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KCSO closes Parkside Drive office
Farragut area residents now have to find new ways to make complaints or file police reports with Knox County Sheriff’s Office, as it closed its West Precinct at 11429 Parkside Drive Friday, Oct. 10. However, it currently is looking for a new location in West Knoxville for another precinct location. “Effective Oct. 10, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office West Precinct located in Turkey Creek will be closing,” KCSO communications director Kimberly Glenn said last week. “We have lost the lease for that facility and will be actively searching for an alternative location that is affordable and within our budget.” However, she added, “we want to emphasize that the landlord was gracious and only charged a nominal fee for several years. “There was a clause (in the lease) allowing the landlord to ask us to vacate,” Glenn said. “A business offered a fair market value, and the landlord provided an alternative temporary space; however, due to a lack of capital, we were unable to undertake the necessary renovations,” Glenn said. “Hugh Holt, who oversees capital improvements at KCSO, estimated that the new alternative space would require over $100,000 in build-out before it could be occupied. “Sheriff (Tom) Spangler has personally reached out to developers and other property management companies in West Knoxville and is hopeful of finding a new location soon,” Glenn said. “Again, it is not easy to move a government office, especially a sheriff’s satellite office. From an IT perspective alone, that would have proven very costly and a tremendous amount of work for the few people we have dedicated to our IT staff.”
Read MoreRunning to support the community
Runners have an opportunity to enjoy their favorite pastime while supporting the community with two upcoming races. There will be a Veterans 5K and 10K run Saturday, Nov. 8, and the annual Hot to Trot run on Thanksgiving Day, Nov 27. Organized by Fleet Feet Knoxville Running Club, the Veteran’s Salute Race, with donations going to local veterans charities, such as Wreaths Across America and Irrreverant Warriors, will start and end at Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestown Blvd. During a Thursday, Oct. 9, Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, Town Community Development director Mark Shipley said those runs “will affect a number of public streets, including streets within the Village Green subdivision and the outside lane of North Campbell Station Road. “The 10K will involve running the 5K twice, and this route is the same route that has been used in previous years,” Shipley said. “The event will have four (Knox County Sheriff) officers to help with traffic control along with a number of volunteers along the course route to direct participants.” In the special event application, organizer Shahin Hadian owner of Fleet Feet, said the event will take place from 6 to 11 a.m., when he expects about 300 participants and 30 spectators. Parking should be available at Village Green shopping center and nearby churches. For more information about this run, call 865-850-5022.
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