Above left: Alvin Nance, executive director and CEO of Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), speaks about the 10th anniversary of the launch of the HOPE VI initiative that successfully transformed Knoxville’s Mechanicsville community at a celebration at Danny Mayfield Park on Oct. 5. The event hosted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was held in conjunction with the observance of United Nations World Habitat Day and its 2009 theme "Planning our Urban Future."

Above right: Alvin Nance, executive director and CEO of Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC), and Kelle Shultz, executive director of the Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, celebrate the 10th anniversary of the HOPE VI initiative that successfully transformed the Mechanicsville community at an event at Danny Mayfield Park on Oct. 5. The event hosted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was held in conjunction with the observance of United Nations World Habitat Day and its 2009 theme "Planning our Urban Future."