2025

how “public process” in government projects can either promote transparency or serve as mere lip service, using Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park controversy as an example. Arguing that while such processes can give citizens a voice, they often…
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With grit and soul, Dave Kennedy is redefining country music’s heart and future By Terry Adams | Photography By Nathan Sparks. Appeared in Cityview Magazine, Vol. 41, Issue 6 (Nov/Dec 2025) Dave Kennedy is the truth. He is all…
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Self-taught Knoxville artist Mark Carson English infuses bold color and expressive style into everything from canvases to an 8-foot paint-splattered giraffe he calls his annual self-portrait. With more than 15,000 works and 1,000 shows…
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Here at Cityview, few things are more fascinating to us than watching as our annual Best of the Best voting unfolds. As the numbers climb—10,000 in a day, 30,000 in a day—it's hard not to feel the pulse and energy of our community. One day…
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Jim Saunders and Jimmy Loup’s latest venture soars with history, flavor, and flair.
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Redefining the custom home building experience with openness, precision, and a team-driven philosophy.  Story by Nathan Sparks | Photography by Nathan Sparks & Bruce McCamish In 2005, after a high-flying career in…
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World War II veteran Bob Luttrell reflects on nearly drowning in the Pacific and the work of art his life became Bob Luttrell didn’t want to let his mom down. Only minutes after breakfast aboard his patrol gunboat in the Pacific Theater…
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From Andes Summits to Bolivia’s Most Dangerous Ride None of us were prepared for 11 degree temperatures in the middle of June. Then again some of my team wasn't ready to be at almost 20,000 feet either. But here four of us found…
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A shaky rollout, growing opposition, and a high‑stakes November vote put Knoxville’s proposed sales tax hike on uncertain ground Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon’s sales tax referendum effort’s unfocused slog out of the gate in its early…
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I went to lunch this past week with a person I've known for more than 40 years. A successful man, who leads a multiple-staff wealth management office, he, like myself, began of his life without technology being a constant. And artificial…
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