Mayor Indya Kincannon

Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon delivered her State of the City Address, where she celebrated the people and investments that maintain great public spaces in the city and the upcoming budget focused on families and community-building. Mayor Kincannon’s priorities are public safety, infrastructure, affordable housing, parks, and recreation.

Since 2020, the city has helped thousands of families have a safe and affordable place to live and has more affordable housing developments in the pipeline. Mayor Kincannon announced a new Knoxville-Knox County Office of Housing Stability that will help more families avoid eviction and get more people back on their feet after experiencing homelessness.

The Mayor highlighted portions of her upcoming budget, which will allocate nearly $9.3 million for repairs to roads, bridges, guardrails, and potholes. The city budget also marks an additional $2.4 million to support sidewalks and other projects that support its Vision Zero commitment to safe streets for all, including bus riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists.

Mayor Kincannon celebrated other successes, including more than 2,300 new jobs, upgraded trucks and equipment for firefighters, affordable high-speed internet, new trees and a long-term urban forestry plan, electric buses, and more EV charging stations.

Watch Mayor Kincannon’s full address here.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

In her seventh State of the City Address, Mayor Indya Kincannon proposed a lean budget that continues to prioritize public safety, affordable housing, parks, and high-quality people-focused services. She also emphasized the importance of being good stewards of taxpayer dollars, noting that her budget proposal covers essential services without raising taxes, even as the city navigates inflation, rising costs, and broader economic uncertainty.