Category: Reference

It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Shop Class Anymore!!

It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Shop Class Anymore!! By: Patty Thomas, CTE CORE Consultant, Tennessee Department of Education, Division of College and Career Readiness Career and Technical Education (CTE) is alive and thriving in school districts across East Tennessee.   Career and Technical Education, formally known as vocational education, offers students...
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Sevier County Preferred Directions Report

In early 2007, Sevier County and its municipalities commissioned the Hillsides and Ridges Study. The Study examined with the public the issues surrounding development on the regions hillsides and ridgelines. Sevier County and Municipalities Hillsides and Ridge Study link found here: Hillsides and Ridges...
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UT Guide to Protecting East Tennessee’s Water Resources

Source: Plan East Tennessee Website, October 2013– East Tennessee’s iconic water resources are a sustaining economic, social, and environmental asset. These resources are vulnerable to impacts from prevailing development patterns in the region, human activities, and existing stormwater infrastructure. Each increase the quantity of polluted stormwater runoff draining to...
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