Rocky Top advances data center zoning, $904K field upgrades
Demolition of the bleachers at George Templin Memorial Athletic Field in Rocky Top will begin April 12. New bleachers to seat up to 400 people are among improvements to the field that are part of a $904,090 project approved late last year by the City Council, with half of the money coming from a state recreation grant. - G. Chambers Williams III
Data centers will be allowed in Rocky Top if the City Council passes a zoning ordinance on second and final reading next month. Last Thursday, the council passed unanimously on first reading Ordinance 620, which amends the city’s zoning regulations to include data centers as a special exception to be allowed only in the M-1 Industrial zones. Mayor Kerry Templin said the change was recommended by the city planner to allow the city to stay ahead of the issue of data centers, which are popping up all across the nation as AI (artificial intelligence) development continues its rapid growth. He noted that these data centers are very noisy, and draw huge amounts of power from the electrical grids where they operate. “Nobody has yet told us they want to bring a data center here, but it was recommended by the planner that we designate a zone,” he said. “Nothing in our zoning now addresses data centers. But you can get a lot of [tax] revenue out of them.”
Read MoreMarket Street sidewalk work nears completion
This was the view down Market Street from Cullom Street on Monday morning, with the new sidewalks stretching the length of the street all the way to Main. - G. Chambers Williams III
Pouring of concrete for the new sidewalks on Market Street in Historic Downtown Clinton is nearly complete, and the pedestrian walkway from Commerce to Market streets will be next, according to city and downtown officials. “Most of the sidewalks are in, but some electrical work remains to be done, along with digging out planters and putting in irrigation,” said Katherine Birkbeck, executive director of Historic Downtown Clinton. “We’re getting about 200 trees and plants to go in the planters, and for the trees, we’re having to dig down 30 inches,” she said. “These will be big, mature shade trees.” She said the next focus will be on pouring concrete to pave the currently gravel alleyway between Burrville and Healthy Visions, which will be called Pearl Alley. That walkway will serve as an entrance to Market Street from the Commerce Street parking lot, Birkbeck said. “That has been gravel for a long time,” she said, adding that the downtown clock “will be in that alley.” Repaving of Market Street “will be much later after lamp posts and other elements are completed,” Birkbeck said, “probably starting in mid-May.”
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Mosaic returns April 18
The sixth-annual Mosaic Arts Festival, set for Saturday, April 18, will include displays of original art created by each student from the Clinton City Schools in the Clinton Community Center, along with arts and crafts booths in the parking lot next to the Clinton Public Library. On South Hicks Street outside the Community Center, there will be public performances by various groups. Wadey Bunch Farm will bring their Highland cows to the event, and visitors will be ble to get photos with the cows for $5. Inside the library, there will be free craft activities for kids, and in the parking lot outside, there will be an array of food trucks and kiosks.
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