Kingsport Central Improvement Committee Records, 1977-1981
KC Manuscript Collection 245
INTRODUCTION:
Title: Kingsport Central Improvement Committee Records, 1977-1981
Collection Number: Kingsport Community Manuscript Collection (KCMC) 245
Physical Description: 5 linear feet (10 boxes)
Creator: Kingsport Central Improvement Committee (KCIC)
Repository: Archives of the City of Kingsport
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION:
Provenance: The Kingsport Central Improvement Committee Records were donated by Peggy Turner and Dan Dillon in July 1996.
Access/Restrictions: There are no restrictions on use of this collection for research purposes. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Processed by: Initial processing of the collection was done by archives staff prior to 2008. Additional processing was done by Kate Lukach, archives assistant, in March 2008.
COLLECTION CITATION:
This collection should be cited as:
Kingsport Central Improvement Committee Records, 1977-1981. KC Manuscript Collection 245, Archives of the City of Kingsport, Tennessee.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL NOTE:
The Kingsport Central Improvement Committee (KCIC) was organized in 1977 to aid in the improvement of downtown Kingsport. Although the agency is most noted for instigating physical improvements along downtown streets, its main mission was to create an investment climate in downtown. The corporation contracted several outside assessment sources as well as coordinating their own Task Force to review the investment and development potential of downtown Kingsport. The overall conclusion was that strip centers and shopping malls had drained the retail trade irrevocably from downtown; the task now facing downtown businesses was to find a new niche for downtown.
The charter for the KCIC was for three years, and at that time their money ran out, Faced with bankruptcy, the KCIC passed the downtown revitalization baton to the Downtown Kingsport Association (DKA). The KCIC was Kingsport’s first downtown management agency, and its short-lived stint as a promoter of downtown facilitated the efforts of the DKA to promote not only new business but also community events downtown.
SCOPE AND CONTENT:
The KCIC Records contain materials of interest on prominent Kingsport civic, business, and governmental leaders of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The records also include financial records, minutes of board meetings, press clippings, and information on Downtown activities and projects.
The records are arranged alphabetically by subject/ folder heading.
Subjects:
Downtown Kingsport Association
Kingsport Central Improvement Committee
BOX AND FOLDER LIST
Box 1
- Accounts Payable 1978-1979
- Accounts Payable Streetscaping 1979-80
- Accounts Receivable 1978
- Accounts Receivable 1979
- Accounts Receivable, Furniture 1979-81
- Activity Schedules for Assessment District 1980-81
- ADDS – IDEA information, 1977-78, 1980
- Administration Kit – St. Paul Life Ins. 1980
- Agenda for Meetings 1977-1978
- Alternative – Financing Memo, 1980
- Architects 1977
- Assessment District Petition Original, 1981
- Audit Report 1978-1980
- KCIC Background, 1976-78
- Bank Book, December 1979 – August 1981
- Bank Statements Nov 1977 – Dec. 1978 and 1979-80
- Beach Associates, 1978
- Bills Paid 1978
Box 2
- Bills Paid – Street Furniture 1979-1980
- For Board Mtg., 1981 (balance sheet, financial information)
- Board of Directors 1977-1981
- Board of Directors Meetings 1980-81 Agenda Notes
- Board of Directors Mtg. Notes 7/15/80 6/17/80 and 1978
- Board of Directors Memos and Meeting Minutes 1978, 1980-81
- Board of Mayor and Alderman 1978
- Board of Mayor and Alderman 1978-79 (Newsclippings)
- Board of Mayor and Alderman Candidates, 1981 (Newsclippings)
- Board of Mayor and Alderman Minutes 1979
- Board of Mayor and Alderman Minutes 1980
- Bonding Insurance 1979-1981
Box 3
- Broad Street Parking Experiment, 1978-79
- Broad Street Physical Improvements, (experiment), 1979-80
- Broad Street Survey, June 15, 1979
- Brookline, MASS materials, 1980
- Budget 1981
- Budget – Task Force 1979-80
- Business Inventory – 1976 Transportation Study – City of Kingsport
- Cash Disbursements 1981
- Cash Receipts and General Journal 1977-1980
- CBD Improvement Act 1977, 1979-80
- CDBG App. 1978-79
- CDBG App. 1980 (Community Development Block Grant)
- Cecil Bishop – Old Russell Bldg. 1980-81
- Chamber of Commerce “Newsletter” 1978
- Check Stubs 1977-1979
- Church Circle, 1978
- Church Circle, Replacement Parking, 1978
- City/Arch Contract for 1977-78 Streetscape Project
Box 4
- City Manager 1978-1979
- City Mission, article from newspaper, 1979
- City of Kingsport – Monthly Statement 1979-1981
- City of Kingsport, Monthly Expenses 1977-79
- City of Kingsport – Zoning Ordinance July, 1981
- City Participation/Legal Questions 1981
- City Voucher Stubs, 1978
- Civic Club Presentation, 1978-80
- Collective Function, Maintenance, 1978-79
- Community Conservation Guidance – Federal 1979-80
- Community Development Funds, 1980
- Consultants, 1978-79
- Correspondence 1977
- Correspondence 1978-1981
- Correspondence – Board of Directors 1978-1980
- Correspondence – Incoming 1979-80
- Correspondence (Misc.) 1978-80
- Correspondence – Outgoing 1979-80
- Crawford Westbrook 1979-1981
- Damaged Furniture 1979-1980
- Data (Data Assembly and Review, and Miscellaneous) 1980-1981
- Data From Task Force Survey, undated
- David Leonard Associates, Architecture and Related Design, 1977-78
Box 5
- Dept. Stores to Approach “Curtis Would Taylor Seasons to Sales” news article 1981
- Design Guidelines for Loan Pool, 1978-80
- Design Review Boards: A Handbook for Communities, 1974
- Development and Physical Improvements, 1980
- Dobyns-Taylor Gift Certificates/Honorarium, 1979
- DowntownBusinessDistrictBuilding Permits 1975-78 1980-81
- Downtown Development Program 1980
- Downtown Maps, undated
- Downtown Parking 1977-78
- Downtown Parking Experiment fall 1976-78
- Downtown Plan, newspaper articles, 1976
- Downtown Renovation Guide, 1979
- Downtown Survey, Peggy’s Original List, 1980
- Downtown Task Force Meeting Minutes April 17, 1980
- East Side Parking Lot Site Selection, 1979
- EDA 304, Government Discretionary Funds, 1977-78
- Employee’s Compensation Records 1978-1979
- Employee Separation Notices, 1981
- Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return 1981
- Exchange Place Gallery, 1980-81
- Executive Director – Position Description 1979
- Fancher – Biographical Sketches, 2 June 1981
- FederalBuilding Pros., 1979-80
- Federal Employee’s Quarterly Tax Return 1978
- Federal Funds 1979
- Financial Management, Minutes and Agenda 1978-1980
- Financial Records 1977-1981
Box 6
- Financial Statements 1978
- Financial Statements 1979-80
- Financial Statements 1981
- First Federal – Branch Expansion 1979-81
- FirstNationalBankBuilding 1980
- First National Bank – Predevelopment 1978-79
- First TN Bank Rehabilitation/Expansion 1980-81
- Five Points – General (Newsclippings) 1980
- Five Points Partnership, November 1979
- Follow-Up – CEF 1980-1981
- Freels, Furniture, 1980
- FUTA 1978-1979
- General Correspondence – Assess District 1981
- General Journal/Checkbook 1978-1980
- Giovanni’s – New Location 1980-1981
- Goals and Objectives, 1980
- GovernmentCenter 1978-1981
- Guidelines, Advertising, newsclippings, 1979
- Historic Districts, Implementations, 1980-81
- Historic District Ordinance, 1980
- Improvement Area Meetings – Mar/April 1981
- In Coming Mail 1978
- Industry Support 1977-1978
- Industry Support 1980
- Industrial Supporters 1980-81
- Industry Support Pledge Cards 1979
- Inquiries/Discussions 1981
Box 7
- Insurance Buckles, 1979
- Insurance (Fancher), 1978-80
- Internal Revenue Tax Status 1980
- Invoices Paid 1981
- Invoices Paid – Task Force 1980
- Junior League, 1980
- JusticeCenter 1979
- Justice Center Loan Pool Parking Streetscaping Design Guidelines 1977-1979
- Justice Center Media Campaign 1978
- JusticeCenter Miscellaneous, 1978
- Justice Center Speech 1978
- Kingsport Times News, Editorial Letter to Don Findley, 12/14/1979
- Ledgers for KCIC Nov-Dec. 1977, Jan-Mar. 1978
- Liquor by Drink 1980
- Newsclippings – Litter and Deteriorated Buildings. In City 1978-79
- Loan Pool, 1977-78
- Loan Pool Press Release, undated
- Loans Pool Resolutions, undated
- Loitering and Prowling Ordinances, 1979
- Maps – Proposed Assessment District 1980-81
- Master Plan for Downtown Rehabilitation 1980
- Media Coverage 1981
- KCIC Media Coverage – Downtown, 1979-80
- Media Coverage – Task Force newsclippings 1980
Box 8
- Meetings, 1978-79
- Memo on Implementation 1980-81
- Midwest Technical Inc., 1978
- Minutes for Board Meetings, 1977-1978
- Minutes of Board Mtgs. 1977-1978
- Mrs. Salcedo 1981
- National Register of Historic Places – Kingsport
- New Business Recruitment Campaign 1980
- New Construction and Non-Loan Pool Construction 1980
- New Downtown Businesses, 1978-79
- New Industries or Expansions 1979
- New Release 1977-1978
- News Releases 1979
- Noise Pollution 1979
- OakwoodBuilding 1980
- $1.4 Million Outline (Knoxville), 1982
- Out-Going Mail 1978
- Out of Town Property Owners Within the District 1981
- Parking and Circulation 1980
- Payroll – Fancher 1978-1980
- Personal Property Tax List, undated
- Personnel Policies 1978-1981
- Petition, 1981
- Petition Signatures 1981
- Petty Cash 1978-79
- Petty Cash 1979-1980
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant 1978
- Plan “B,” 1981
- Plan B/C, 1979-81
- Plantings – Furniture 1979-1980
Box 9
- Plaque, KCIC becomes member of Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, 1978
- Police Chief – Newsclippings 1978-1979
- Pollution – Air 1980
- Position Description, 1979
- Presentation Format July 31, 1980
- Promotion – Sept. 1978-79
- Property Development/Management 1978
- Property for Sale, notes, 1978, 1980
- Property Inventory – 1978
- Property Inventory – Field Sheets, undated
- Property Owners – District Alphabetized 1980-81
- Property Ownership – Plan B/C, 1980-81
- Property Records, 1980
- Proposal for Architectural Design Guidelines for Downtown, 1978
- Proposal of Expanded Services, 1978
- Refines to Task Force Report (Joint Committee) 1980
- KCIC Report, 1978
- Salesmen/Salesmen Kit 1981
- Sale of Bonds 1980-1981
- Savings Account First Tennessee Bank, 1980-81
- Schedule – Plan B/C 1981
- Slide Presentation Text 1981
- Small Business Council – C of C, 1979
- Space for Rent 1980
- Special Projects Account Checkbook, 1978-79
- State Legislators, 1978
- StateTheaterBuilding (Newsclippings) 1978
- Strand Theatre 1980
- 13/20 Strategy 1981
- Street Furniture, 1978-81
Box 10
- Street Furniture Press File (news release and news clippings) 1978, 1980
- Street Furniture – Signed Installation Agreements 1980
- Street Furniture Thank-You, 1980
- Streetscaping, 1978-79
- Streetscape Maintenance, 1980-81
- Streetscape Notes, 1978
- Task Force Background Studies Related to Downtown, 1969, 1977, 1980, and undated
- Task Force – Final Report to KCIC, 1980-81
- Task Force Minutes – April 1 – Aug. 19, 1980
- Task Force Minutes and Final Report 1980
- Task Force Sessions W/Crawford Westbrook July 30-31, 1980
- TEC – Coal Gasification Complex Announcement 1980
- Temporary Employees, undated
- TN – Dept. of Employment Security – Quarterly Tax 1978-80
- Times-News Parking Lot 1981
- Travelodge, news clipping, undated
- Trees – Church Circle (Newsclippings) 1980
- United Telephone System 1980-1981
- Wall Murals 1978-1979
- W-2 – W-3, W-2P 1978-1981