Power Poll: Growth Policy Plan

Proposed Knox County Growth Policy map

A majority of survey respondents support Jacobs’ proposal to manage development in the county, but they are divided on its chances for passage.

Growth Plan Moves Forward

Proposed Knox County Growth Policy map

Despite pleas for a delay from a concerned crowd, County Mayor Glenn Jacobs’ proposal passes its first test. There are more to come.

Visions of Growth

County Mayor Glenn Jacobs sitting in a chair talking about the growth plan.

As proposed changes to the county’s growth plan come to a first vote tonight, County Mayor Glenn Jacobs faces continued concerns about them.

Opposition Rises to Growth Plan

A section of the proposed growth map, with planned growth areas in yellow.

Fears of lost farmland and rural overdevelopment drive a chorus of concern from farmers, conservationists and community groups.

Growth Plan is in Jacobs’ Hands

Colleen Cruze Bhatti

With farmers seeking to preserve their way of life, Knox County’s mayor will mull possible tweaks to the proposed long-range development strategy.

Growing Concerns

Farmer Adam Thompson speaks to the Growth Policy Coordinating Committee as county commissioners Kim Frazier and Terry Hill look on.

Advocates for preserving farms and rural areas see danger in the county’s proposed new growth map.

Beyond Advance Knox

The new proposed Growth Policy Map

As the county’s two-year planning process wraps up, the hard work of putting it into practice begins.