Amid stepped up concerns over growth and traffic, officials are crafting up-to-date planning and zoning efforts tailored to the different areas of Chattanooga and Hamilton County.
“This isn’t about stopping growth or controlling growth,” County Commissioner Jeff Eversole, R-Ooltewah, said. “It’s about sensible growth.”
Eversole, who oversaw a meeting of more than 150 people in the fast-growing Collegedale-Ooltewah area on Thursday at the Collegedale Commons, said during the last 25 years he has seen his commute into Chattanooga go from 10 minutes to sometimes more than an hour.
“We’ve been reactionary,” he told the group about the issue of growth. “We’re going to look at things differently as a county.”