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7 Comments from Round 3
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Nancy, 37721
April 19, 2023
I am absolutely disgusted with the amount of unrestricted building taking place in the (once) rural areas of Knox County, particularly the Halls, Gibbs and Corryton areas. If this is allowed to continue, there will be no more wide open, rural spaces left. I've watched acres upon acres of forested land in the county be completely clear cut so wall to wall houses can be put up. Same is happening with wide-open pasture that has been turned into mega subdivisions. All the powers-that-be seem to care about are the cha-ching of tax dollars because they are doing nothing to regulate the growth, issuing building permits left and right to big-time developers trying to make a quick buck with no regard for the wildlife, current residents, and environment not to mention the strain put on our roads, schools, and other infrastructure. I live in the county because I don't want to live in West Knocxville but the unchecked growth will have northeast Knox County looking just like west Knoxville before much longer. The county and its once laid-back lifestyle is being ruined. Stop allowing such heavy concentrations of houses per acre and force developers to plant back the same number and type of trees they cut down.
Cliff, 37919
April 12, 2023
The County should sell the land it owns on Central Avenue for mixed use, including residential. Increasing density in the city makes sense as the infrastructure is already in place versus rural areas in the county. This would benefit County taxpayers as well as cheaper land could be found outside the city.
Chuck, 37938
March 30, 2023
I've been looking over the past meeting responses and I'm surprised people aren't talking about Halls more. With Emory Road traffic getting worse and worse, it is also making its way into Halls. It used to not be as bad but now it's really bad. Also, all the storage units going up on Maynardville Pike look really ugly especially the one where the Kmart used to be. I would like to see places like that be utilized for actual businesses.
Ottie, 37932
March 28, 2023
Can we all say a calming prayer for Cynthia?lol All kidding aside Cynthia, I love your passion. It shows that you do care about your community and what happens around you. Knoxville or Knox County isn't perfect but every mistake, miscalculation, misrepresentation, etc. is an opportunity to learn and grow as a community. The growth we've experienced in the past few years is new territory for all of us, so let's keep the communication lines open and navigate these changes together.
Cynthia, 37938
March 28, 2023
But you go ahead and continue to disillusion yourself that we need Knox County to function like a Nashville or Memphis ‐ that's what we really want ‐ actually that's not it at all ‐ if I wanted to live there or even in DC or San Diego I would. We choose to live here and could we plan better ‐ yes ‐ but that comes with not handing out 1000 building permits to put in track houses 8 per acre. Especially when those houses are poorly built and extremely over priced and then we complain that people cannot get housing ‐ Gee I wonder why. I think you really need to go back to the drawing board and learn about the community and our past and not try to just turn us into a liberal city agenda as a whole.
Cynthia, 37938
March 28, 2023
Even worse, we can't get businesses in our community because we are essentially a forgotten end of the community. Let's go ahead and educate everyone ‐ this is the North end of the county ‐ last time I checked we should not be lumped in on the news or anything else with East Knox County. Our schools are already over crowded and yet more money just gets thrown after bad in the more affluent portions of the community. No I won't move West, but there are times I wish I had never moved here from Seymour ‐ water and sewer charges for one ‐ the fact that we don't have shopping or or restaurants and cannot seem to get investment for that on this end of the county.
Cynthia, 37938
March 28, 2023
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You have once again missed the mark. If you you all could actually understand the communities as a whole that would be fantastic. Putting in sidewalks to nowhere in Halls was ludicrous. Adding an extra traffic light through a community that already had traffic issues was a marvel of engineering stupidity that I thought could not be marveled, but we did it. Even worse, you can't get the red lights to function properly so the traffic on Maynardville Hwy just sits constantly.