It is easy to see the political bias of the paper. I am very saddened by the current state of newspapers. The fourth estate has always seemed to be the bedrock of our democracy helping to keep the three branches of government accountable with earnest, truthful, well documented, and unbiased information which permitted readers to form their own opinions about the current events locally, nationally and globally. The information covered hundreds of topics and permitted a reader to become very worldly and well informed. I have always loved and appreciated the value of the information provided. For as long as there were two Knoxville papers I subscribed to both. Visit /subscribe.I have been a serious newspaper reader since I was ten years old. "I want to do whatever I can do on the premises to make people want to work here and make it represent Knoxville well."Īnyone interested in leasing space within the building should contact Wilusz: Knoxville's downtown explorer and urban reporterĮnjoy exclusive content and premium perks while supporting strong local journalism. "I bought the property to make it flourish," he said. "We really want to grow the family." Adding employees at the propertyĪfter moving into the new facility, Johnson hopes to increase his workforce from around 30 to 100 employee within 18 months. They need to have a space that's custom-tailored to what their needs are to be efficient. They need to have the latest and greatest equipment. "I don't need the nicest and most fancy things, but my staff deserves it.
"I could work from home every day if I wanted to, or I could work from a refrigerator box," he said. His lease on Cherry Street ends at the end of next year, and Johnson has plans to move employees to the new property in January 2023. He plans to construct a roughly 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on the interstate-facing side of the property in 2022. He considered constructing a new facility but called his recent purchase "a major shortcut" in being able to grow his companies. Johnson said he has spent three years looking for an updated space. but we only currently have space for two." What we really need in our production business is about 12 production lines. "We already have people working over top of each other, so it's inefficient. "That would be a lot higher, but we're out of space," he said. Johnson currently employs around 30 people at his Knoxville-based businesses. These companies' operations are based out of two separate suites on Cherry Street, totaling just 15,000 square feet. He also purchased another company, TurboStart Batteries, which has licenses from vehicle manufacturers to create replica batteries for classic cars.
Johnson later founded Showtime Electronics, a distributing company that also will move to the Knox News property. Compared to everything else that's in the market, the product that we make is the highest quality and most powerful." Anything that needs an incredibly high-powered battery, we provide that. "Think race cars, show cars and car stereo applications," he said. He later purchased that portion of the company to start XS Power Batteries on Cherry Street in 2011, which creates batteries used in vehicles for after-market applications. Johnson, an engineer who competed in national car audio contests, first came to Knoxville from Kentucky in 2006 to help a local company develop a new line of batteries. Story continues Johnson built his holdings on batteries
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