Frank Cagel says in the MetroPulse that Knoxville “is a great place to do nothing.” At first I thought this was a not so subtle attempt at authoring another “Couch-gate“…but then I read the whole article (as should you).
“The cynics among us have long suggested, usually from a perch on a downtown bar stool, that our slogan ought to be: “Knoxville, a great place to visit on your way to Pigeon Forge.” Knoxville has long searched for an identity and the discussion often comes back to losing Music City to Nashville and the aquarium to Chattanooga and the Gateway to the Smokes to Gatlinburg.”
So KTOWN is sponsoring a slogan contest.
What should be Knoxville’s new slogan?
And I’m not talking about some visitor center, brochure fronting, ad campaign slogan. I am talking about the kind of slogan that only us locals get, but in some strange way, non-locals want to be all up on.
It’s like wearing dark, thick-rimmed glasses, before it was COOL to wear dark, thick-rimmed glasses….yeah that kind of slogan.
Submit your entries via the comments (one per e-mail address please), KTOWN will choose the top 5 and let the KTOWN audience choose via a poll.
The first place prize will be a KTOWN T-shirt with Knoxville’s Slogan on it.
The second place prize will be a KTOWN bumper sticker, with Knoxville’s Slogan on it.
Good Luck. Make Knoxville proud.
UPDATE: See. KTOWN is on the map.
Knoxville–City of Big Balls.
The background of this t-shirt should feature images of the Sunsphere and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
KNOXVILLE: Home of the Sunsphere!. . and No I don’t know what’s in it!
I tried to top my wife’s slogan, but can’t do it. I’ll try…
Knoxville
The great city of the almost
Knoxville would be snoozeville without the Heartland Series
“Knoxville…. meh.”
[...] what the folks over at the blog KtownLowDown think, and they are hosting a slogan contest to try to come up with one: What should be Knoxville’s new [...]
Here is my first idea.
Knoxville….You know what I mean.
Knoxville? Why?
Katie,
That will be your first AND last idea. Sorry. See the rules above.
This doesn’t count as mine
Brent,
I have reread the rules and feel you need to know- I have more than one email address. It’s on.
Knoxville: James Agee, Cas, Preacher Mull, and you!
It was good for Dolly Parton…
It was good for Tarantino…
It was good for Pat Head Summit…
And it’s good enough for me.
Knoxville- “the city for its citizens”
Knoxville, because Chicago is for amateurs.
Knoxville - suburb of Fountain City.
Don’t Knock Knoxville
Aww, hang in there Knoxville. I’m from Worcester. The best thing that ever came out of there? I-290.