Commissioner Steve Highlander, R-Harrison, said Wednesday he’s looking for more information about a land swap deal proposed by Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp.
The proposal, announced Oct. 8 by Wamp after the Chattanooga Times Free Press published a story about it, would free up about 500 acres of Enterprise South Nature Park in the Ooltewah area for industry while preserving about 1,300 acres of open space on McDonald Farm in Sale Creek.
The deal was not on the County Commission’s agenda Wednesday, although some came to voice their concerns during public comment.
Highlander said during the meeting that it is his hope that development could be kept away from homes bordering the proposed 500-acre parcel. He would like to be included in future conversations with Wamp and his staff concerning the deal, he said.
“I hope to work with them and be included in that,” Highlander said. “There is a lot of concern coming from my community.”