A crew was working high above the ground at the top of a telecommunications tower on Tuskegee Drive, near East Tulsa Road, on Wednesday. A Barnhart crane was also at the site. Here are a few pictures. [Read more…]
Photos: Downtown Shopping Center
A crowd outside Walgreen Drugs at the former Downtown Shopping Center on December 2, 1955. (Photos courtesy Don Hunnicutt/Ed Westcott)
Note: This story was last updated at 8:20 a.m. Dec. 31.
After we learned that Guilford Glazer died last week, we asked Don Hunnicutt if he or Ed Westcott, the government’s official photographer in Oak Ridge during World War II, had any pictures of the former Downtown Shopping Center that we might use on Oak Ridge Today. Don sent five pictures Tuesday morning. (Thank you, Don and Ed!)
Glazer, who was born in Knoxville, died last week in Beverly Hills, California, at 93. His company built the former Downtown Shopping Center in Oak Ridge in the 1950s, and he still owns property in Oak Ridge and Knoxville. [Read more…]
Area credit unions join to launch CU Community Title Company LLC
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CU Community and Credit Union Services of East Tennessee, or CUSET, have teamed up to launch CU Community Title Company LLC, effective January 2, 2015.
The joint venture represents a groundbreaking collaboration between East Tennessee’s most successful subsidiaries of ORNL Federal Credit Union and Y-12 Federal Credit Union, both headquartered in Oak Ridge, a press release said.
“Title companies are a natural extension of the mortgage business,” said Ron Honeycutt, CUSET chairman. “Y-12 FCU and ORNL FCU are two of the area’s largest and most successful mortgage providers. Forming a title company gives us added flexibility in meeting the mortgage needs of our respective membership, while ensuring they receive the best value, convenience, and peace of mind.” [Read more…]
Glazer, developer of former Downtown Shopping Center, dies at 93
Guilford Glazer and Diane Pregerson Glazer (Source: Tel Aviv University)
Guilford Glazer (Source: American Friends of Tel Aviv University)
Note: This story was last updated at 12:30 p.m.
Philanthropist and developer Guilford Glazer, whose company built the former Downtown Shopping Center in Oak Ridge in the 1950s, died at his Beverly Hills home in California on Tuesday. He was 93.
Glazer, who still owns property in Oak Ridge and Knoxville, was born in Knoxville in 1921. He was one of seven children born to Eastern European immigrants, according to a story in the Beverly Hills Courier. He studied engineering at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., for two years before joining the Navy during World War II, working in ship construction.
When he returned home from the war, Glazer entered the business world when he took over the family welding shop and turned it into a major steel fabrication business, Glazer Steel Corporation, the Courier said. Glazer Steel fabricated bridges and many other structures for the government of France, among many other customers.
“Glazer’s first development was a building in Knoxville that has been described as the city’s ‘first high-rise apartment building,'” the Courier said. “He entered the real estate business in 1951, when a company he led was selected by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to build a shopping center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. That shopping center opened in 1955 and not long after, Glazer picked up and moved to Los Angeles.” [Read more…]
Photos: Breakfast Rotary Christmas Angels at Linda Brown Realty
Members of the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club’s Christmas Angels and friends and family met at Linda Brown Realty on Saturday to load vans and SUVs with Christmas gifts for families in need. (Photos by D. Ray Smith)
Members of the Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club’s Christmas Angels and friends and family met at Linda Brown Realty on Saturday morning to load vans and SUVs with Christmas gifts for families in need.
“Thanks to all who participated and thanks especially to Linda Brown and Nancy Donsbach for organizing the effort,” photographer D. Ray Smith said. “Linda has graciously made her office into ‘Christmas Angel Central’ again as she has for the past several years. I well remember when my grandkids were young and they came with me to distribute gifts to three families. My grandsons still recall that experience with fondness at each Christmas gathering of the Smith family!”
Here are are four more photos by Smith: [Read more…]
Centrus raises more than $16,000 for United Way
Pictured above are Lou Ann Lawson, Faye Grantham, Amanda Smith, Lydia Birk (2014 United Way Campaign Chair), Larry Cutlip, Cindy Light, and Gayla Hunter. United Way Committee members not present are Jamie Poland and Lana DiFiore. (Submitted photo)
Centrus Energy Corporation, formerly known as USEC, recently announced that they raised more than $16,000 in their 2014 United Way of Anderson County campaign. That’s a 10 percent increase compared to 2013, a press release said.
The release said the increase is vitally important for United Way of Anderson County, helping it recover from the last two years, which have been difficult.
“We are delighted that we are part of the solution,” said Larry Cutlip, a Centrus deputy director. “We know our community has struggled the last two years due to changes in federal funding, so our growth is exciting.” [Read more…]
MSTI hires Inklebarger as vice president, business unit manager
Randy Inklebarger
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Randy Inklebarger, who has been hired by MS Technology Inc., said he didn’t have to think long about joining the company as its new vice president and business unit manager for engineering projects.
The choice was easy, he said, since his history with the company goes back to when it was founded. That was more than 20 years ago, and he has been impressed with them from the day they launched.
“I worked with them on some projects from the early days of the company,” Inklebarger said, adding that he was working with another local company at the time that had partnered with MSTI. “The decision to go work for them was easy.” [Read more…]
Sponsored: Winter Wonderland open house at Through the Looking Glass Antiques, Collectibles
A Winter Wonderland open house at Through the Looking Glass Antiques and Collectibles in Oak Ridge continues this week through Saturday.
See the invitation at left.
The open house started Saturday, December 6, and continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week through Saturday, December 13.
Through the Looking Glass Antiques and Collectibles is located at 1122 Oak Ridge Turnpike. The business has antique, vintage, and unique items. Through the Looking Glass has a vast array of items for sale from everyday to fine art. [Read more…]
Sponsored: Mostoller, Stulberg, Whitfield, Allen celebrates 40th anniversary
From left to right are attorneys William Allen, Ann Mostoller, Hannah Tippett, Judith Whitfield, Celia Hastings, and Tracey Williams. (Submitted photos)
Oak Ridge law firm Mostoller, Stulberg, Whitfield, and Allen celebrated its 40th anniversary with clients and colleagues on November 11.
Founded by Ann Mostoller and Dorothy Stulberg, the firm was one of the first all-female practices in the state. The firm has grown and now encompasses practice in bankruptcy, domestic relations, Social Security disability, special education, probate matters, criminal defense, and personal injury claims. [Read more…]
Sponsored: Gift Sale extended to benefit Habitat for Humanity
A Gift Sale in Grove Center this month benefits Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County.
The Gift Sale has been extended through 3 p.m. Christmas Eve. The sale will also be open today (December 23) until 6 p.m. at Habitat for Humanity at 105 Randolph Road in the Historic Grove Center.
The sale features exquisite jewelry, accessories, exotic beads, apparel, linen, handicrafts, and tribal art designed and crafted by banjaras (gypsies) and artisans in India. [Read more…]
ADFAC: Make the holidays happier with ‘Dine and Donate’
Open for lunch and dinner, and with a large catering menu, Mediterranean Delight offers savory and sweet treats ranging from hummus and shawarma to baklava. Mediterranean Delight is located on Bus Terminal Road behind Methodist Therapy Services.
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With the hustle and bustle of holidays all around, it’s a great time to treat yourself and your loved ones to a special meal. Fortunately, with ADFAC’s “Dine and Donate” event, there is a way to do that and support the less fortunate in our community.
On Monday, December 8, seven local restaurants will donate a portion of their sales to support Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC).
Restaurants participating on Monday, December 8, are: [Read more…]
Mall redevelopment close to goal line
James Downs, Crosland Southeast partner, gives an update on the redevelopment of the former Oak Ridge Mall during a Tuesday morning Rise and Shine, sponsored by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, at The Courtyards Seniors Living on Briarcliff Avenue. (Photo courtesy Kathy Gillenwaters)
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Note: This story was last updated at 1 p.m. Nov. 3.
If it were a football game, the long-awaited redevelopment of the former Oak Ridge Mall would be in the “red zone”—not across the goal line yet but close enough to score, a project executive said Tuesday.
Seventy-five percent or more of the new retail space has been leased or is under negotiation, said James Downs, partner of Crosland Southeast, the North Carolina commercial real estate firm that has proposed the project.
The company could have a groundbreaking in the spring of 2015. Construction work, which will include demolition of areas between anchor stores, could be completed by the summer of 2016, making it available to retailers by the fall of 2016. [Read more…]
