{"id":444,"date":"2018-11-20T18:58:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prod.cci.utk.edu\/migrate\/sis\/2018\/11\/20\/meet-sis-alumni-alan-sims-the-creative-force-behind-the-knoxville-urban-guy\/"},"modified":"2018-11-20T18:58:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:58:55","slug":"meet-sis-alumni-alan-sims-the-creative-force-behind-the-knoxville-urban-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/sis\/2018\/11\/20\/meet-sis-alumni-alan-sims-the-creative-force-behind-the-knoxville-urban-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet SIS Alumni Alan Sims, the Creative Force Behind the &#8216;Knoxville Urban Guy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/11\/AlanSims1web.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Sims, alumni and Knoxville blogger\" title=\"Alan Sims, Inside of Knoxville author\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wondered what to do in downtown Knoxville \u2013 enough to do a quick internet search about it \u2013 then you\u2019ve likely stumbled across \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideofknoxville.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inside of Knoxville<\/a>,\u201d a blog by the mysteriously named \u201cKnoxville Urban Guy.\u201d It\u2019s the place to get the inside scoop on businesses downtown and in nearby areas, and the writer of the blog seems to know things before anyone else in town does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These days, it\u2019s fairly well-known that the man behind the Knoxville Urban Guy is Alan Sims. What the citizens of Knoxville may not know about Sims is that he had two careers before embodying his current persona \u2013 first as a guidance counselor, and the next as a school librarian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A native of Mobile, Alabama, Sims is an enthusiastic transplant to Knoxville. He came here with his wife, Karen, in 1982, after he had earned his undergraduate degree in counseling from the University of Florida, and the couple were, as he described it, \u201cdestitute and could go anywhere.\u201d The Smoky Mountains and the University of Tennessee lured the Sims to Knoxville, and they planted roots and grew their family and careers here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims said he initially planned to get a PhD in psychology from the University of Tennessee, but instead he became certified as a guidance counselor and began working at schools in Oak Ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a guidance counselor for 16 years, and it was a good career. But after you\u2019ve been in counseling for many years, it wears on you,\u201d Sims said. \u201cSome professionals can do it forever, but for a lot of people, it\u2019s too much. I asked myself, \u2018Can I do this for the rest of my career?\u2019 The answer was, \u2018No.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, at the age of 40, Sims entered into the master\u2019s program at SIS, just as his wife, Karen Sims (\u201998), was graduating from that very same program. He said it was a good fit, as he\u2019d always loved books, and information in all its forms. It also worked out well for his career \u2013 after he graduated in 2001, he was able to transition from school guidance counselor to school librarian at the same school where he worked, Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just moved my stuff down the hall at the middle school that I worked at, and I\u2019m really grateful for that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Move Downtown &amp; a New Endeavor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it wasn\u2019t until 2009 that downtown Knoxville really started to play a starring role in Sim\u2019s life. He had visited downtown often enough, even during the time he calls \u201cthe bad years\u201d for downtown \u2013 mostly to enjoy live music. It was this year that Sims and his wife decided that downtown was where they wanted to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI went online, like a good librarian, and searched for, \u2018What is it like to live downtown in Knoxville?\u2019 and nothing came up. No one was writing about it,\u201d Sims said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not quite when \u201cInside of Knoxville\u201d was born, but the seed was planted. What really germinated the idea of the blog was when Sims explained the information gap regarding downtown life to a friend of his, an author named Deborah Wiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne night, over chocolate cake and wine, she says, \u2018You should write about that, you should write a blog.\u2019 And I didn\u2019t even know what a blog was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite not knowing the medium, he gave it a try. He casually coined the \u201cUrban Knoxville Guy\u201d name in an effort to be semi-anonymous due to still being employed at a school and wanting to avoid any conflict of interests there. Then, he took what he calls \u201can ugly selfie\u201d of himself with glasses and a hat on, and kicked the blog off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><em>&#8216;I didn\u2019t expect to find real readers, but I had 30 readers a day then, and for a writer, readers are like drugs.&#8217; &#8211; Alan Sims, blogger, SIS alumni<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t intend to create mystery\u2026but it created a buzz. I didn\u2019t expect to find real readers, but I had 30 readers a day then, and for a writer, readers are like drugs. I\u2019d written forever \u2013 poetry, a novel, short stories \u2013 and never had too much success. To suddenly have readers was a rush,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the beginning, Sims said he employed both the knowledge gained from his years as a counselor, as well as a librarian. He said that going through the information sciences program made him a better writer, and also taught him how to curate and organize his photos and articles from the beginning of the process. At this point, he\u2019s archived more than 100,000 photos that he\u2019s shot over the past few years for the blog; and this collection is something he believes to be very valuable to the history of Knoxville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI realized I was taking a comprehensive photographic journal of this special time in Knoxville. I was taking photos no one else was taking. I took that as a real responsibility, and it needs to be preserved, and archived,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a treasure trove of not only development and business, but people. That\u2019s what I write about \u2013 humans who did things, and they need to be celebrated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His counseling career, Sims said, helped him to talk to people and make them feel comfortable opening up to him. He\u2019s interacted with so many people throughout the course of writing this blog that he would not have otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe all get caught up in our little world. It dictates who we see, who we meet. I would have never met all these people if I wasn\u2019t doing the blog, like the brave 20-somethings who are doing start-ups,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten to know homeless people and also the wealthiest, most powerful people in Knoxville.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Information Sciences Plays a Role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sims said his information sciences background also helped him to understand why his website should be practical and accessible to those who want to use it as a resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have a very rudimentary set up on my website, and I\u2019ve debated on hiring someone to design a fancier website. But people come to the site, and they can find what they need,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first three years of the blog, the website was missing one notable thing: advertising. By chance, Sims met an advertising executive for a local TV station who prodded him to start monetizing \u201cInside of Knoxville\u201d by selling advertising space on the blog. 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