that tourism hasn&rsquo;t yet polluted.

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