KCDC offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Second Harvest Food Bank of East TN and the Knoxville-Knox County CAC for donating food to residents who recently moved to Liberty Place, KCDC’s first housing site specifically for veterans who are homeless or in danger of becoming homeless

Thank you to Beardsley Farm for the amazing work they did last week installing five new raised garden beds at Guy B. Love Towers! Soon there will be a total of 21 beds for residents to grow fruits, vegetables and beautiful flowers! #CommunitySupport #GardeningGoals

A family is moving in to a 5-bedroom home in the Five Points neighborhood. It's one of 5 homes recently built on empty or underutilized lots to help address the need for affordable housing, especially for larger families. Thanks to WATE 6 On Your Side for highlighting the story.

Thank you to The Packer Collegiate Institute's Packer Jazz Band for stopping by Friday to play songs for Northgate Terrace residents! The band of 20 high school students visited on their way back home to Brooklyn, New York.

We appreciate Senior Financial Group (Senior Financial Group) for sponsoring community resource fairs at Isabella Towers and Cagle Terrace! #Partnership #ResourceFair #SeniorFinancialGroup

We’re halfway through this year’s KCDC community resource fairs and we're grateful to our partner agencies for their participation. We look forward to the remaining fairs! #ResourceFairs #Partnerships

Attention, landlords: Are you looking for a way to invest in your property? Stop by 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, to learn about the Section 8 Rental Assistance program. Email [email protected] or call 865-403-1340, Ext. 1128, to RSVP. Walk-ins also welcome!

We appreciate Pinnacle Financial Partners for sponsoring yesterday’s egg hunt & community resource fair at Western Heights! Thanks to their generous support, we were able to provide 4,000 candy-filled eggs and prizes for children & 100 bags of household supplies for residents.

KCDC offices will be closed Friday, April 18. We will reopen for regular hours Monday, April 21.

Last week, we hosted our first Coffee & Conversation event focused on how the Section 8 Rental Assistance program can benefit landlords. We plan to do more events, so stay tuned. For more information, please contact KCDC Landlord Engagement Manager Shana Love at [email protected].

Thanks to the generous donations from Kickstand, five children who discovered a golden egg during this month’s Western Heights egg hunt each won a bicycle. We greatly appreciate their support! #TransformingWestern #ChoiceNeighborhoods #Kickstand #PartnershipsMatter

The Whittle Springs MS Middle School choir did a great job singing for residents and staff yesterday at Northgate Terrace!

We are both humbled and gratified by all the recognition First Creek at Austin Phase 1 has received. The redevelopment has just earned two awards from the Urban Land Institute, including the prestigious Rose Faeges-Easton Community Impact Award. kcdc.org/kcdcs-first-cr…

Thank you to Senior Financial Group for generously donating rocking chairs for the residents of Liberty Place. #LibertyPlace #PartnershipsMatter #SeniorFinancialGroup #ServingVeterans

Thanks to a partnership with Comcast, residents at Liberty Place now have access to free high-speed internet! A Lift Zone WiFi hotspot launched today, and residents also received new laptops. #DigitalLiteracy #LiftZone #Comcast #PartnershipsMatter #LibertyPlace

In observance of Memorial Day, KCDC offices will be closed Monday, May 26, and reopen for regular hours Tuesday, May 27. In addition, KCDC offices will be closed starting at noon Friday, May 23, for an agency meeting. #MemorialDay #RememberAndHonor #HonoringTheFallen

We are incredibly grateful to the 60 partner agencies who joined us for at least one of our community resource fairs this year! The 14 fairs held in KCDC communities reached 958 residents. #ResourceFairs #PartnershipsMatter #ThankYou

KCDC’s Liberty Place earned the Outstanding Partnership Award during National Coalition for Homeless Veterans's 35th anniversary conference, which was held May 27-30 in Washington, D.C. Thank you to all our partners who have supported us in serving veterans. For more information: kcdc.org/kcdcs-liberty-…

We were excited to break ground Wednesday on Phase 2 of the #TransformingWestern initiative, which will include 52 mixed-income units, a health center operated by utmedicalcenter, a Knoxville Police Department - TN substation, and City of Knoxville Knoxville Arts Center. See more from WATE 6 On Your Side: