WHY ORGANIZE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION?

Neighborhood Associations Build Relationships

A neighborhood association is one of the best ways to build relationships among neighbors. Members of a neighborhood may go years without knowing neighbors two doors away. A spirit of warmth and friendliness can be generated through the formation of an association. Additionally, through an association, neighbors can share concerns, needs and interests, which may lead to supportive and efficient problem solving.

For Neighborhood Improvement

If neighborhood improvement is a goal, local neighboring residents are the best resources to help initiate change. Neighborhood associations are a great resource for City staff and residents in developing long-range improvement projects.

To Create an Organized, Unified Voice

Through an association, your neighborhood has a unified voice in City government. The services that the City can provide to your neighborhood can be accessed efficiently through an association. Information on City services can also be provided to a greater number of neighbors through association meetings and communications, resulting in a benefit to the neighborhood as a whole

The First Belle Morris Neighborhood Association Meeting

The first Belle Morris Neighborhood Association Meeting will be held at City View Baptist Church located at 2311 Fine Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37917-4897‎ on Monday August 9th at 6:30 PM. We will be inviting a representative of the Knoxville Office of Neighborhoods and the city Police Department to attend our meeting.
We want our neighborhood meetings to give everyone a chance to meet, speak and keep a list of all the issues, concerns and ideas we raise. We want to ask our neighbors for their suggestions on ways to address the problems in our community from all points of view. We would like to meet monthly to keep everyone up-to-date on progress as well as post the minutes of the meeting and neighborhood news on the Belle Morris Neighborhood website.
If you are interested in improving our Belle Morris community, this is one of the ways to do it. You can contact me, Sandy Salmen, at bellemorrisna@gmail.com with any ideas or just to let us know you will be attending the meeting on August 9th. I look forward to meeting you all.

Concerning the Traffic and Safety of Nadine Street

The large amount of traffic passing through Nadine Street, a residential area without stopping or without at least one trip end is traffic that would be better served by the local street system intended for through traffic, but, for various reasons, uses the residential street of Nadine.
Many of these cut through motorists drive too fast on Nadine Street and it is only a matter of time before someone is hurt!

In addition to safety issues, speeding vehicles degrade the quality of the street for all other users, signaling that the street is extremely devoted to traffic, imparting a general feeling that things are "not right" in the neighborhood.

We also have a lot of pedestrians on Nadine Street and very little of Nadine Street has a sidewalk for our fellow neighbors and friends to walk on. With this in mind, we would like Knox County to use a little of the tax money we pay and put in a sidewalk and traffic calming devises.

If you would be so kind as to fill out the application form found at this link

http://www.knoxcounty.org/epw/pdfs/traffic_calming_app.pdf

and mail it in to the address on the form, we just might be able to walk safely on our neighborhood streets again.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Belle Morris is blessed with many advantages … beautiful trees, friendly neighbors, areas of homes rich in history, and individuals like you that care about and wish to become more involved in our neighborhoods. Although the City of Knoxville is not in a position to independently organize associations for every neighborhood, we are interested in forming a partnership with Knoxville’s Office of Neighborhoods and Codes Enforcement to actively work to improve the Belle Morris community.

Our goal is to make the neighborhood of Belle Morris a quality place to live by facilitating communication between the residents of Belle Morris and the local government, to support positive change, assist in the elimination of crime, illegal drugs and resident fear, help organize volunteers for community projects, and organize improvement efforts of neighbors helping neighbors.

Flowers in Belle Morris

Flowers are popping up everywhere in Belle Morris!