• Start year: 2008
• Type: Fiscal / Financial mechanism
• Status: Completed

The savings generated by the $19 million energy conservation package will pay for the costs of installing and maintaining the improvements in less than 15 years.Through this project, the city will upgrade 99 city-owned buildings, as well as 37 ballparks/athletic fields and 3 public golf courses in and around Knoxville. The project is designed to save money in energy and maintenance costs, and will take advantage of special funding options available for this type of energy-infrastructure investment. Under an Energy Savings Performance Contract, the energy savings realized by the city will fully pay for the much needed capital improvements.

• Start year: 2012
• Type: Policy/Strategies/Action Plans
• Status: In operation

Knoxville's goal is to uphold the mission of the Citizen Corps to "harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds." To do this, we will :