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May 2023

Thursday, May 18th, 2023

Dogan-Gaither Flats wins Knox County Mayor’s Award at annual East Tennessee Preservation Awards

The Men of Valor’s Dogan-Gaither Flats located at 211 Jessamine Street in East Knoxville is an adaptive reuse of a distinctive mid-century motel once listed in the Green Book, an annual guidebook for African American travelers that was published between 1936 until 1966. The new housing facility will provide housing, counseling, work placement, and other society reentry skills to 30 formerly incarcerated men.

The facility is owned by the Knoxville-based criminal justice reform nonprofit Fourth Purpose Foundation with Men of Valor managing the property. Special thanks to the many professionals that helped with this impressive project – Sanders Pace Architecture, Will Robinson & Associates, Hedstrom Landscape Architecture, Mallia Engineering, Engineering Service Group, and Elite Diversified Construction.

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