The Tennessee RiverLine

North America’s next great regional trail system, a continuous system of Tennessee River experiences – including paddling, hiking and biking – along the river’s 652-mile reach from Knoxville, TN, to Paducah, KY. The Tennessee RiverLine reframes the Tennessee River, adjacent public lands and Tennessee River communities as a 1.2 million acre “River Park” that functions locally and regionally and advances the legacy of landscape whose modern history has been shaped by regional planning and systems thinking. By providing a framework for a region, communities and individuals to recalibrate their relationship with the Tennessee River, the Tennessee RiverLine is equally an innovative infrastructure strategy to catalyze economic development and entrepreneurship, promote public health and active lifestyles, ensure equitable access to river spaces and experiences, and cultivate resource stewardship among generations of diverse valley residents, ecotourists and visiting adventure enthusiasts.

To achieve this vision, the Tennessee RiverLine aspires to reflect the diversity of experiences, ability levels and backgrounds that defines our region through its staff. We achieve this by exercising equitable and inclusive hiring practices as well as facilitating professional development opportunities that enable our team to support our community partners in realizing their own unique, local vision for the Tennessee RiverLine and engaging diverse communities with empathy and authenticity.