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• We understand that Farragut believes they’re business friendly. They sure don’t act business friendly when Hy-Vee tries to put a big sales-tax revenue-generating property in their Town. Hy-Vee is going to go right in the middle of Town on (private) property — if the leadership of Farragut will (allow) it. Hopefully they will. It’s a big sales-tax generator for the Town. And secondly, the Panera bread people were attacked with all the changes that the Town officials wanted to make on Panera bread. I understand that Panera bread is probably just going to say “good riddance ” to Farragut — the “business-friendly Farragut, which they are not. Panera bread was attacked at the Planning Commission Staff Developer meeting, and I know they were frustrated and shocked. Farragut needs to be more business friendly. Panera bread will leave; hope and pray Hy-Vee will get to come to Farragut and not have to go to Loudon County somewhere.
• Whoever decided to re-pave Pellissippi (Parkway) at night, I commend them. It is wonderful to not have to navigate around their trucks and equipment in the daytime, and I think
