~ from the City of Knoxville's Office of Neighborhood Empowerment

The next in a series of neighborhood meetings focusing on neighborhood safety and awareness practices will be held in the 1st District (Fort Sanders and South Knoxville) on Tuesday, Aug. 30, from 6-8 p.m. at the Woodlawn Christian Church, 4339 Woodlawn Pike. The meeting will take place in the sanctuary.

The Neighborhood Safety and Awareness series is a collaboration between the City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhood Empowerment (ONE), Police Advisory and Review Committee, the Community Safety Department, Knoxville Police Department and the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers initiative.

Residents of the 1st District are invited to learn about the types of crime happening in their neighborhoods and best practices for community safety, crime prevention, and safety awareness. If you have questions you would like to be answered at the upcoming meeting, please send them to neighborhoods@knoxvilletn.gov.

A meeting for North Knoxville neighborhoods will be held later this year. Meetings focused on East and West have already occurred earlier this year.

The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services.

To request language translation services, contact Community Empowerment Director Charles F. Lomax Jr at clomax@knoxvilletn.gov or 865-215-2536.

For disability accommodations, contact City ADA Coordinator, Stephanie Brewer Cook, at scook@knoxvilletn.gov or 865-215-2034 at least 72 hours before the meeting.

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