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Groundbreaking occurs for new Oak Ridge housing

Construction is beginning for houses and rentals in Oak Ridge’s historic Scarboro community near the Scarboro Community Center.

Oak Ridge government and business officials broke ground for a new public-private partnership housing and rental development on Thursday, Dec. 4.

A news release from Oak Ridge Housing Authority, which worked on the project, described it as “a $64 million development investment that will bring a total of 232 new or renovated affordable housing units across Oak Ridge.”

The groundbreaking on the 11-acre site behind the Scarboro Community Center, 148 Carver Ave., ushers in the first phase in a master plan for the Scarboro site that includes a mix of rental and home ownership.

The 232-affordable-rental-unit first phase brings together ORHA and its development partner, Collaborative Housing Solutions, to construct the 104 new rental units in Scarboro and to preserve and rehabilitate the Housing Authority’s entire portfolio of 128 existing public housing units on eight sites scattered throughout Oak Ridge, not just in Scarboro, said Maria Catron, executive director of the Oak Ridge Housing Authority.

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County officials request review of intersection


Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank talks to Anderson County Commissioner and chair of the Anderson County Highway Committee Ebony Capshaw. - Ben Pounds
The Anderson County Commission voted at its Nov. 17 meeting to send a letter to Clinton City Manager Roger Houck and the Tennessee Department of Transportation regarding safety issues at several county intersections, especially at Charles G. Seivers Boulevard and Sinking Springs Road.

Commissioner Sabra Beauchamp made the motion, and Commissioner Anthony Allen seconded.

The action came as part of the Highway Committee report, presented by the committee’s new chairwoman, Ebony Capshaw.

Capshaw said she has heard concerns from residents, and has witnessed issues at the intersection firsthand.

She told The Courier News she was nearly “T-boned” from two different directions while approaching the Sinking Springs intersection from the interstate.

Mark Nagli, TDOT’s regional communications officer for East Tennessee, said proposed improvements include adding an offset right-turn lane from Seivers Boulevard (State Route 61) onto Sinking Springs Road. Construction is expected to begin next fall.

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Travis Honeycutt is picked for Norris City Council seat

by G. Chambers Williams III


Norris City Recorder Sandy Johnson swears in Travis Honeycutt to serve on the Norris City Council. - G. Chambers Williams III
The Norris City Council voted 3-1 Monday night to appoint resident Travis Honeycutt to the open seat on the council previously held by Will Grinder, who resigned from the post in late October.

Honeycutt, who said he has lived in Norris for two years, was one of four people who submitted letters seeking the council post to the city manager’s office by the Dec. 1 deadline the council set at its Nov. 10 meeting.

The other three candiates were Zach Cross, Randall “Randy” Kurth, and Alex Munro.

All four were given the opportunity to speak before the council made its decision.

Councilwoman Loretta Painter, who made the motion to appoint Honeycutt to the seat, said she believed that all four candidates were qualified.

But she said she based her selection of Honeycutt based on whom she felt offered the best leadership potential, who “could eventually become mayor.”

Her motion was seconded by Mayor Chris Mitchell.

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