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98-474: Food City may refer to: Food stores Food City (K-VA-T) , an American supermarket chain with stores located in Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Virginia Food City, an Arizona ethnic/specialty food store chain acquired by Bashas' in 1993, previously known as Southwest Supermarkets Food City (Canada) , a Canadian supermarket chain formerly operated by

196-712: A small modular reactor and/or a light-water reactor , two nuclear fuel plants, a nuclear research reactor , a nuclear medicine plant, and a uranium processing centrifuge . Boeing operated a manufacturing plant in the city beginning in the early 1980s which closed in 2007. IPIX , Remotec (now a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman ), ZYP Coatings, and several other technology-based companies have been founded in Oak Ridge, including Greg LeMond 's carbon fiber -manufacturing business, LeMond Composites. Several radioactive waste processing companies, including EnergySolutions , have operations in Oak Ridge. The infrastructure that

294-399: A symphony orchestra , sporting facilities, church services for 17 denominations, and a Fuller Brush Company salesman served the new city and its 75,000 residents. No airport was built, for security reasons. Prefabricated modular homes , apartments, and dormitories, many made from cemesto (bonded cement and asbestos ) panels, were quickly erected. Streets were laid out in the manner of

392-549: A " planned community ". The original streets included several main east-to-west roads, namely the Oak Ridge Turnpike, Tennessee Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Hillside Road, Robertsville Road, and Outer Drive. North-to-south oriented streets connecting these main roads were designated "avenues", and streets branching off from the avenues were designated "roads", "places", "lanes", or "circles". "Roads" connected two streets, while "lanes" and "places" were dead ends . The names of

490-487: A government contract. In 1959 the town was incorporated. The community adopted a city manager and City Council form of government rather than direct federal control. The S-50 liquid thermal diffusion plant was demolished soon after the war. K-25, where uranium was enriched by the gaseous diffusion process until 1985, was demolished in 2013–15. Two of the four major facilities created for the wartime bomb production remain standing: The Department of Energy (DOE) runs ORNL,

588-582: A low during late summer. The rainiest calendar day on record is August 10, 1960, when 7.45 inches (189 mm) of rain fell; monthly precipitation has ranged from trace amounts in October 1963 to 19.27 inches (489 mm) in July 1967. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 31,402 people, 12,008 households, and 7,641 families residing in the city. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 29,330 people, 12,772 households, and 7,921 families residing in

686-575: A message from the principal: Senator McKellar wants me to tell you to go home and tell your parents you are going to have to find another place to live." There was no further explanation as to why. All the students were told was this: "The government is going to take your property for the war effort." By March 1943 the Corps had removed the area's earlier communities and established fences and checkpoints. Anderson County lost one-seventh of its land and $ 391,000 in annual property tax revenue. The manner by which

784-533: A minimum". The name was formally adopted in 1949. The architectural and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill was contracted to provide the layout for the town and house designs. John O. Merrill moved to Tennessee to take charge of designing the secret buildings at Oak Ridge. He directed the creation of a town, which soon had 300 miles (480 km) of roads, 55 miles (89 km) of railroad track, ten schools, seven theaters, 17 restaurants and cafeterias, and 13 supermarkets. A library with 9,400 books,

882-649: A newly built location in Athens, Tennessee . As of April 2024, the company operates 60 Starbucks in-store locations. In February 2020, The National Grocers Association named K-VA-T Food Stores and Food City as Outstanding Marketer at the 2020 NGA Creative Choice Awards. In June 2020, K-VA-T announced that they were expanding into their fifth state with plans to construct a 54,000 square feet (5,000 m ) supermarket in Albertville, Alabama . The store opened on April 14, 2021. In August 2022, K-VA-T announced plans to acquire

980-592: A nuclear and high-tech research establishment. In 1983, the DOE declassified a report showing that significant amounts of mercury had been released from the Oak Ridge Reservation into the East Fork Poplar Creek between 1950 and 1977. A federal court ordered the DOE to bring the Oak Ridge Reservation into compliance with federal and state environmental regulations. In June 2018 IBM and ORNL unveiled Summit ,

1078-803: A number of local farms, including those in Grainger, Blount, Hawkins, Unicoi, Jefferson and Sullivan counties in Tennessee; Scott and Carroll counties and through Appalachian Harvest co-op for locally grown organics from the growers in Scott County, Virginia. In July 2011, Food City announced that 95 percent of its eggs would come from Dutt & Wagner of Virginia, Inc., a family-operated egg business that produces and distributes its eggs from Abingdon, Virginia . The remaining 5 percent of eggs are considered specialty products, such as Egg Beaters. Since 2011, K-VA-T and NASCAR Champion Richard Petty have teamed up to benefit

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1176-738: A presenting sponsor for the Battle at Bristol football game in 2016 between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Virginia Tech Hokies . In September 2016, Bristol Motor Speedway announced that Food City signed on as the title sponsor of the "Bucs at Bristol" football game between the ETSU Buccaneers and the Western Carolina Catamounts . The Bucs at Bristol game was the first Southern Conference home game for ETSU since 2003 when

1274-698: A second store in South Williamson, Kentucky , followed by a newly constructed third location in Pikeville, Kentucky , in 1965, and a store in Prestonsburg, Kentucky , in 1967. The company continued to grow steadily until 1984 when it acquired Quality Foods, a 19-store chain (founded in 1918), that operated under the Food City name. The Smiths adopted Food City as the new nameplate, along with its heritage, for all of their stores going forward. In 1989, Food City purchased

1372-570: A sense of obligation which brings a high level of community involvement. Each year Food City hosts their Pet Hunger Drive. Shoppers are invited to purchase pre-packaged pet food bags for donation to local animal shelters. In 2017, the campaign raised a record-breaking $ 109,000 to benefit local animal shelters throughout the region. In 1992, Food City began working with the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce and CSX Transportation to solicit donations of toys, candy, clothes and money for

1470-630: A string". In October 1942, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began acquiring more than 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) in the Oak Ridge area for the United States' Manhattan Project . Due to the urgency and secrecy of the Manhattan Project, the Corps' "declaration of taking" was swift and final. Many residents came home to find eviction notices tacked to their doors. Others found out when their children came home from school with

1568-765: Is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee , about 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown Knoxville . Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area . Oak Ridge's nicknames include the Atomic City , the Secret City , and the City Behind a Fence . In 1942, the United States federal government forcibly purchased nearly 60,000 acres (240 km ) of farmland in

1666-468: Is a component of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. The DOE's Environmental Management office is conducting an extensive program of decontamination and decommissioning , environmental cleanup, and waste management to remove or stabilize the hazardous residues remaining from decades of government production and research activities. The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information disseminates government research and development information and operates

1764-527: Is also located in the city. ATDD began under AEC sponsorship in 1948 as a Weather Bureau research office providing meteorological information and expertise for the AEC. Currently its main function is to perform air quality -related research directed toward issues of national and global importance. The nuclear industry continues to grow in Oak Ridge following the demolition of the K-25 site. Currently planned in Oak Ridge are

1862-443: Is −17 °F (−27 °C), set on January 21, 1985, while the all-time record high is 105 °F (41 °C), set on June 30, 2012, and July 28, 1952. However, temperatures reaching either 0 °F (−18 °C) or 100 °F (38 °C) are uncommon, having last occurred February 5, 1996 (the date of the all-time record low for February) and July 1, 2012. Precipitation averages 59.70 inches (1,516 mm) annually and reaches

1960-719: The COVID-19 pandemic . Along with these races, Food City holds the Food City Family Race Nights in Knoxville and Bristol , Tennessee , the week preceding the NASCAR events. In 1995, Food City signed on as a sponsor of Dale Earnhardt 's No. 3 Winston Cup Series Chevrolet race car. They renewed the sponsorship in 1997 for two more years with a bonus sponsorship of Dale Earnhardt Jr. 's Busch Series Chevrolet race car. The Food City/Earnhardt combination captured seven series wins and

2058-513: The Clinch River valley for the development of a planned city supporting 75,000 residents. It was constructed with assistance from architectural and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill , from 1942 to 1943. Oak Ridge was established in 1942 as a production site for the Manhattan Project —the massive American, British, and Canadian operation that developed the atomic bomb . Being

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2156-567: The National Park Service and the Department of Energy. A bus tour and several virtual tours are available for the public. In 2003, the city extended its borders west beyond the Clinch River boundary for the annexation of the master planned community, the Preserve at Oak Ridge, paving the way for economic growth into the 21st century. In January 2020, the city council of Oak Ridge approved

2254-532: The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians physiographic province. The main section of the city is located in the northeast, where East Fork and Pine Ridge give way to low, scattered hills. Many of the city's residences are located along the relatively steep northeastern slope of Blackoak Ridge. The completion of Melton Hill Dam (along the Clinch near Copper Ridge) in 1963 created Melton Hill Lake, which borders

2352-622: The Southern bloc of Democrats in Congress to authorize funding for the project. Due to generally holding lower-ranked jobs, their assigned dwellings were predominantly government-built "hutments" (one-room shacks) located very close to the Y-12 plant, in the one residential area designated as colored. Nichols, the MED District Engineer, was told by the main construction contractor for the K-25 plant that

2450-650: The Tennessee Senate , Oak Ridge is represented in the 5th district in Anderson County and the 12th district in Roane County, by Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee and Senator Randy McNally , and Senator Ken Yager respectively, both of whom are Republican. Oak Ridge is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Chuck Fleischmann of the 3rd congressional district . Unlike

2548-474: The Treaty of Holston , ceding what is now Anderson County to the United States. A popular legend holds that John Hendrix (1865-1915), a largely unknown local man, predicted the creation of the city of Oak Ridge around 40 years before construction on the project began. Hendrix lacked any formal education and was a simple logger for much of his life. Following the death of his youngest daughter, Ethel, to diphtheria, and

2646-501: The United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 90.0 square miles (233.0 km ), of which 85.3 square miles (220.8 km ) is land and 4.7 square miles (12.2 km ), or 5.25%, is water. The highest point is Melton Hill ( 35°54′35″N 84°18′19″W  /  35.90962°N 84.30525°W  / 35.90962; -84.30525 ) on the DOE reservation, at elevation 1,356 feet (413 m). Like much of

2744-534: The fissile isotope uranium-235 from natural uranium , which consists almost entirely of the isotope uranium-238 . During construction of the electromagnets required for the uranium separation process at the Y-12 site, a shortage of copper forced the MED to borrow 14,700 tons of silver bullion from the United States Treasury as a copper substitute in wire for the electromagnet coils. The X-10 site, now

2842-480: The science.gov website. The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education , operated by Oak Ridge Associated Universities , conducts research and education programs for the DOE, Department of Homeland Security , and other federal agencies. The Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division (ATDD), one of several field divisions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Air Resources Laboratory ,

2940-468: The "Wilson Street Corridor" project plan, intended to develop and construct a downtown area in the city situated along Wilson Street. The plan consists of a mixed-use development of retail, residential usage, and restaurants with a primary focus of multi-story residential space. Immediately northeast of Oak Ridge, the southwestward-flowing Clinch River bends sharply to the southeast for roughly 6 miles (10 km) toward Solway , where it turns again to

3038-659: The "world's fastest supercomputer", claimed to be more than twice as powerful as the previous world leader, with a peak performance of 200,000 trillion calculations per second. Oak Ridge's scientific heritage is curated in the American Museum of Science and Energy . Its role in the Manhattan Project is preserved in the Manhattan Project National Historical Park (along with sites in Hanford, Washington and Los Alamos, New Mexico ), run cooperatively by

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3136-414: The 1950s and converted to an indoor shopping mall in the 1980s, sat largely empty in the years leading to its eventual partial demolition and redevelopment. The city operates a preschool, four elementary schools enrolling kindergarten through grade 4, two middle schools enrolling grades 5 through 8, and one high school enrolling grades 9 through 12. The Oak Ridge school district was ranked number one in

3234-506: The 1998 championship during the sponsorship deal. From 2005 to 2007, Food City also sponsored the former Hooters Pro Cup event at Bristol Motor Speedway, the Food City 150. Prior to 2010, Food City was a primary sponsor of the Web.com Tour Knoxville Open golf tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee , which benefited several charities. In September 2014, it was announced that Food City would be

3332-467: The 37-store White Stores chain based out of Knoxville, Tennessee, more than doubling the size of the company. In 1998, Food City acquired the 11-store Kennedy Piggly Wiggly chain as well as full control of Mid-Mountain Foods, the current Food City Distribution Center. The following year, Winn-Dixie pulled out of the Knoxville market and sold their seven stores to Food City. In February 2006, Food City announced

3430-531: The Appalachia Santa Train, a 110-mile (180 km) trip through the Appalachian Mountains via train that distributes over 15 tons of gifts to children. Food City's involvement has grown to the point where around 200 volunteers work on the project each year. K-VA-T holds a company-wide annual fundraising campaign where shoppers can make a contribution through the purchase of a JDRF "sneaker" at

3528-737: The Candies Creek and Ocoee Fresh n’ Low locations in June 2023. The Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy was closed in December 2023 after the Food City near the location was expanded. In August 2012, K-VA-T opened its first Food City Wine & Spirits liquor store , in Pikeville, Kentucky . The company's second Food City Wine & Spirits opened in Louisa, Kentucky in August 2015. A third location in Whitesburg, Kentucky

3626-616: The Cooke’s family of stores in the Greater Cleveland, Tennessee , market area. These stores include four Fresh n’ Low locations and the Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy in Tennessee along with one Fresh n’ Low location in Georgia. K-VA-T's corporate operations were located in Grundy, Virginia, from its inception in 1955 until it moved to Abingdon, Virginia , in the 1970s. Over the course of the years,

3724-619: The Cup Series. As part of the renewal and the 20th anniversary announcement in 2011, following the death in 2010 of track President and General Manager Jeff Byrd, the 20th anniversary race was renamed the Jeff Byrd 500 presented by Food City. The 2015 race was renamed the Food City 500 In Support Of Steve Byrnes And Stand Up To Cancer, while the 2020 race was renamed Food City Presents the Supermarket Heroes 500 to honor front-line workers during

3822-475: The Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association are fighting to have a monument placed on the site of his grave. In 1942, the United States federal government chose the area as a site for developing materials for the Manhattan Project . Major General Leslie Groves , military head of the Manhattan Project, liked the area for several reasons. Its relatively low population made acquisition affordable, yet

3920-731: The Oak Ridge area occurred during the Woodland period ( c.  1000 BC – 1000), although artifacts dating to the Paleo-Indian period have been found throughout the Clinch River valley. Two Woodland mound sites—the Crawford Farm Mounds and the Freels Farm Mounds —were uncovered in the 1930s as part of the Norris Basin salvage excavations. Both sites were just southeast of the former Scarboro community. The Bull Bluff site, which

4018-449: The Oak Ridge area was acquired by the government created a tense, uneasy relationship between the Oak Ridge complex and the surrounding towns. Although the area's original residents were allowed to be buried in existing cemeteries, every coffin was reportedly opened for inspection. The Corps' Manhattan Engineer District (MED) managed the acquisition and clearing. The K-25 , S-50 , and Y-12 plants were each built in Oak Ridge to separate

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4116-531: The Old Town Market Tazewell, Tennessee, location that K-VA-T purchased and rebranded in 2010. K-VA-T had converted their Sweetwater, Tennessee , location into Valu Foods, a discount warehouse store . This location closed in 1999. K-VA-T closed one of its two Sevierville, Tennessee , locations in 2005, but it reopened this location a few months later under the While It Lasts banner. This location

4214-533: The Oshawa Group, which has been taken over by Sobeys Davis Food City , a chain of supermarkets in Houston, Texas Motorsports Food City 500 , a NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at Bristol Motor Speedway Food City 300 , a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race held at Bristol Motor Speedway Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

4312-531: The Paralyzed Veterans of America's Mission: ABLE campaign by collecting donation from shoppers totaling over $ 1.26 million. 100% of the donations collected benefit local Paralyzed Veterans within the region. Since 1992, Food City stores have held the annual Race Against Hunger holiday campaign where shoppers can make a contribution at the checkout. The Race Against Hunger campaign raises over $ 350,000 annually for numerous hunger relief organizations throughout

4410-521: The Scarboro community were the first to enter all-white classes in Oak Ridge High School and Robertsville Junior High School (now Robertsville Middle School). In 2023, on the 68th anniversary, a Scarboro 85 Monument was erected in Oak Ridge. Robertsville Junior High School, serving the west half of Oak Ridge, was desegregated at the same time as the high school. Elementary schools in other parts of

4508-679: The Year by the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association during their annual convention. TGCSA selects one outstanding Tennessee retailer who exemplifies the high standards of integrity and efficiency upon which the organization was founded to be named Grocer of the Year. In February 2013, Food City received the Dale Carnegie Leadership Award which recognizes a commitment to excellent service and quality products; dedication to employee growth; recognition of employee value; and

4606-445: The area was accessible by highway and rail, and utilities such as water and electricity were readily available with the recent completion of Norris Dam . The project location was established within a 17-mile-long (27 km) valley. This feature was linear and partitioned by several ridges, providing natural protection against the spread of disasters at the four major industrial plants—so the plants would not blow up "like firecrackers on

4704-569: The black construction labor force had a large turnover rate, so Nichols gave permission to set up a separate black women's camp. When Groves visited the plant with K. T. Keller of Chrysler, Keller saw twelve Black women sweeping the 30-foot wide alley between the production units, and said "Nichols, don't you know there is a machine made to sweep a concrete floor like this?" Nichols replied "Sure I do, but these gals can do more than one of those machines". The men now had an opportunity to "fracas" on Saturday night, and labor turnover had reduced. During

4802-496: The brands "Food Club," "TopCare", "That's Smart!", "Food City Fresh!", "Full Circle", "Crav'n Flavor", "Paws Happy Life", "Simply Done", "Wide Awake Coffee Co.", "Tippy Toes", "Harvest Club", "Evolve", "Over the Top", "Nostimo", "CharKing", "Misty Mountain", "Flock's Finest", "Culinary Tours", "Pure Harmony" and more, many of which are part of the Topco corporate brand program. Food City is also

4900-482: The checkout. 100% of the funds collected are donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation . As of November 2018, Food City has donated over $ 1.878 million to JDRF. Food City purchases a great deal of their produce within their trade area, providing additional support to the regions in which they operate. The company purchases an average of $ 6,000,000 in locally grown produce annually from

4998-465: The city and Jefferson Junior High School, serving the east half of the city, were desegregated slowly as African-American families moved into housing outside of Gamble Valley. In 1967 Scarboro Elementary School was closed, and African-American students from Gamble Valley were bused to other schools around the city. The nearby high school in Clinton was desegregated in the fall of 1956. On October 5, 1958, it

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5096-462: The city on the northeast and east. The lakefront on the east side of the city is a popular recreation area, with bicycling trails and picnic areas lining the shore. The lake is well known as a venue for rowing competitions. Watts Bar Lake , an impoundment of the Tennessee River which covers the lower 23 miles (37 km) of the Clinch, borders Oak Ridge to the south and southwest. According to

5194-462: The city. The population density was 344.0 inhabitants per square mile (132.8/km ). There were 14,494 housing units at an average density of 161.2 per square mile (62.2/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 86.8% White (81.8% non-Hispanic ), 8.1% African American , 0.4% Native American or Alaska Native , 2.5% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 2.0% from other races , and 3.0% from two or more races . Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 4.6% of

5292-549: The company where employees signed it as a goodwill gesture for the new store. The beam sits above the entrance way in the 100th store. In December 2010, K-VA-T purchased Old Town Market in Tazewell, Tennessee , as a replacement store for their New Tazewell, Tennessee , location. In July 2015, Food City announced the purchase of 21 BI-LO locations in the Chattanooga, Tennessee market as well as eight BI-LO stores in Northern Georgia from Southeastern Grocers . The company plans to invest over $ 40 million in capital improvements to

5390-415: The company's operations were spread out over five different buildings throughout Abingdon and Washington County. In October 2013, K-VA-T officially consolidated its corporate operations into a new headquarters building in downtown Abingdon, Virginia, at 1 Food City Circle. The four-story, 140,000 square feet (13,000 m ), facility sits on 17 acres and used parts of the old building in the construction of

5488-407: The course of the years, the new format grew by opening up new locations and converting some older, smaller, Food City locations in Pikeville and Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Rogersville, Tennessee; and Grundy, Virginia. In May 2017, K-VA-T began re-branding the Super Dollar Discount Foods stores in Abingdon, Hillsville, and Wytheville, Virginia to the Super Dollar Food Center banner. Over the course of 2017,

5586-409: The early 19th century, several rural farming communities developed in the Oak Ridge area, namely Edgemoor and Elza in the northeast, East Fork and Wheat in the southwest, Robertsville in the west, and Bethel and Scarboro in the southeast. The European-American settlers who founded these communities arrived in the late 1790s after the American Revolutionary War and after the Cherokee signed

5684-421: The earth will shake. I've seen it. It's coming. Hendrix, in light of his tales of prophetic visions, was considered insane by most and at one point was institutionalized. His grave lies in an area of Oak Ridge now known as the Hendrix Creek Subdivision. There are ongoing concerns over the preservation of his gravestone, as the man who owns the lot adjacent to the grave wishes to build a home there, while members of

5782-417: The eastern end of the valley. The time required for the project's completion caused the Army to opt for a relatively permanent establishment rather than an enormous camp. The name "Oak Ridge" was chosen for the settlement in 1943 from suggestions submitted by project employees. The name evoked the settlement's location along Black Oak Ridge, and officials thought the rural-sounding name "held outside curiosity to

5880-485: The exclusive distributor of regional favorites such as "Kay's Ice Cream", "Moore's Classic Snacks", "Terry's Classic Snacks", "Kern's Bread", and "Lay Classic Meats". K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. traces its history to 1955, when company founder Jack Smith opened his first 8,800-square-foot (820 m ) Piggly Wiggly store in Grundy, Virginia , with the help of three special stockholders: his father, Curtis Smith, uncle, Earl Smith and cousin, Ernest Smith. In 1963, Smith added

5978-450: The federal sites and maintains a major office in the city. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the largest multipurpose lab in the DOE's National Laboratory system . It is home to the Spallation Neutron Source , a $ 1.4 billion project completed in 2006, and " Titan ", one of the world's most powerful scientific supercomputers, which has peak performance of more than one quadrillion operations per second. The Y-12 National Security Complex

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6076-414: The first location opened in Bristol, Virginia. In November 2023, K-VA-T broke ground on their tenth Ace location in Abingdon, Virginia. When K-VA-T acquired Quality Foods and adopted the Food City name in 1984, the Galax, Virginia , Piggly Wiggly location was renamed Oldtown Market. In 1989, Food City sold Oldtown Market to two of its retired management team members. This banner is not to be confused with

6174-488: The greatest war that ever will be. And there will be a city on Black Oak Ridge and the center of authority will be on a spot middle-way between Sevier Tadlock's farm and Joe Pyatt's Place. A railroad spur will branch off the main L&N line, run down toward Robertsville and then branch off and turn toward Scarborough. Big engines will dig big ditches, and thousands of people will be running to and fro. They will be building things, and there will be great noise and confusion and

6272-470: The locations during the first year as well as install Gas'N Go fuel stations in as many locations as possible. K-VA-T reached a milestone in October 2015 by opening its first Georgia location, a converted BI-LO, in Rossville, Georgia . That same month, K-VA-T opened a 62,000 square feet (5,800 m ) Food City in Johnson City, Tennessee , the largest store ever constructed by the company. In November 2017, Food City opened its first in-store Starbucks in

6370-430: The main avenues generally progressed alphabetically from east to west (e.g., Alabama Avenue in the east, Vermont Avenue in the west), and the names of the smaller streets began with the same letter as the main avenue from which they started (e.g., streets connected to Florida Avenue began with "F"). The dramatic population increase, and the secret nature of the project, meant chronic shortages of housing and supplies during

6468-439: The median income for a family was $ 69,333. Full-time, year-round male workers had a median income of $ 54,316 versus $ 36,140 for females in the same employment situation. The per capita income for the city was $ 30,430. About 10.7% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 28.1% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over. Oak Ridge uses the council-manager government system, which

6566-404: The new one, with the parking garage receiving renovations to continue its use. In November 2017, K-VA-T donated their previous corporate office building in Abingdon to the Barter Theater . In 2008, K-VA-T opened its first limited-assortment grocery store named Super Dollar Discount Foods in Wytheville, Virginia , which was later demolished in 2020 to make way for a new Food City location. Over

6664-530: The next ten years. This agreement expands previous programs in place with the Tennessee Volunteer athletic program As of October 2022, K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc. operates 153 retail outlets (132 Food City stores, 6 Super Dollar Food Centers, 4 Wine & Spirits stores, 5 Fresh n' Lows, 1 Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy, and 5 convenience stores) in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The chain includes over 114 in-store pharmacies and over 100 fuel stations. Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge

6762-721: The northeast, east, and southwest—in which Oak Ridge is situated. The Oak Ridge area is striated by five ridges that run roughly parallel to one another in a northeast-to-southwest direction. In order from west-to-east, the five ridges are Blackoak Ridge (which connects the Elza and K-25 bends of the Clinch and thus "walls off" the half-rectangle), East Fork Ridge, Pine Ridge, Chestnut Ridge, and Haw Ridge. The five ridges are divided by four valleys: East Fork Valley (between Blackoak Ridge and East Fork Ridge), Gamble Valley (between East Fork Ridge and Pine Ridge), Bear Creek Valley (between Pine Ridge and Chestnut Ridge), and Bethel Valley (between Chestnut and Haw). These ridges and valleys are part of

6860-445: The particular school they wish to donate to. This advancement also allowed schools to check totals online. In 2009, Food City rebranded its Apples for the Students program as Food City School Bucks. Since the program's inception, Food City has awarded $ 21.4 million to more than 1,000 schools. Since 1988, Food City has been the official sponsor of the Tim Irwin /Food City Bass Tournament held in Lenoir City, Tennessee . Proceeds from

6958-450: The population. There were 12,772 households, with 25.2% having children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% being married couples living together, 12.9% having a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% having a male householder with no wife present, and 38.0% being non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

7056-592: The project (except for the production facilities under construction) on November 3, 1943; and he appreciated the bourbon-laced punch served (although Anderson County was "dry"). House and dormitory accommodations at the Clinton Engineer Works (CEW) in Oak Ridge and Hanford Engineer Works in Washington were basic, with coal rather than oil or electric furnaces. But they were of a higher standard than Groves wanted and were better than at Los Alamos. Medical care

7154-547: The purchase of eight BI-LO locations in Knoxville, Maryville , and Oak Ridge , Tennessee. K-VA-T celebrated its 50th anniversary November 17, 2005, by opening a 46,500 square feet (4,320 m ) store in Vansant, Virginia , just outside Grundy. Three years later, in October 2008, K-VA-T opened its 100th store in Rogersville, Tennessee . The company celebrated this event by sending a special commemorative I-beam to every store in

7252-503: The region. In 1990, Food City began their Apples for the Students program. From its inception until 2007, the program allowed students to collect specially colored Food City register receipts in exchange for computers, software, sporting goods, calculators, teaching tools, audio/visual and other educational materials for their schools. In 2007, the program went completely electronic, allowing customers to link their Food City loyalty cards to

7350-434: The rest of Anderson County, Oak Ridge, along with nearby Norris , has voted Democratic in recent federal elections, with the majority of the city having voted for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2020. The federal government projects at Oak Ridge are reduced in size and scope but are still the city's principal economic activity and one of the largest employers in the Knoxville metropolitan area . The DOE owns

7448-625: The rest of the Super Dollar Discount Foods locations were converted to this new banner. As of March 2022, there were 5 Super Dollar locations, with one having a Gas'N Go fuel station. In June 2020, K-VA-T converted its older Pigeon Forge, Tennessee , location to their new Express by Food City format. In October 2022, K-VA-T began operations of four Fresh n’ Low locations and Cooke's Food Store and Pharmacy in Tennessee along with one Fresh n’ Low location in Georgia. Food City broke ground on two larger stores to serve as replacements for

7546-560: The rest of the state, Oak Ridge has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa in the Köppen climate classification ); it is part of USDA hardiness zone 7a. The normal monthly mean temperature ranges from 37.9 °F (3.3 °C) in January to 77.5 °F (25.3 °C) in July, while on average there are 4.3 days where the temperature stays at or below freezing and 39 days with a high at or above 90 °F (32 °C) per year. The all-time record low

7644-520: The school disbanded their football program. On August 24, 2023 The University of Tennessee announced that Food City had entered into a 25 year partnership with the Athletic Department. The agreement changes the name of the University of Tennessee basketball arena to Thompson-Boling Arena at The Food City Center. In exchange for naming rights, Food City will contribute $ 20 Million to the school over

7742-399: The site of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security Complex , scientific and technological development still plays a crucial role in the city's economy and culture in general. In 2016, the element tennessine was named for Tennessee, in recognition of the role played by Oak Ridge and other institutions in the state in its discovery. The earliest substantial occupation of

7840-693: The site of Oak Ridge National Laboratory , was established as a pilot plant for production of plutonium using the Graphite Reactor. When the Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper was officially handed the July 1943 presidential proclamation by a junior officer (a lieutenant)—making Oak Ridge a military district not subject to state control—he tore it up and refused to see the Manhattan Project engineer, Lieutenant Colonel James C. Marshall . The new district engineer, Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Nichols , had to placate him. Cooper came to see

7938-423: The southwest. After flowing for approximately 17 miles (27 km), the river bends sharply to the northwest at Copper Ridge, and continues in this direction for nearly 7 miles (11 km). At the K-25 plant, the Clinch turns southwest again and flows for another 11 miles (18 km) to its mouth along the Tennessee River at Kingston . This series of bends creates a half-rectangle formation—surrounded by water on

8036-549: The spring-fed Oak Ridge Municipal Outdoor Swimming Pool, which had been completed in June 1945, became integrated. In the early 1960s, Oak Ridge briefly experienced protest picketing against racial segregation in public accommodations, notably outside a local cafeteria and a laundromat. Two years after World War II ended, Oak Ridge was shifted to civilian control, under the authority of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission . The Roane Anderson Company administered community functions, including arranging housing and operating buses, under

8134-495: The subsequent departure of his wife and three remaining children, Hendrix began hearing voices in his head. These voices urged him to stay in the woods and pray for guidance for 40 days and 40 nights, which Hendrix proceeded to do. As the story is told, following these 40 days spent in rugged isolation, Hendrix began seeing visions of the future, and he sought to spread his prophetic message to any who would listen. According to published accounts, one vision that he described repeatedly

8232-506: The title Food City . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Food_City&oldid=1017827794 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Food City (K-VA-T) It offers many private label product choices under

8330-583: The tournament benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley and has raised over $ 1,000,000 since 1988. Food City sponsors two NASCAR events at Bristol Motor Speedway , the NASCAR Cup Series ' Food City 500 in the spring and the late NASCAR Xfinity Series ' Food City 300 in the summer. The Food City deal, which began in 1992, is currently the second longest race entitlement sponsor deal in

8428-476: The war years. The town was administered by Turner Construction Company through a subsidiary named the Roane-Anderson Company. For most residents, however, their "landlord" was known as "MSI" (Management Services, Inc.). All workers wore badges. The town was surrounded by guard towers and a fence with seven gates. Oak Ridge was developed by the federal government as a segregated community, required by

8526-483: The war, plans were made for a colored neighborhood of houses equal in quality to those provided for whites, but it was not implemented because of limited resources. After the war, all hutments were dismantled, and a colored neighborhood of permanent houses was developed in the Gamble Valley area of Oak Ridge, which during wartime had been occupied by a white trailer community. Oak Ridge elementary education prior to 1954

8624-411: Was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.86. The age distribution was 22.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.3 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 48,716, and

8722-560: Was a description of the city and production facilities built 28 years after his death, during World War II. The version recalled by neighbors and relatives reported: In the woods, as I lay on the ground and looked up into the sky, there came to me a voice as loud and as sharp as thunder. The voice told me to sleep with my head on the ground for 40 nights and I would be shown visions of what the future holds for this land.... And I tell you, Bear Creek Valley someday will be filled with great buildings and factories, and they will help toward winning

8820-914: Was added in May 2020 followed by a fourth location in Middlesboro, Kentucky in September 2021. In April 2012, after purchasing a former Exxon branded station in Coeburn, Virginia , K-VA-T opened its first Food City Express branded convenience store to complement their existing grocery store. In June 2014, K-VA-T opened a second location in a former RaceWay convenience store in Elizabethton, Tennessee , under their Gas'N Go branding. Another pair of Gas'N Go convenience store locations were constructed and opened in Morristown and Bristol , Tennessee, later in 2014. A fifth location

8918-451: Was bombed and closed while being rebuilt. Oak Ridge provided space at a recently vacated elementary school building (the original Linden Elementary School) for the education of high school students from Clinton for two years while Clinton High School was being rebuilt. Following the Brown decision , public accommodations in Oak Ridge were gradually integrated, which took several years. In 1955,

9016-457: Was established in 1959 when the city was incorporated. It is governed by a seven-member city council composed of the mayor and six council members. Oak Ridge is represented in the Tennessee House of Representatives in the 33rd District in Anderson County, and the 32nd district in Roane County, by Representatives John Ragan and Kent Calfee respectively, both of whom are Republican . In

9114-469: Was new in the 1940s is aging. The once-isolated city is now incorporated into the Knoxville metropolitan area. Oak Ridge is now challenged to blend into the suburban orbit of Knoxville as its heritage as a "super secret" government installation subsides. Changing economic forces have led to continuing changes in the commercial sector. For example, the Oak Ridge City Center , a shopping center built in

9212-553: Was occupied during the Woodland and Mississippian (c. 1000–1600) periods, was uncovered in the 1960s in anticipation of the construction of Melton Hill Dam . Bull Bluff is a cliff immediately southeast of Haw Ridge, opposite Melton Hill Park. The Oak Ridge area was largely uninhabited when Euro-American explorers and settlers arrived in the late 18th century, although the Cherokee claimed the land as part of their hunting grounds . During

9310-713: Was opened in Oliver Springs, Tennessee in July 2016 with a sixth location that opened in Pikeville, Kentucky in June 2023. In April 2022, K-VA-T announced plans to join the Ace Hardware family of stores by launching their line of Curt’s Ace Hardware stores and was evaluating Virginia locations in Abingdon and Bristol along with Piney Flats, Erwin, and Elizabethton, Tennessee in addition to Mize Farm & Garden Supply in Gray, Tennessee , which K-VA-T had recently acquired. In June 2022,

9408-461: Was provided by Army doctors and hospitals, with civilians paying $ 2.50 per month ($ 5 for families) to the medical insurance fund. The location and low population helped keep the town a secret, though the settlement grew from 3,000 to 3,750 in 1942 to about 75,000 by 1945. Because of the large number of workers recruited to the area for the Manhattan Project, the Army planned a town for project workers at

9506-533: Was segregated; it was legally part of the Anderson County system though built and operated primarily with federal funds. Black children could attend only the Scarboro Elementary School. Oak Ridge High School was closed to black students, who had to be bused to Knoxville for an education. Starting in 1950, Scarboro High School was established at Scarboro Elementary School to offer classes for African-American students. In 1955, 85 young Black students from

9604-464: Was used as a closeout store for the various products and brands from the Bi-Lo stores acquisition that were not carried in regular Food City locations. It closed in 2006. Due to their charitable activities and strong ties to their local economies, Food City received Supermarket News's Community Service Award for 2008. Steven C. Smith, president and chief executive officer for K-VA-T was named 2009 Grocer of

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