I'm Ellen Smith, member of the Oak Ridge City Council. Thank you for visiting my blog and reading my views on public and private life in and around Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This website is my own; content here does not represent the official policies or views of the City of Oak Ridge. To add your own comments, click on the topic title to open a comment box. To read posts about a particular topic, scroll down to "Categories" (in the sidebar) or use the "Search" box in the sidebar. Look under "Archives" to see collections of past posts organized by date.
November 30 is the deadline for input in the City’s survey on the design of the planned pavilion at Melton Lake Park. It’s a bit hard to find on the City website, so I’ll provide links to background on the project and possible design concepts, sketches of possible building shapes (see the background paper for [...]
The City Council agenda for the November 17th meeting included a resolution to direct the Oak Ridge Planning Commission to undertake a planning process for the lakefront, with a defined geographic scope (from Elza Gate to the tower at the finish line of the rowing course) and a schedule (finish up in spring 2009). Council [...]
People are talking about the Melton Hill Lake waterfront and proposed marina redevelopment. As I noted earlier, there’s a public meeting about the marina next Wednesday evening (October 29). For those who haven’t seen it in print, the Oak Ridge Observer put the highlights of the R&R proposal on the web in a convenient format.
There [...]
Here’s a slightly edited version of an announcement from City staff:
THE CITY OF OAK RIDGE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON A MELTON LAKE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AS PART OF THE STUDY THEY WOULD LIKE TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING THE LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT.
AS PART OF THE STUDY, THE OAK RIDGE MUNICIPAL PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD LIKE [...]
Earlier this week the local newspapers reported (here and here) that the city had received two proposals for redevelopment at Oak Ridge’s marina site at Melton Lake park. People are talking and wondering about what might happen.
Count me among the many residents who see unfulfilled potential at the marina, but worry that redevelopment — particularly [...]