August 11, 2022
Planning Commission meeting
Planning Commission meeting
Public Comments
9 Comments for 8-L-22-RZ and 8-F-22-SP
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Emilee (37920), August 8, 2022 at 12:31 PM
I am in favor of this rezone as Knoxville Martial Arts Academy has a become a place that promotes health and wellness in our community. As a registered nurse, I find that this business dramatically and positively impacts peoples mental and physical health. I have witnessed countless people loss weight, become more active, and eat healthy because of the leadership and coaching at KMAA. I have been a member of this gym for 10 years now and personally know the benefits is holds. In my opinion it would be wise to allow this business to grow and expand for the over all health and well being of the Knoxville community. Nick
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Nick (37920), August 8, 2022 at 12:31 PM
My name is Nick Wigley and I have lived in South Knoxville for almost 10 years and have been a member of KMAA for 6 years. They do an amazing job teaching martial arts and helping people reach goals not just in training and fitness but in life as well. They have helped me when I truly needed guidance.
To deny these amazing people the chance to help more people better themselves is folly. Not only do they give children a chance to participate in something and get kids off the street, but they have also enriched the lives of so many others. Many veterans, policemen and women, and workers in healthcare have all been at their facility and have been helped by the good people who coach here. They have built a culture in their facility that doesn’t exclude others but embraces them. It’s why I am still actively training here to this very day.
Please reconsider your position in Knoxville Martial Arts Academy. They would only better the community they are in.
Daniel
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Daniel (37920), August 8, 2022 at 12:52 PM
As a south knox resident I can not say enough about Knoxville Martial Arts Academy. A wonderful group that uplifts the community I’ve known about the gym for over five years now and I’ve only had good experiences. They are a staple in the area and a wonderful business! Ray
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Ray (37920), August 8, 2022 at 1:10 PM
As a resident of South knoxville, and a member of KMAA, I am fully in favor of this rezone. I've been a member of KMAA for 5 years and have seen the impact it has on people's lives and the community surrounding them. To block this rezone would greatly damage the community of South Knoxville and hundreds of lives. Many, many people rely on KMAA to keep them healthy and active, as well as off the streets and out of trouble. Do not take this amazing community away from South Knoxville. They have done and will continue to do great things for the surrounding areas. Jason
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Jason (37920), August 8, 2022 at 1:19 PM
Knoxville Martial Arts Academy has helped so many children, teens, and adults in the last 20+ years, and having a new state of the art facility would allow for KMAA to reach even more lives. Please reconsider your decision and allow the Turners their request to rezone this area into a commercial business zone, and keep a proven-successful business in South Knoxville!Garrett
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Garrett (37920), August 8, 2022 at 3:02 PM
As a member of KMAA for over 5 years, I am in favor of the rezone. I couldn’t put into words how amazing this gym and community is. People come from all walks of life, but the family that has been built there is truly remarkable. In a world filled with negativity and hate, this place has been a safe haven to some of my happiest and most cherished moments. David
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David (37920), August 8, 2022 at 3:38 PM
KMAA offers a service that improves the lives of those surrounding it. They seek to improve the physical, mental, and even spiritual aspects of its members. This place isn’t your average gym. There are countless lives that have been changed through this organization. But all of the good work requires a place. The ability to change some of the zoning to commercial would allow this building to go up and more magic to begin to happen. Please allow the zoning to be changed to commercial for this 5 acres so KMAA can continue changing lives. Katie
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Katie (37920), August 8, 2022 at 4:03 PM
I am in favor for the rezoning! My family has been changed by KMAA and Taylor and Eric! You can’t talk to someone at KMAA without hearing how their lives have changed for the better by this gym!
KMAA has also helped provide access to martial arts for my son and his friends who are deaf, and many of KMAA’s instructors are learning sign language for them!
They give back to our community by changing lives!
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Jesse (37920), August 8, 2022 at 5:31 PM
I moved to Knoxville in December with my family and gave up the life we had in Kentucky to make a better life here and one of the biggest draws for us was kmaa. Since we've been here we have been working on integrating ourselves into the community and the staff at kmaa have done a great job of giving us opportunity to succeed on the mats and off the mats.It's turned from a profession into a family and it is truly a totem of the community and what a person can aspire to be if given the proper tools. Not only are they incredibly important to myself but I know the community appreciates having such a diverse and powerful organization in the area.