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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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AUGUST 2021 MEETING SCHEDULE• Archives Committee:
No Meeting• Planning Commission:
6:00
pm, Aug 2...Monday• Board of Zoning Appeals:
5:00 pm, Aug 2...Monday• Norris City Court:
6:00 pm, Aug 3...Tuesday• Norris Water Commission:
5:00
pm, Aug 9..Monday• Norris City Council:
7:00 pm, Aug 9...Monday• Animal Shelter Commission:
7:00 pm, Aug 16...Monday• Norris Little Theatre:
7:00
pm, Aug 16...Monday• Norris Recreation Commission:
7:00 pm, Aug 17...Tuesday• Conservation/Recycle Commission:
7:00 pm, Aug
17...Tuesday• Norris Watershed:
5:00 pm, Aug 19...Thursday• Norris Tree Commission:
5:30 pm, Aug 30...Monday• Community Development Board:
6:00
pm, Aug 26...Thursday.Workshops and Public Hearings• Planning Commission Special Meeting:
"Draft new initiatives for 2021-22"
4pm-6pm, Aug 17...Tuesday• Planning Commission Special Meeting:
"Vote on RV park
plans"
6pm, Aug 23...Tuesday • City Planning Workshop #4:
10a – 12p, Aug 21...SaturdayThe meetings will be located at the City Office at 20 Chestnut
Drive. Modified Social Distancing Rules still apply. Masks are not required if vaccinated. Unvaccinated persons should mask
when closer than 3’ for more than 15 minutes when inside the building. Those with COVID-19 symptoms should not attend.
The public safety requires it.The Public is invited.Scott Hackler
Norris City Manager
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