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Welcome to Norris, Tennessee! - A National Historic City -
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The City of
Norris has been called a planned community, a model town, a garden city, and even a utopia. To its citizens, however, it is
a woodland home, an oasis in the busy world of the surrounding Knoxville, Oak Ridge and Clinton communities. The City of Norris enjoys
all the necessary ingredients for comfortable living: Great City government and City services Tree lined streets and sidewalks
Outstanding in-town schools – elementary & middle Full service community library Norris-based community theater Annual July 4th Norris Day celebration with evening
fireworks Summer-time free Concerts on the Commons Quaint compact Town Center
can boast of… Large open grassy town commons for recreation Large town pavilion for public and private events Open air performance stage Norris Museum Numerous small businesses: Grocery store, restaurants, post
office, dental office, realty office, bank, banquet/catering facility, physical therapy center, beauty salon
Areas of Norris outside the town center can further boast of… Churches for many faiths; civic clubs Museum of Appalachia (affiliated
with The Smithsonian Institute) Lenoir Museum Cultural Complex TVA labs Numerous small businesses: Ice cream parlor, beauty solons, animal hospital, pharmacy,
ethnic restaurants, craft beer brew pub; art/craft center, bed and breakfast, auto repair shops, storage facilities, nursery/florist,
general store, senior living center, nursing home, music/clogging studio, tobacco shop, liquor store, light industry, physician
offices, dentists, ophthalmologist, auction company.
Local recreation opportunities abound. Our 2,400 acre Norris Municipal Watershed which abuts the town border offers
numerous trails for hiking, horseback riding, and biking. The Clinch River offers great trout fishing, and nearby Norris Lake
offers a variety of fishing, boating and water sports activities. Norris Dam State Park encompasses over 4,000 acres of wooded
landscape and abuts both sides of Norris Lake. Explore our website for more detailed information on all of the above.
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CITY OF NORRIS 20 Chestnut Drive,
Norris 865-494-7645MEETING
SCHEDULE FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND CITY COUNCIL August 2022 SCHEDULEMEETINGS Archives Committee: No Meeting
Planning Commission: 6:00 pm Tuesday, Aug 1 Board of Zoning Appeals: 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Aug 1 Norris City Court: 6:00 pm Tuesday, Aug 2 Norris
City Council: 7:00 pm Monday, Aug 8 Norris Water Commission: 5:00 pm Monday,
Aug 15 Norris Little Theatre: 7:00 pm Monday, Aug 1 Animal Shelter Comm: 7:00
pm No Meeting
Norris Recreation Committee: 7:00 pm Tuesday, Aug 16 Norris Watershed: 7:00 pm
Thursday, Aug 18 Community Development Board: 6:00 pm Thursday, Aug 25 Norris Tree Commission: 5:30 pm Monday, Aug 29Workshops Water Commission Workshops Previously - Every Wed at Noon New dates/times coming soon; Call City Office to verify
dates/times City Council Workshop,
Sign Ord 631 Friday Aug 12 at 6:00pm Public Hearings and Special Called Meetings City Council Public Hearing,
Ord 632 & 633 Tuesday Aug 2 at 6:00pm City Council Special Called Meeting
(CityMgr Selection Interviews) Wednesday Aug 3 at 6:00pm Thursday
Aug 4 at 6:00pm Friday Aug 5 at 6:00PM VACANCIES
– Submit letters of interest to the Mayor and City Manager Planning Commission Recreation
Commission Archives Committee Community Development Board Tree Commission
Little Theatre BoardScott Hackler Norris City Manager R2 7-5-22
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