September 9, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 37
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COVER STORY
The Downtown Summit: A Prequel
Bill Lyons, the city’s senior director of economic development, sits down with Metro Pulse publisher Brian Conley for a pre-Downtown Summit discussion of the ways and means to further rejuvenation of Knoxville’s city center.
FEATURE
Merry-Go-Round
Joe Tarr gets swept up in the agricultural and carnival spirit of the Tennessee Valley Fair.
Citybeat
This week: The vaunted Market Square “Phase II” Parking Garage is underway and doesn’t please everyone, Jack Neely reports, and Clint Casey sits in on the announcement that the Gay Street Cinema’s momentum keeps on building.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
• EAR TO THE GROUND
• LETTERS •
Opinion
Joe Sullivan
extols the courage of the Commission majority in establishing taxation options in
Insights,
an Editorial
excoriates the three Knox County commissioners who voted for the mayor’s budget but against its funding,
Frank Cagle
gives Mayor Ragsdale back his management stripes in
Frank Talk,
and Matt Edens
turns to the matter of high-density living out in the suburbs in Commentary.
A&E
Clint Casey checks in with Jennifer Hartswick,
Jack Neely visits the Joseph Delaney exhibit at UT’s new Downtown Gallery in Artbeat,
and Lloyd Babbit takes a look at a hip-hop chronicle in Pulp.
• EYE ON THE SCENE
• CALENDAR
• SPOTLIGHTS •
Movie Guru
Marc Savlov reviews Maria Full of Grace.
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• PAST & FUTURE •
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Secret History by Jack Neely
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