Nov 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week brings an extremely busy week for land use requests and meetings. There are seventy-three (73) agenda items on the November Planning Commission agenda. Meetings are: 11:30AM Tuesday – Planning Commission Agenda Review meeting (likely to be postponed)...
Aug 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Community leaders feel their trust in Advance Knox has been betrayed after a majority of County Commissioners didn’t enforce the new plan’s requirements to change the plan. At the August 19th zoning meeting, the Knox County Commission adopted a Plan Amendment to the...
Aug 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Summary Planning Commission recommended a Plan Amendment to the brand-new Knox County Land Use Plan The new plan specifies a quarterly update cycle – more frequent than the initial recommendation of annual updates Planning staff’s recommendation was to...
Aug 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Engage Agenda Review Meeting – Tues, Aug 6th, 11:30AM, Small Assembly Room. Not broadcast. Current Agenda and Cases Submit comments – due no later than 3PM Wed, Jan 10th View Submitted Comments Request to speak – due 9AM Jan 11th Planning Commission...
Apr 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Monday evening, the Knox County Commission approved the second piece of Advance Knox. Our perspective is that this is a mixed outcome. Commissioners Frazier, Schoonmaker and Beeler offered up amendments to the plan over the past week. Many of the less consequential...
Apr 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
A joint position from the Knox County Planning Alliance and the core team of Advocates for Balanced Growth Amendments+Supported+by+Advocates+-+With+ExplanationsDownload The Advance Knox process has had substantial public involvement, and we are grateful for the hard...
Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Knox County Growth Plan is changing! These slides from the Advance Knox consultants provide a comprehensive overview of the process and proposed amendment and were presented at the Oct 2023 meeting of the Growth Policy Plan Coordinating Committee. The...
Oct 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Knox County is reconvening the Growth Plan Committee, which will consider an update to the growth plan. The meeting will be at 5:00PM on Tuesday, Oct 24th in the Main Assembly Room. The official page for the meeting and materials is https://advanceknox.org/gpp. A...
Jan 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
The preliminary plan for the Belltown Planned Development in Karnes (4515 W Emory Rd) will be presented at County Commission this Monday, Jan 23, 7PM, where Commission may approve, approve with conditions, or deny it. If Commission approves (or adds conditions) to the...
Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
January Planning Commission items The January Planning Commission Agenda is lengthy with items spread around the city and county. Engage Agenda Review Meeting – Tues, Jan 10th, 11:30AM, Small Assembly Room. Not broadcast. Submit comments – due no later...
