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The OneKingsport mission is to be the best possible Kingsport, a place that is attracting and retaining new and existing residents, visitors, businesses and developers. Below are the seven focus areas used to move Kingsport forward. OneKingsport Community Engagement October 2015 • Hundreds of business leaders, students and citizens participated in Summit (access to all via livestreaming) • Discussed city’s challenging business case • Validated Kingsport’s Vision • Focused on 7 major improvement areas November 2015 - March 2016 • Completed over 5,000 volunteer hours • Post-Summit Workgroups culminated over 100 big ideas • Provided recommendations to differentiate Kingsport March - May 2016 • Prioritization team formed • Team reviewed big ideas and divided them into year 1-5 May - June 2016 • Cost estimation team reviewed priorities June 2016 • BMA approved funding source for OneKingsport September 2016 • OneKingsport Summit Advisory Commission formed Jane Henry (chair) October 2016 • OneKingsport Summit Advisory Commission recommended year one projects • BMA approved year one projects to move forward Lafe Cook Eric Deaton Tom Dixon Jane Hillhouse Chrissy Idlette Seth Jervis Charlie Nitschke John Perdue Bill Sumner Aundrea Wilcox 14
Two Critical Outcomes of the ONEKingsport Visioning Process “Taking Care of What We Have” Maintain Current Facilities and Infrastructure Paving roads Updating buildings “Investing in Our Future” Invest in new and unique initiatives to differentiate city Improve quality of life Spark private investment Projects for Year One (only 8 months left in the fiscal year ) 35 total projects approved $951,172 approved funding for 15 different projects 20 projects can be completed within current budgets (no additional cost) All seven focus areas represented No budget changes were requested for projects 15
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Page 19 and 20: Recommendation for Funded Projects
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Page 23 and 24: The Kingsport Wastewater Treatment
Page 25 and 26: Moody and S&P reaffirmed the city
Page 27 and 28: TDOT Grant for Stone Drive Sidewalk
Page 29 and 30: KCS Mission (What we are hoping to
Page 31 and 32: Streets & Sanitation Recycling is a
Page 33 and 34: Public Housing • $224,672 annual
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Page 37 and 38: Kingsport Area Transit Center (KATS
Page 39 and 40: Fire Department Kingsport Fire Depa
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