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Welcome to Norris, Tennessee! - A National Historic City -
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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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TIMELY TOPICS
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| | May 2019 | | Meetings | | | | | Board/Commission | | Date | | Time | | | City Council | | May 13 | | 7:00P | | | Animal Shelter Commission | | May 20 | | 7:00P | | | Board of Zoning
Appeals - No meeting in May | | NA | | NA | | | Community
Development Board | | May 9 | | 7:00P | | | Conservation/Recycle
Commission | | May
21 | | 7:00P | | | Library Commission - No meeting in May | | NA | | NA | | | Norris Archives
Committee
Meets at Norris Archives,1
Norris Square | | May 6, 13, 20 | | 1p-4p | | | Norris City
Court | | May 7 | | 6:00P | | | Norris Little Theatre
Meets at Loy Johnson Realty, 21 W. Norris Rd. | | May 6 | | 7:00P | | | Norris
Recreation
Commission Meets at Norris Recreation Room,1 Norris Square | | May 14 | | 7:00P | | | Norris Water
Commission | | May 13 | | 5:00P | | | Planning Commission - No May Meeting | | NA | | NA | | | Tree Commission
| | May 28 | | 5:30P | | | Watershed Board | | May 16 | | 5:00P | | | ----------------------------- | | | | | | | City Budget Workshops | | May 6 | | 6:00P | | |
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noted, all meetings are held at
Norris Community Building, 20 Chestnut Drive |
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