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Oak Ridge Chamber to host information session on changing retail market

Posted at 3:23 pm September 20, 2018
By Kathy Gillenwaters Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce

The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce building is pictured above.

 

Retail Strategies, a national retail real estate consulting firm that partners with cities across the nation to expand retail opportunities, will have representatives in Oak Ridge on September 25, a press release said.

Retail Strategies will offer brief on-site consulting services for retail property owners/managers during the day on a first-come, first-served basis.

From 4-5:30 p.m., representatives of the firm will be on hand for an information session detailing Oak Ridge’s changing retail market, trade area, trends, and targets, the press release said. The session will take place at TownePlace by Marriott, which is 300 South Rutgers Avenue. The session will be hosted by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce and the Oak Ridge Economic Development Initiative. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge Economic Development Initiative, retail market, retail property owners, retail real estate, retail real estate consulting, Retail Strategies

Oak Ridge will celebrate new eighth rowing lane on Friday, April 28

Posted at 11:02 am April 19, 2017
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Rowers are pictured above on the Oak Ridge rowing course in the spring of 2017. The area that needed work to recently add the eighth lane is pictured at center-right along Melton Lake Drive. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

Rowers are pictured above on the Oak Ridge rowing course in the spring of 2017. The area that needed work to recently add the eighth lane is pictured at center-right along Melton Lake Drive. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

 

Oak Ridge will celebrate the new eighth rowing lane with a special dedication ceremony on Friday, April 28, the city said in a press release.

The dedication, announced by the City of Oak Ridge, will be at 3 p.m. Friday, April 28. It is expected to include state and local leaders, and it will help kick off one of the biggest rowing weekends of the season, the press release said.

The eighth rowing lane, which is now complete, has been on the city’s wish list for many years. Officials have said that it could help attract even more and larger regattas (rowing races) and help maintain the Oak Ridge course as one of the top-ranked rowing venues in the United States.

Those who attend Friday’s dedication ceremony will gather in Melton Lake Park at the pavilion across from the Oak Ridge Rowing Association and then take a short walk on Melton Lake Greenway to the new overlook for the eighth rowing lane, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Government, Oak Ridge, Rowing, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, Dogwood Juniors Regatta, eighth lane, eighth rowing lane, Explore Oak Ridge, First Place Finish Inc., Governor's Cup, Mayor's Cup, Melton Lake Park, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Economic Development Initiative, Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, Oak Ridge rowing course, rowing, Tennessee Valley Authority, Visit Knoxville

Council to consider $548,350 contract for eighth rowing lane

Posted at 5:26 pm September 2, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Officials and referees used Oak Ridge Rowing Association boats to monitor the races on the seven-lane course at the 2016 SIRA Championship Regatta in Oak Ridge on Sunday, April 17, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

On Tuesday, the Oak Ridge City Council will consider a $548,350 contract to add an eighth lane to the city’s rowing course on the Clinch River.

Council will consider the contract, which would be awarded to First Place Finish Incorporated, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, September 6, in the Oak Ridge Municipal Building Courtroom.

The work would include a precast concrete block retaining wall and associated dredging and site work.

Funding for the project comes from several sources, Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson said in a September 2 memo to City Council. The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development has allocated $250,000 for the project. The city’s Capital Improvements Program, or CIP, has budgeted $585,000 for the project, with the city’s share being $185,000.

Other sources of funding include: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Government, Government, Oak Ridge, Rowing, Slider, Sports Tagged With: Anderson County Tourism Council, Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc., capital improvements program, CIP, eighth rowing lane, First Place Finish Incorporated, K&F Construction Inc., Merit Construction, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, Oak Ridge Economic Development Initiative, Oak Ridge Municipal Building, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, rowing course, rowing lane, Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, Tennessee Valley Authority, Visit Knoxville

Council approves pedestrian safety projects, Chamber contract

Posted at 12:55 am August 28, 2013
By John Huotari 11 Comments

Oak Ridge City Council

During a special meeting Monday, the Oak Ridge City Council approved pedestrian safety improvement projects on Oak Ridge Turnpike and at Jackson Square, and approved a contract worth up to $175,000 with the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce. (File photo)

The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday agreed to use more than $500,000 in red light camera money to improve the city-owned parking lot on the north side of Jackson Square and make eight Oak Ridge Turnpike intersections safer for pedestrians.

Council also approved a $175,000 contract with the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, an amount that was down significantly from previous years but higher than what City Manager Mark Watson had originally proposed earlier this year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Anne Garcia Garland, Broadway Avenue, Chuck Hope, contract, enhancement grant, farmer's market, Jackson Square, Janice McGinnis, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Economic Development Initiative, Oak Ridge Turnpike, parking lot, pedestrians, red light camera money, steering committee, Tennessee Department of Transportation, Trina Baughn

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