Businesses in Our Neighborhood

By David E. Booker

“Businesses in Our Neighborhood” highlights an important part of Old North Knoxville’s past, present, and future. We at Old North News want to help our readers become better acquainted with the businesses in our area and what they have to offer. If you own or run a business in the Old North Knoxville area and would like to be profiled, contact Dave Palmer, editor of Old North News, at 673-8995.

To view previous businesses profiled, go to www.oldnorthknoxville.org/letter.html.  Each newsletter with a business profiled will have an article with the title “Businesses in Our Neighborhood.” Click on that title and you will be taken to a business profile.

In this installment we profile

Broadway Carpets

Located at 930 N. Broadway, Broadway Carpets sells more than carpets. They offer a variety of floor coverings, including vinyl, tile, wood, area rugs, and certainly carpeting. They have both full installation and cash and carry for those with the ex-perience or sense of adventure to tackle putting down a floor covering himself or herself. With 43 employees, Broadway Carpets is ready to help you find the right solution for an area of your house, a room in your house, or the entire house.  

Just as houses need roofs, they also need floors. If you own a house in Old North Knoxville, sooner or later you will probably need a rug or other flooring material. Broadway Carpets has been in business for 20 years and partners Larry Kelsay, Bill Finley, and John Maclellan promise to offer "great products, great service, and great prices." 

Broadway Carpets is open Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. A new area rug might just be the thing to spruce up that foyer in your Old North Knoxville home. Call them at 525-5511 or stop by.

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