CALL TO ACTION - Support Midway Business Park
The Metropolitan Planning Commission will discuss the East Knox County Sector Plan Update on Thursday, February 11th, 2010, at 1:30 PM. Included in the Update is a recommendation by the MPC staff to designate The Development Corporation owned property at the Midway Road Interchange of I-40 as a Mixed Use Special District (Business Park or Town Center development).
We need your help to demonstrate support for inclusion of the Business Park in the Sector Plan Update. Those against the development are appealing to MPC and County Commission, and those bodies need to hear from the business community too. Please download a fact sheet that addresses certain issues that have been misrepresented by the opposition.
Economic Development in Knox County should be a communitywide decision because high quality, sustainable development benefits the quality of life and tax base for all Knox County residents and businesses by providing opportunities for new businesses to locate in Knox County, supporting existing businesses, and attracting quality employers and workers to Knox County.
We ask you to show your support by either attending the MPC meeting or contacting MPC commissioners. Full contact information is attached. Click here for a semi-colon separated list of MPC commissioners' email addresses.