Deliverables

• Explain your community’s interest in the Tennessee RiverLine and what motivated you to apply to be a 2019 Pilot Community - in the process of converting from industrial only focus to recreation and industry

652me along at the right time

• Share your 652 to YOU experience in terms of your key takeaways relative to community leadership or resident participation, feedback you may have received, and whether or not the program met your expectations and goals for your involvement

• Share any RiverLine-related activity or initiatives you have undertaken or have planned, ideas you have pursued, etc., as a result of your 652 to YOU experience. What outcomes have been achieved or challenges have you encountered in the process?

• Are you sharing the Tennessee RiverLine vision with your community members, state and federal leadership, neighboring communities? If so, how?

•What are your community’s next steps in 2020 related to the Tennessee RiverLine?

• Explain your community’s interest in the Tennessee RiverLine and what motivated you to apply to be a 2019 Pilot Community -

652 came along at the right time

We were in the process of converting from industrial only focus to recreation and industry

The right time + 34 miles of Tennessee River in Roane County and the existing river-centric culture

Average age 46 + aging demographic (next slide) + environmental awareness + recovery from spill + outdoor healthy activities + lake front property owners – identify and empower this group

• Share your 652 to YOU experience in terms of your key takeaways relative to community leadership or resident participation, feedback you may have received, and whether or not the program met your expectations and goals for your involvement –

structure, process resulted in identification and engagement of a different demographic.

60 citizens and 18 leaders

The process allowed us to initiate relationships with related local businesses**

Again at the right time – we had just started P&R and Trails Master Planning process

** government can start this, but it will require businesses to sustain momentum and evolve into an economic driver

Pilot Community Report – 652 and you

• Share any RiverLine-related activity or initiatives you have undertaken or have planned, ideas you have pursued, etc., as a result of your 652 to YOU experience. What outcomes have been achieved or challenges have you encountered in the process?

Confidence after 652 and you process

And confidence in the results and engagement from leadership and public -

lets have an event!

Help celebrate Roane’s selection as a Pilot Community for the

by joining us on October XX at Riley Creek Campground and paddling to 58 Landing.

During the trip you will experience the beauty of the river in the fall and a little

something special about each community along the 652 miles of the Tennessee.

Refreshments, souvenirs, restroom facilities and regional food will be ready for you

along the journey ….representing the entire length of our beautiful river.

We gather at Riley creek and launch at 9AM. Provisions to return you and you boat

from 58 Landing back to Riley will be available, avoiding that hassle.

And it is all free…………as free as the bald eagles on the bluffs, as free as the

ospreys diving for their dinner, as free as you are to enjoy the beauty of Roane and

of the Riverline.

Ambitious!!

Naïve !!

First Name Last Name Email Quantity Ticket Type

Pam May pmay@roanealliance.org 1 ( Double) Reserve kayak launching from Riley Creek -4 mile

Mary Blair 1 (Double)Reserve kayak launching from Riley Creek -4 mile

BJ Wright bj82070@hotmail.com 2 Reserve kayak launching from Riley Creek -4 mile

Brad Collett bcollett@utk.edu 1 Reserve kayak launching from Riley Creek -4 mile

Lindsey (design Sensory) 1 Reserve kayak launching from Riley Creek -4 mile take 6 kayaks - 2 doubles, 4 singles to riley

Renee Crowe 2 Reserve a kayak launching from 58 Landing- 1mile drop 5 kayaks at 58

Jamie Kinard 3 Reserve a kayak launching from 58 Landing- 1mile

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Pam May tourism@roanealliance.org 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Ron Woody woodyr@yahoo.com 1 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Missy Gray missydgray@yahoo.com 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Missy Gray missydgray@yahoo.com 1 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Missy Gray missydgray@yahoo.com 1 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Joshua Hicks hicksjdh6@gmail.com 1 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Sydney Bittinger sbitting@vols.utk.edu 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

David Bolling david.bolling@kingstontn.gov 1 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Nancy King nancykpt@comcast.net 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Sherry Paris northbus@aol.com 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Gerry Hallcox hallcox110@gmail.com 1 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Kaley Hill kaleyhill25@gmail.com 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Lee Parris leeparris64@gmail.com 1 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Angela Hayes acmhayes@yahoo.com 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

Anthony Hayes vvmaxx1@yahoo.com 2 Requires transportation back to Riley Creek

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Jamie Kinard 3 Requires transportation back to 58 Landing

Renee Crowe 2 Requires transportation back to 58 Landing

Marilyn Calfee mcalfee@hughes.net 2 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Lauren Taylor ltaylo64@vols.utk.edu 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Sydney Bittinger sbitting@vols.utk.edu 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Vickey Beard vbeard@ymcaknoxville.org 2 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Taylor Harrell tharrel5@vols.utk.edu 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Rene'e Crowe renee.crowe@roanecountytn.org 2 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Frank Jamison jamisonf@accessam.com 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Michaela Stanfill djf982@vols.utk.edu 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Tim Handler handlert@bellsouth.net 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Caleb Brackney brackney@vols.utk.edu 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

Jason McCabe jbm1311@yahoo.com 1 Attending-Does not require kayak or transportation

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City has 11 Kayaks

Gratifying

Student’s paddle and camp the afternoon before

Behind the scenes

2019 Lessons Learned

• Attended by Students and the public – 52 boats/participants

• We can do better – length of paddle and publicity – learning curve

• TDEC parade permit

Lucky

• Are you sharing the Tennessee RiverLine vision with your community members, state and federal leadership, neighboring communities? If so, how?

Operating and Capital budget contain 652 references to investment

TVA, TDEC permitting contain 652 related aspects

Cooperation between cities as part of the Roane Pilot Community

•What are your community’s next steps in 2020 related to the Tennessee RiverLine?

2019 Lessons Learned – 2020 Planning

• Attended by Students and the public – 52 boats/participants

• We can do better – length of paddle and publicity – learning curve

• Next year – 20 miler, 2 day event – mm 570 to 560 – overnight at new 652 camping area in Roane County Park Next day 560-550 miles to take out in Rockwood

• Consult with 652 re: best practices re: installations

• Build the facilities

• 652 appears in our capital and operating budgets

• 2 locations Identified for development

• 19-20 winter project list