Commerical Development in Farragut
Everyone 'round here knows about the Turkey Creek Development, right? If you don't, please turn off your computer and come on out to West Knox County and exit on Lovell or Campbell Station Rd. On Parkside drive between those 2 roads, you'll notice that on the Knoxville side there is a Wal-Mart, Knoxville's only Super-Target (although there are rumors for more of those to come), Olive Garden, Steak-n-Shake (as well as many other businesses), and a Multiplex and Proffits (and more restaurants, too) are being built. On the Farragut side, we currently have an office complex in process, along with 2 banks and a gas station already built.
My beef isn't the fact that there is a lack of development on the Farragut side. It's the fact that the town is creating new development while there are boarded up businesses on Kingston Pike as well as a boarded up mall on the North side of Lovell Road. Common sense tells me that the town should not be creating new commercial developments BEFORE filling up (I'd say at least 85% full) the current commercial areas that we have. Shouldn't the town either bring in new businesses to replace those BEFORE developing new areas? It's not like Kingston Pike isn't a great road to do shopping on, is it? Or should the town re-zone some of those areas? Got any ideas? Comment and be imaginative! Who knows, you may end up with something that's totally genius!
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My beef isn't the fact that there is a lack of development on the Farragut side. It's the fact that the town is creating new development while there are boarded up businesses on Kingston Pike as well as a boarded up mall on the North side of Lovell Road. Common sense tells me that the town should not be creating new commercial developments BEFORE filling up (I'd say at least 85% full) the current commercial areas that we have. Shouldn't the town either bring in new businesses to replace those BEFORE developing new areas? It's not like Kingston Pike isn't a great road to do shopping on, is it? Or should the town re-zone some of those areas? Got any ideas? Comment and be imaginative! Who knows, you may end up with something that's totally genius!
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posted by Mike at 6:10 AM
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Are we just on our own to bring in new business? I hear so much about Jobs Now and the Knox County Chamber. As taxpayers don't we support these groups? How about some return on our tax dollars?
Ken,
Pretty much. I went to a meeting that had the director of Jobs Now doing a presentation and he basically said that Farragut doesn't particpate in economic developement (money or otherwise), so no, we don't get any help.
Mayor Ford thinks that the West Knox/Farragut COC does pretty well, but aside from the items we see in the FP/KNS, I don't see an active participation in the community, do you? If I were a part of the COC, every new resident (which there is a lot of them, btw) would get a welcome package from the COC to pump up the businesses in the area. I'd never have known that we had some of the restaurants that I've been to if I hadn't passed by them and stopped to try them out! I hear that there is a directory of businesses that are members of the COC, but I've yet to see it.
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