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Thereâs a new activity in downtown Johnson City thatâs sure to make participants of all ages go wild.
The âWildabout Walkaboutâ scavenger hunt is a permanent activity that features 15 bronze animal sculptures hidden throughout downtown for searchers to find. Clues can be picked up at local businesses or pulled up online, and visitors can get searching.
âWe realized that in downtown we have an incredible number of restaurants, we have some great breweries, weâre starting to build our retail capacity, but we wanted to look for things, especially that were outdoors, that we could offer for families,â said Dianna Cantler, Johnson City Development Authority interim executive director.
Fifteen bronze animal sculptures have been installed in locations throughout downtown Johnson City.
Art students in the East Tennessee State University Department of Art & Design designed and fabricated the sculptures under the direction of professor Travis Graves, according to a release from the city.
Connect Downtown Johnson City and the Johnson City Public Art Committee coordinated the project, and a group of educators and a librarian from the Johnson City Public Library created a scavenger hunt called âWildabout Walkaboutâ by developing clues for the location of each sculpture.
Scavenger hunt clue cards are available at various downtown businesses and through curbside pickup at the Johnson City Public Library. The clues can also be accessed on the Downtown Johnson City website at www.downtownjc.com/wildabout.
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A public hearing will be held Wednesday on recent updates to the Redevelopment and Urban Renewal Plan for downtown Johnson City and related parcels.
Officials say the size of the development district and how tax increment financing is actually used in the plan are not being changed.
The amendment reflects measures approved by the Johnson City Commission, Washington County Commission and the Johnson City Development Authority in the past year designed to bring the downtown revitalization district into uniformity with upgrades that the state General Assembly made to Tennesseeâs TIF law in 2012.
The public hearing will be hosted by the JCDA at its offices, 207 N. Boone St., and will begin at 9 a.m. A map of the district and the actual amendment are available for public inspection at the JCDA offices in Suite 23 of the Taylor Office Building and at the offices of the Johnson City recorder in the Municipal and Safety Building.