Beer board approves multiple event and business permits; many approvals contingent on final paperwork

The Knoxville Beer Board on April 29, 2025, approved a series of special-event and regular beer permits and routinely approved applications pending final documentation such as certificates of occupancy, sales tax registration, health-department approvals and surrender of existing permits.

The board chair told applicants at the start of the meeting, “Applicants who are approved pending final documentation need to bring their completed documents to the Business Tax Office during regular business hours.” The chair named staff available to help, including “Mister Byrd from the Business Tax Office, mister Johnson from building and permits, and Metro Drug Coalition, we have Ms. Lemons.”

The board approved special-event permits for Scarecrow Foundation Inc. (Seth Barber); Adopt…