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Kingsport officials highlight downtown redevelopment, indoor pickleball plans and holiday events
Summary
City staff and aldermen described downtown redevelopment progress — a planned boutique hotel at the Dauphinsteau warehouse and prospective reuse of the former JCPenney building for indoor pickleball courts — and summarized a series of holiday events and tree‑lighting activities.
City staff and council members used the Dec. 2 meeting to highlight recent downtown activity and to remind residents of scheduled holiday events.
The city manager described recent economic‑development progress in downtown Kingsport: steps taken to advance redevelopment of the Dauphinsteau warehouse into a boutique hotel and a reported purchaser preparing to remodel the former JCPenney building for mixed uses that could include indoor pickleball courts. The manager praised the private‑sector interest and said the projects help attract people downtown.
Alderman Phillips (filling in for a colleague) outlined community holiday programming: trees in Centennial and Glen Bruce parks will be decorated (completion expected by Thursday), twilight carousel rides will run weekly in December, a live nativity is scheduled for Dec. 14 at Church Circle, and the Christmas at the Carousel event is set for Dec. 19 (the last day of school). Aldermen encouraged residents to shop locally during the season.
The announcements were informational; no formal council action was taken on the redevelopment items during the meeting. The board adjourned after acknowledging staff, congratulating a newly arrived grandchild of a council member, and wishing the community a safe holiday season.
