Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Tour de Cure planning

Do you like planning parties or bike rides?

The Knoxville Tour de Cure is looking for volunteers to join us as we grow this Tour into one of the best in the nation. Knoxville Tour de Cure COMMITTEE Interest Meeting(This is a meeting for anyone who is interested in helping to learn how more about all the opportunites we have to be a little more involved)

Thursday, February 16th
6pm to 8pm
Barley’s in the Old City.
200 East Jackson Ave
Knoxville, TN

The Tour de Cure Volunteer Committee is looking for hardworking passionate individuals to help us make the 2012 Tour de Cure the BEST EVER!! It’s our vision to double our goal in 2012, but to make that work we need to double the size of our planning committee! If you are interested on serving in any capacity, please attend the meeting to learn everything you need to know about the Volunteer Committee and what we are responsible for and how you can help. There is a great fit for your skills from PR to Route Logistics to planning a party! Everyone is welcome!

Please Bring a friend and get ready to throw one of the biggest parties Knoxville has ever seen. WE NEED YOU!

Please contact Ben Bass at bbass@diabetes.org or 865-524-7868 ext 3342 to RSVP for this exciting event.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Tyson Park detour

The closure of Third Creek Greenway in Tyson Park since December has been a real problem, and KUB doesn't seem to be close to finishing. I just found out about a great option for a detour, though. From the west via the greenway, get on the park road and go past the skatepark. The road continues under Alcoa Highway to the UT Kingston Pike property, and turns right, taking you out to Kingston Pike at a traffic signal. You can either use the traffic signal to enter Kingston Pike, or take the sidewalk up to 22nd. Depends on whether you are going downtown or to UT as to where you go from there. If you use the sidewalk, remember to anticipate drivers turning or pulling out in front of you, so go slowly and watch out!