OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM

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In 10 years, Knoxville will attract premier businesses and executive talent, supported by proactive infrastructure and smart housing. We'll fuel dynamic growth and innovation while ensuring our local population is never priced out.

Knoxville is a small town where people still know each other and history connects families, yet we have the shopping, a thriving food scene and the big-city energy of a major hub - all right next to beautiful mountains and lakes.

To strengthen Knoxville, we must aggressively compete with cities like Charlotte and Nashville. By building a high-energy city that blends great careers, vibrant social spaces, and our outdoors, we will keep young adults here to grow families.

Currently reading: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

From small-town Newbern, Tennessee my fighter pilot dad taught me to aim high and fearlessly chase my dreams. Now, my goal is to pay it forward, share knowledge and lift others up. At our house, we call that 'sending the elevator back down.

Trust God's plan. The things you worried would never happen actually did! Hold you head high and look up...you never know when you might see yourself on a billboard! Be humble and always remember to encourage, care for, and give back to others.