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Five winners of the Knoxville Area Urban League’s business pitch contest have received checks totaling $10,500 for enterprises ranging from health care to art classes. Mark Isom, the founder and president of Premiere Building Maintenance Corporation, presented the entrepreneurs with

The Knoxville Area Urban League’s 18th annual Shoes for School became a drive-through and pickup event Saturday, Aug. 1, after the traditional festival in Caswell Park was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns. This year, the Knoxville Area Urban

The Knoxville Area Urban League honored “The Clinton 12” with its lifetime achievement award at the Equal Opportunity Awards Gala and recognized the volunteer, minority business and corporate leadership award winners. Jazz and gospel performer Chanté Moore provided the entertainment

The Knoxville Area Urban League has partnered with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to set up weatherization work opportunities for local contractors with initial training scheduled for this Friday and Saturday. The eScore Minority Contractor Training Program is a workforce

The Knoxville Area Urban League will host a Tennessee Driver’s License Mobile Unit on Tuesday, Aug. 20, to provide licensing and state identification services to the community. The unit will be available from 1-4 p.m. at the Knoxville Area Urban

More than 1,500 children receive new shoes and 4,000 receive school supplies Thousands of local children received new tennis shoes and school supplies Saturday, Aug. 3, during the 17th annual “Shoes for School” event presented by the Knoxville Area Urban

Today, Randy Boyd, founder and chairman of Radio Systems Corporation, presented checks totaling $15,000 to Audrey Wrushen and Sherene Jacobs, winners of two business pitch contests by the Knoxville Area Urban League. Boyd congratulated Wrushen and Jacobs and presented the

Renovation and renewal campaign signals new era of equal opportunity The Knoxville Area Urban League will celebrate the reopening of its headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 17, with Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero, Urban League board, staff and community partners. Located at 1514

A total of 1,270 children happily walked away with new tennis shoes, and a record 6,400 people attended the 16th annual “Shoes for School” event Saturday, Aug. 4, presented by the Knoxville Area Urban League and sponsored by Covenant Health.

The public is invited to provide input for “Recode Knoxville,” a zoning project that that will impact the changes allowed on urban property in the City of Knoxville over the next 50 years. Community residents, property owners and neighborhood organizations