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Adult Living Community Plans Move Forward
The Bagpipe Online: the Student Newspaper at Covenant College
by Kate Harrison: October 16, 2008–http://www.bagpipeonline.com/?p=3313
Plans for a retirement community to be developed adjacent to Covenant’s campus are continuing to make headway. The neighborhood, called Chapelbrow, is described by the proposal as “active adult living community” that will include a residential area and assisted living center.
Currently, 96 [...]
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Joint City-County Task Force on Ridge, Slope and Hillside Development and Protection
Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan planning commission
http://www.knoxmpc.org/hillside/index.htm
Joint City-County Task Force on Ridge, Slope and Hillside Development and Protection
The Joint City-County Task Force on Ridge, Slope and Hillside Development and Protection is hosting a series of eight public meetings across Knoxville and Knox County to present the proposals suggested by the task force and gather feedback from the [...]
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Erosion closes Scenic Highway
By Kem E. Morgan
The Chattanooga Times: July 7, 1989. Front page.
A portion of Highway 148, commonly called Scenic Highway, appears to be sliding down the side of Lookout Mountain as continuing rainfall erodes the subsurface, a state engineer said Thursday. The section of the road with the most damage is about halfway up the [...]
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Repairs to Close Scenic Highway
By John Wilson, Free Press Staff Writer
Chattanooga Free Press: March 13, 1997
One of the two main routes up Lookout Mountain will be closed later this year to repair a deteriorating section of roadway, state transportation department officials said.
Bob Brown, regional transportation director, said plans are to close Scenic Highway near the top of the mountain [...]
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Lookout Mountain, Ga. Citizens Upset Over Pending PUD Ordinance