Ed McMahon, an expert on sustainable growth, will give a presentation on preserving community character. The presentation will be at the Airport Hilton in the grand ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. See the Maryville Daily Times for more details.

Here's a preview of some of the topics that may be discussed.

Robinella performs at the Blount County Library's Hot Summer Nights Concert Series.

Thursday Aug 23, 2007
7 PM
Outdoors- Bring your own chair
No admission charges

Here's a link: (Link...)

The kick off party is on to recruit bloggers for The World's Biggest Blog Party. Organizers - including local motivational speaker Tim Richardson (Link...) and friends - are looking for 1,000 people from around the world who will use blogging to raise at least a million dollars for organizations that have a global reach. How’s that for a lofty goal?

The Little River Watershed Association and the University of Tennessee Environmental Landscape Design Lab (sponsored by ALCOA Foundation) are presenting a "Streams Done Right: Picnic Seminar" series.

The program will teach about managing stream buffers and what native plant species can be used to protect and preserve stream habitats on your property.

Sam Rogers, Landscape Architect and Associate Professor of Plant Sciences and Director of the Environmental Landscape Design Lab at UTK will lead the seminars.

There are four seminars scheduled: September 12th, 19th, 22nd, and 26th, each starting at noon. The seminars will be at Springbrook Park, the site of a recent demonstration project. A free picnic lunch will be provided for up to 30 attendees.

Contact the Little River Watershed Association at 980-2130 to make a reservation.

(As seen in a Maryville Daily Times advertisement.)

Second of four seminars on the importance of stream buffers.

Refer to the initial announcement for details.