This Board works to foster communication relative to economic and community development between governmental entities, industry and private citizens in Knox County.
Next Meeting
Dec. 19 - 8:00 AM
The agenda is unavailable at this time.In 1998, the Tennessee Legislature enacted legislation requiring local governments in each county to adopt a comprehensive growth plan. The purpose of the legislation was to eliminate disputes between cities and counties and to make annexation a more orderly process. The legislation required among other things, the establishment of a Joint Economic and Community Development Board (County JECD) by inter-local agreement.
Meeting Materials
Board of Directors
*Carolyn Fairbank
Secretary/Treasurer
Secretary/Treasurer
*George H. Heins, III
Vice Chair
Vice Chair
*Glenn Jacobs
Mayor, Knox County
Mayor, Knox County
Hugh Nystrom
(Chair, Knox County Commission)
(Chair, Knox County Commission)
*Jim Nichols
Chair
Chair
Justin Biggs
(Knox County Commissioner)
(Knox County Commissioner)
Louise Rodgers Frazier
M. Douglas Campbell, Jr.
*Madeline Rogero
Mayor, City of Knoxville
Mayor, City of Knoxville
Michele Carringer
(Vice Chair, Knox County Commission)
(Vice Chair, Knox County Commission)
Nancy Barger
*Ron Williams
Mayor, Town of Farragut
Mayor, Town of Farragut
Tyvi T. Small
William F. Fox
*Executive Committee Member