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Planning manager: Horizon 2045 wins APA-Tennessee Plan of the Year; other staff updates

Johnson City Regional Planning Commission · November 12, 2025
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Summary

Planning manager Steph announced Horizon 2045 won the American Planning Association Tennessee Chapter Plan of the Year (communities over 50,000); staff also reported consultant selection for a noise and vibration study and updates on a downtown parking pilot.

At the close of the Nov. 11 meeting, Planning Manager Steph reported that the Horizon 2045 growth-management plan won the Tennessee chapter of the American Planning Association’s Plan of the Year award for communities over 50,000.

Steph also updated commissioners on other projects: a county rezoning (Minga) was denied by the county; a consultant has been selected and contracting is underway for a noise and vibration study; and a downtown parking tactical urbanism pilot (temporary on-street parking trial and public outreach) produced feedback that staff are reviewing. Steph said a new planner would start Dec. 29 and that staff will circulate revised documents for review.

The report was informational; no formal action was taken.