City Council OK’s agreement for SoKno rail-to-trail
Knoxville City Council adopted on September 16, 2025, a rail-to-trail agreement with Gulf & Ohio Railroad and Legacy Parks Foundation. The adoption advanced plans to convert a 3.8-mile rail line into a soft-surface, multi-use trail and 1.5-mile art walk, according to Sarah Rump of Legacy Parks.
Carol Evans of Legacy Parks and Pete Claussen of Gulf & Ohio started talking about this in 2018…