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VIProfile: Casey Fox

Casey Fox, Director of Development for the Big Ears Festival, went from performer to librarian to fundraiser, a role she said she discovered was “a good fit for me.”

The Crossville native acted at the Cumberland County Playhouse from fourth grade through high school.

8/2/2023

Riverstone: A Holston Hills Getaway

Shannon Yarbrough sat and told us about how she and her husband took a leap and bought a house in Knoxville while living in Austin, Texas. “We fell in love with this home online and bought it sight unseen. 
8/2/2023

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6/12/2023

Lois Ross Retires After 23 Years of Service

This summer students, staff and friends said farewell to a founding member of the Episcopal School of Knoxville. Mrs. Lois Ross is retiring after 23 years of service as the best guidance counselor anyone could ask for. However, her journey to ESK began years before the school was even built.
6/12/2023

The Trust Company of Tennessee Adds Susan Weidknechtt

The Trust Company of Tennessee has hired Susan Weidknecht as retirement plan services (RPS) compliance specialist. Founded in 1987 and with offices in Chattanooga, Knoxville and the Tri-Cities, The Trust Company of Tennessee currently has more than $4.5 billion under management.
6/12/2023

Nourish Knoxville's Market Square Farmers' Market Turned 20

Nourish Knoxville’s Market Square Farmers’ Market Turned 20, and Downtown Knoxville is celebrating the memories made and businesses grown at the market in the coming months. “The Market Square Farmers’ Market has been a cherished mainstay in our city center since 2004,” said Michele Hummel, executive director of the Downtown Knoxville Alliance. 
6/12/2023

VIProfile: Lee Smith

Lee Smith doesn’t pull any punches or hide from his past. The former NFL football player and Knoxville native traces his success to an early failure. Football was probably always in his future. He was born during his father’s rookie year in the NFL.
6/12/2023

The Magnolia: A Preservationist's Dream

If you’ve ever heard the name Kim Trent, you may associate it with fundraising, preservation or both. Her natural ability to charm a room, combined with her passion for preserving not only the culture and history of a community, but the buildings that once housed the families and businesses that made up that community, enabled her to make connections and save, renovate and preserve countless structures from Knoxville’s (and elsewhere) past.
6/12/2023

Editor's Letter

Does anyone else look at real estate listings just for fun? My friend, Brandi, and I will send each other links to houses at least once a week. Sometimes it’s something absurd, like a home that used a few too many mannequins in their interior design plan. 
6/12/2023

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5/8/2023

The Overlook: A Vertical Neighborhood

Architect Josh Wright purposefully designed the Overlook for easy interaction between neighbors by providing generous balconies that are intended to act as front porches or stoops found in traditional neighborhoods.
5/3/2023

VIProfile: Jake Sheffield

Arnold Palmer said that golf “is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented.” Jake Sheffield shares this sentiment. He started playing golf with his dad and uncle when he was just seven years old.
5/2/2023

Justin Bailey Selected as a RISMedia 2023 Real Estate Newsmaker

Justin Bailey, Realty Executives CEO, has been selected as a RISMedia 2023 Real Estate Newsmaker—a dynamic group of key influencers across the nation making headlines as a result of their newsworthy contributions to the real estate industry, and their efforts to positively affect the consumers and communities they serve...
5/1/2023

Covenant Health Names New Executive Leader

Covenant Health is pleased to announce that Jon-David Deeson has been named executive vice president of physician enterprise and ambulatory services for the health system. He assumes his new role effective April 2023...
5/1/2023

Rotary Honors Teachers of the Year

The Rotary Club of Knoxville honored Susan Parker, a fourth-grade teacher at South Knoxville Elementary School, and Skikila Smith, a ninth-grade English and advanced creative writing teacher at Austin-East Magnet High School, as its 2023 Outstanding Knox County Teachers of the Year...
5/1/2023