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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, restaurant, post
office, dental office, antique shop, realty office, gas station/auto repair, 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, 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, plumbers’ shop, 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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