
Join us in celebrating 2025’s Preservationist of the Year!
Friday, September 12 | 6:00 p.m. | The Mill & Mine
Get ready for a lively evening featuring a whiskey pull, live auction, delicious food, music by the Tennessee Sheiks, and more at the 2025 Scruffy City Soirée!
The RSVP deadline will be announced soon.
2024 Preservationists of the Year:
Sanders Pace Architecture
Sanders Pace Architecture has made significant contributions to historic preservation and revitalization in Knoxville. Some of their notable projects include the rehabilitation of the Candoro Marble Building, preservation efforts at Little Switzerland in South Knoxville, the transformation of the historic Dogan-Gaither Motel into the Dogan-Gaither Flats in East Knoxville, the adaptive reuse of the Dewine Building in North Knoxville (now known as The Press Room), and ongoing preservation work at the Eugenia Williams House in West Knoxville. Their preservation work has been recognized nationally, and with over 100 local, regional, and national design awards, Sanders Pace has established itself as one of the most thoughtful and imaginative firms practicing in the Southeast.
Thank You to our 2024 Sponsors!
Table Sponsors
Aslan Foundation | Axle Logistics | Linda Bailey and Malcolm Douglas | Citizen Advertising
Councilwoman Lynne Fugate | Deborah Franklin | Design Innovation Architects
Facility Systems Consultants, LLC | Haines Structural Group | Hatcher-Hill Properties, LLC | Hearthside Bank
Johnson Architecture, Inc. | McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects & Interior Designers | Pinnacle Bank
University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Architecture + Design
Beverage Sponsors
Floral Sponsors