Rural Preservation

Limit suburban sprawl and rampant development of rural and agricultural lands.

Protect environmental and scenic resources of this place by promoting recycling of urban neighborhoods, open space protection, and other alternatives to the rapid urban sprawl that we now experience.

Adult education in rural areas.

Save more land for farming.

Put as much emphasis on smaller communities/rural areas as in Knoxville.

Draw more attention to the smaller towns for visiting not just focusing on Knoxville.

Preserve Townsend "as is."

Plan strategic open space, greenways and prime agricultural. Lands.

Make agricultural research the best in the country through UT and UT agricultural extension.

Help to establish better image for Oak Ridge and surrounding regions.

Saving mountains, lakes, rivers, and woods.

UT develop portion of agricultural holding as top notch fairgrounds "livestock show center."

Preserve farms and quit using for highways.

Control flooding in Halls and Beaver Creek.  Sewage litter should vat overflow.

Restore beauty of environment rather than capitalize upon it -- "de-ugly" by limiting size of commercial signs and billboards; cut down trees when necessary, but not clear cutting whole forests.  Eliminate sewage pollution.

Do not cut off ridges.

Preserve natural beauty through recycling, protecting environment.

Preserve farmland for future generations.

Preserve natural beauty and make it more accessible to all.

More beneficial use of farmer's market.

Preservation of farmland.

Stop suburban sprawl to save farmland.

Limit the building of businesses in Sevar City to conserve farmland.

Preserve some open space and family farms.

Pre-plan business growth and fit it into a more rural setting.

Leave Indian graveyards and Indian burial grounds, keep them protected.

Preserve farm land.

Stop the growth of cities from taking over rural lands.

Preserve rural nature.

Preservation of farm and mountain areas to avoid commercialization and housing developments.

Restructure taxes to keep farmland as farmland.

Preserve agricultural land conservation easement for farmers to lower taxes for farmers.

Preservation and growth of all agriculture and open land, as well as our beautiful mountains, also wildlife.

Preservation of agriculture.

Better services to rural parts of county.

Protect our farms.

Limit growth/development to protect agricultural and natural resources.

Continue rural way of life; support farmers.

Implement land use planning.

No "southern loop" road around Maryville (to preserve rural atmosphere).

Preserve open spaces: Family farms, heritage of area.

Quiet (preserve).

Concentrate on internet environment development committee to redirect savings into a farm fund that will give our farms an edge in this crisis we are facing.

Look at sharecropping farmland instead of selling it to developers.

Find ways to preserve rural areas through the jobs they could provide.

Protect people from being crowded or taxed off their land.

Preserve our farm land.

Preserve rural atmosphere of Blount County.

Not building five lane highway through Blount County, preserve rural aspects.

Try to maintain the rural setting by controlling growth throughout the region.

Preserve farm land in the county.

Laws, tax breaks, and agricultural zones to encourage farmers to stay on their land and farm.

See open lands preserved.

Adjust tax laws to preserve individually large tracts (family farms).

Emphasis on the importance of agriculture in the region.

We need to be able to protect small or large farms and forest areas by putting them under legal protection.

Consideration of agricultural and farm areas land uses and right to keep land.

Protect rights of landowners.

Keep our farms intact.

Preserve open spaces and semi-rural character of Loudon County.

More development in alternative cash crops - tobacco farmers.

Keep the farms

Maintain most productive farm land for farming

Financial support for farms and dairies

Support for people growing pesticide-free and clean food on farms and in gardens

Preserve farmland

Preserve agricultural areas and use to feed citizens

Alternative cash crops - help for farmers.

Better productivity of farms.  Better living for farmers.

Better community planning. Keep the agricultural base.

Diversify agriculture.

Preserve the farmland, and there are too many houses being built on the land.

Keep as much farmland as possible. Don't turn it into highways or developments. Develop markets for small farmers.

Look at alternative agriculture.

Preserve agrarian nature of Grainger County.

Allow for growth but maintain the integrity of rural/farm areas.

Farm preservation.

Preserve the region's farmland.

Agriculture and farmland kept and improved.

Preserve family farms.

Improve rural county areas infrastructure for industrial development.

Farmland preservation.

Centralize commercial growth to preserve farmland.

Public transportation for rural counties.

Keep current rural atmosphere with more developments taking place. Farming has been the backbone of families.

Find things for farmers to grow in place of tobacco.

Preserve rural setting, natural beauty, farms, lakes, and the culture.

Control growth to maintain rural character.

Sensible growth, less sprawl.

Protection/preservation/improvement of urban forests.

Zoning ordinances.

Alternative commodity for tobacco farmers.

Better emergency facilities for rural areas.

Limit growth to keep this in rural areas.

Preserve right to farm.

Preservation of agricultural land and habitat for wildlife via zoning.

No preservation of agricultural land through zoning unless the owners are compensated (for development rights).

Farmers have the right to farm.

Support agriculture as a way of life (farming).

Follow best practice guidelines for agriculture, as recommended by UT.

Freedom to farm according to university guidelines without government involvement.

Preservation of farms and forests.

Permit the farmers to keep farming.

Cooperative promotion of agri-tourism.

Agriculture remains existing.

Preserve family farms.

Maintain right to make a living from agriculture.

Improve appearance of rural roadways -- eliminate bush-hog clearings.

Allow cow tracks on private property.

Support farming communities so that way of life can continue.

Retain rural nature of area.

Create and maintain strong distinction between urban and rural areas.

Community farms. Communes.

Something to help rural areas that used to rely on coal mining.

More farmers market that are community-centered.

Restrict building new subdivisions on farmland.

Control sprawl, preserve open space.

Preserve some place to get away from other people.

Support local agriculture.

Create ways to encourage and protect agricultural land usage.

Encourage urban areas to not turn their backs to rivers and creeks.

To maintain the rural flavor of my community.

Restrict some growth, keep it a rural area instead of a large city.

Preservation of farm land and open spaces.

Preserve the rural aspects of Blount county, i.e. not build a super highway around Blount County.

Keep rural landscaping instead of industrial.

Keep rural landscaping instead of industrial.

Preservation of local agricultural economy by cooperation w/producers, marketers and conservists.

Keep simple, quiet communities.

Protect farm land from over-development.

Focus on planned development to protect rural feel of area.

Develop abandoned property; not farmland and woodlands.

Stop clear cutting to build homes or anything.

Control growth of development and suburban sprawl.

Limit development in Townsend and traffic in the Smokies.

Disincentives for suburban sprawl.

Restrict the loss of open lands.

Do whatever we can to save our land and use what we have already existing.

Limit residential development in the west, east, north and south.

Preserve a rural environment that would include a plan areas for development.

Preserve natural landscape and greenspace to support agricultural.

Leave adequate space undeveloped for nature, recreational and farm use.

Charge fee to enter Great Smoky Mountain Park and funnel money back to the park.

Give farmers incentives so they do not have to sell their land.

Limit sprawl and preserve open space.

Protection of rural areas.

Design guidelines to keep our region's unique characteristics.

Become best neighbors to Smoky Mountain National Park that we can possibly be.

To conserve our farmlands.

More effort to clean up rural areas.

Change policies of TVA so it is more responsive to community needs, I.e., lake draw downs/lake levels.

Plan to maintain farmland and other green areas.

Buy development rights to our best farm land in order to preserve it.

Stop litter on interstates and in rural areas.

Save House Mountain.

Industrial development in rural counties growing/increasing.

Historical preservation and rural agricultural sites.

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