May 14, 2026
Planning Commission meeting

Public Comments

11 Comments for

William
37849

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William (37849), April 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Listen to the citizens of rhe county that you are charged with representing. It is not hard to decipher where the community sentiment lies regarding this project, in terms of traffic, school overcrowding, preservation of the rural character, population density. It is obvious 1270 additional vehicles in daily traffic cannot be ignored, but will likely be pushed aside to pass the unwanted development. A developer buying property does NOT give them a God given right or a free pass from the commission. When you all take a stand that supportd your citizens then developers will be less willing to buy property for mass development if there is uncertainty of outcomes. If you all do more of what typically happens, another approval, citizens should see your removal from office and new appointments of the planning committee by the new mayor will at least have a fair shake chance of stopping this and other developments all over the county. We are full, traffic is a horrendous mess, whats done is done, the mess was approved by you all with blinders on apparently. Do something right in the eyes of your citizens versus approving an out of states developer's plan to cause more issues than we are already facing across the entire county. We are eager to see what you all do. The vegas odds are not in favor of the concerned citizens,.but only you the commission body can do what is right. See what you do on this.

April 25, 2026
at 12:00 AM

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Frank
37849

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Frank (37849), April 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM

Heiskell road can not handle the traffic now. We don't need another burger place & get the nails done. Vote NO!

April 30, 2026
at 1:10 PM

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Paul
37849

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Paul (37849), May 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM

There is no need for more shopping mallls in this area we have plenty. The roads can't handle the traffic now. Unable to get out of neighborhoods. If the area is rezoned it will make the taxes higher. We moved here to get out of the city and traffic. Vote NO

May 5, 2026
at 5:40 PM

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Rose
37849

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Rose (37849), May 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM

I am not in favor of the rezoning, The traffic already causes problems getting in and out of my property on Heiskell Road, I do not believe that a shopping center is needed in this area,

May 5, 2026
at 8:06 PM

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Mary
37849

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Mary (37849), May 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM

We the property owners of 7629 Heiskell Rd are strongly opposed to this rezoning. This proposed shopping center would greatly affect us as our property line is connected to the 7625 property where shopping center ends. We do not wish to be fronted by said shopping center. Not only would it be an eyesore it would increase our taxes, result in more traffic congestion for an already congested area for us and other residents on Heiskell Rd and area subdivisions. This is a residential area and we wish to keep it Residential. We do not need a shopping center on Heiskell Rd, we have more than enough on Emory Rd. Please keep Heiskell Rd Residential and Say No to this rezoning!!

May 7, 2026
at 11:12 AM

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Mary
37849

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Mary (37849), May 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM

We the owners of the property at 7629 Heiskell RD are very much OPPOSED to this rezoning for a shopping center. Our property line is only a few feet from 7625 where this rezoning ends. We do not wish our property to be connected to a shopping center. Not only will it decrease our property but will raise our taxes and bring more crime and safety issues. Heiskell Rd can not handle the traffic now with residents having difficulty getting out of their driveways and area subdivisions that exit onto Heiskell. This would create more of a traffic congestion as it is only a 2 lane road. Heiskell Rd has always been a residential area and we wish it to remain Residential. No shopping center should even be considered past 500ft from Emory Rd.
PLEASE SAY NO TO THIS REZONING!!!!

May 7, 2026
at 10:39 PM

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Natasha
37849

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Natasha (37849), May 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM

This is absolutely 100% unacceptable. Powell is not a huge community and we like to have the small town feel. I personally live in the neighborhood that is immediately off of the round-a-bout you propose to build off of and this would be an incredibly horrible inconvenience. This would drastically increase traffic, create more noise and remove the peaceful county setting that those of us who live in this neighborhood greatly love.

May 10, 2026
at 4:28 PM

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Maddi
37849

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Maddi (37849), May 10, 2026 at 9:29 PM

I seriously cannot believe you/they whoever is trying to put more neighborhoods and businesses in Powell when it takes me over 30 minutes to get to places that used to take me about 7 minutes. Wasn't there a rule about leaving Powell drive alone? Powell needs areas to breathe and untouched and at least part of a road that doesn't have traffic and that's Powell drive. Do you live in Powell? Do you have to deal with the traffic EVERYDAY that's bound to cause accidents? No?? Then you should experience it. Just because you don't deal with it shouldn't mean we the people in Powell have to. I miss my small town Powell and now I'm starting to feel like I live in California which is crazy because this is TENNESSEE. Just because you see a piece of land you shouldn't look at it and see money from building. You should see what's left of the beautiful creation God made because we all know there ain't much of it left around here. Nature heals. Neighborhoods and businesses don't. I'd rather see a new Powell elementary school built here that you all claim Powell doesn't have the room for. Well here you go there's the room! NO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS OR BUSINESSES IN POWELL!!!!!

May 10, 2026
at 9:29 PM

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Janie
37849

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Janie (37849), May 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM

Vote No to rezoning. See attached.

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https://agenda.knoxplanning.org/attachments/20260512155730.pdf

May 12, 2026
at 3:57 PM

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Shannon
37849

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Shannon (37849), May 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM

As a community member, I would not support this re-zoning. Powell has expanded so much in the past few years. Traffic is already an issue with the new housing developments. There are so many buildings in downtown Powell, Clinton Highway in the Powell area and north Emory Road that are vacant. These spaces have been vacant for a long time. It seems ridiculous to continue to leave these vacant buildings vacant while continuing to add new buildings and tear up land. The vacant spaces should be rebuilt/renovated before we continue to re-zone vacant land. I only forsee a time when the community size can't support the businesses it already has and more spaces end up being vacant because businesses can't make enough money.
Living off of Heiskell road, trying to get onto Emory and/or cross onto Central is already congested. Adding another shopping center would only make this worse. Additionally, the community is already building another space beside the library on Powell. Again this will only congest Emory Road worse than it already is. The Schools are already having re-zoning issues as it cant support the number of people in the area. These additional buildings would only compound this problem. Again I implore those with power to look at ways to use spaces already zoned commercial that are not being utilized before re-zoning.

May 12, 2026
at 5:30 PM

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Amanda
37849

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Amanda (37849), May 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM

We have enough bad traffic and congestion with the interstate work. Bringing another shopping center to such a small area will only cause more issues for the people living off Heiskell.

May 12, 2026
at 7:08 PM