Jacobs & Town: ‘we have a great relationship’
Reflecting on his visit, and on Farragut, “We have a great relationship with the Town of Farragut, its citizens and Mayor (Ron) Williams, who is someone I talk to quite a bit,” Jacobs stated in a press release Monday, Sept. 30. “In fact, our administration is the first to fund the Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, and we continue to do so each year.”
About the Town changing its original decision and, by a 3-2 vote, deciding to support the Knox County Growth Plan amendment (all three Knox governing bodies had to approve the plan for implementation), “The county had not updated its Growth Plan in more than two decades and it will not impact Farragut land use,” Jacobs stated.
However, “the state requires that the plan be approved by the Farragut Board of Mayor & Aldermen, which it was. Skyrocketing prices have created a serious housing issue in the county, and we hope the plan will help alleviate it,” the Mayor further stated. “One of the ways to do that is to make it easier and less expensive to build here.”
As for other benefits, “The plan also will help avoid sprawl, preserve natural areas and offer new checks on development,” Jacobs stated.
“Again, we have been doing the same thing for more than 20 years and a lot of the problems we see in our county, like heavy traffic in the Hardin Valley area, are a direct result of our prior zoning, which had a negative impact on Farragut.”
