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Welcome to Norris, Tennessee! - A National Historic City -
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| NORRIS TOWN CENTER CLOCK |
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| Picture by Keith Haverkamp |
The City of
Norris has been called a planned community, a model town, a garden city, and even a utopia. To its citizens, however, it is
a woodland home, an oasis in the busy world of the surrounding Knoxville, Oak Ridge and Clinton communities. The City of Norris enjoys
all the necessary ingredients for comfortable living: Great City government and City services Tree lined streets and sidewalks
Outstanding in-town schools – elementary & middle Full service community library Norris-based community theater Annual July 4th Norris Day celebration with evening
fireworks Summer-time free Concerts on the Commons Quaint compact Town Center
can boast of… Large open grassy town commons for recreation Large town pavilion for public and private events Open air performance stage Norris Museum Numerous small businesses: Grocery store, restaurants, post
office, dental office, realty office, bank, banquet/catering facility, physical therapy center, beauty salon
Areas of Norris outside the town center can further boast of… Churches for many faiths; civic clubs Museum of Appalachia (affiliated
with The Smithsonian Institute) Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex TVA labs Numerous small businesses: Ice cream parlor, beauty solons, animal hospital, pharmacy,
ethnic restaurants, craft beer brew pub; art/craft center, bed and breakfast, auto repair shops, storage facilities, nursery/florist,
general store, senior living center, nursing home, music/clogging studio, tobacco shop, liquor store, light industry, physician
offices, dentists, ophthalmologist, auction company.
Local recreation opportunities abound. Our 2,400 acre Norris Municipal Watershed which abuts the town border offers
numerous trails for hiking, horseback riding, and biking. The Clinch River offers great trout fishing, and nearby Norris Lake
offers a variety of fishing, boating and water sports activities. Norris Dam State Park encompasses over 4,000 acres of wooded
landscape and abuts both sides of Norris Lake. Explore our website for more detailed information on all of the above.
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CITY OF NORRIS JULY 2020 MEETING SCHEDULE - Norris Planning Commission –
Monday, July 6, 2020, 5:00 pm - Public Hearing – Refuse/Recycle Fees Ordinance -
Monday, July 13, 2020, 6:15 pm - Norris City Council –
Monday, July 13, 2020 7:00 pm - Watershed Board –
Thursday,
July 16, 2020 5:00 pm - Animal Commission
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Monday, July 20, 2020 7:00 pm - Public Hearing – Ordinance – Certified Property Tax Rate –
Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 6:00 pm - Norris City Council – Special Called Meeting – 2nd Reading Property Tax Ordinance -
Wednesday, July
29, 2020, 6:15 pm - Library Commission:
No July Meeting
- Norris
Little Theatre: No July Meeting
- Archives
Committee: No July Meeting
- Norris City Court:
No July Court
- Board
of Zoning Appeals: No July Meeting
- Conservation/Recycle
Comm.: No July Meeting
- Norris
Water Commission: No July Meeting
- Tree Commission: No July Meeting
- Norris Recreation Commission: No July Meeting
- Community Development Board: No July Meeting
All July meetings shown above will be
available by
Gotomeeting and the link for each meeting is as follows: Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/527353821
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (646) 749-3122
Access Code: 527-353-821
New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first
meeting starts: https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/527353821 The
public is invited. Scott Hackler
Norris City Manager
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