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Hardin County Planning and Development Director Adam King, right, talks Tuesday with an attendee of the comprehensive plan open house. Tuesday’s event was the first of several planned to gather public comments.
Hardin County resident Jeff Richason studies one of the many maps set up Tuesday during an open house held to garner public input on a new comprehensive plan for the county.
A large crowd arrived for Tuesday’s open house on a new comprehensive plan for Hardin County even before its official start time of 4:30 p.m.
Hardin County Planning and Development Director Adam King, right, talks Tuesday with an attendee of the comprehensive plan open house. Tuesday’s event was the first of several planned to gather public comments.
Hardin County resident Jeff Richason studies one of the many maps set up Tuesday during an open house held to garner public input on a new comprehensive plan for the county.
A large crowd arrived for Tuesday’s open house on a new comprehensive plan for Hardin County even before its official start time of 4:30 p.m.
More than 100 residents attended an open house to find out about and share their thoughts on a new comprehensive plan for Hardin County.
“We were pleasantly surprised with the turnout,” Hardin County Planning and Development Director Adam King said.
The comprehensive plan is an all-encompassing document that lays out the county’s plans for growth over the next 20 years.
Several participants had arrived at the open house, held at the State Theater in downtown Elizabethtown, even before the start time of 4:30 p.m.
The event featured several maps and other informational sheets regarding future land use, current county zoning, current demographics and source water protection efforts. Attendees could attach post-it notes to several easels set up asking questions and suggestions, such as what they would like to see the plan include.
Life-long Hardin County resident Steve Wooden said he attended the open house for information.
“I just want to see which direction the county is headed in,” he said.
Cecilia resident Tracy Holtsclaw, a Realtor and a member of the Hardin County Citizens for Responsible Solar, said she was there because the development plans will have a big impact on her in her work and in her opposition to a solar farm proposed near Cecilia.
The plan, the first total revamp of the county’s comprehensive plan in well over a decade, will take about a year to complete, King said.
The county’s growth is a big factor being considered as the plan is developed. The area expects an influx of new residents based on planned industrial growth, including the BlueOval SK Battery Park in Glendale that will produce batteries for next-generation electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles.
“We’re seeing unprecedented growth here,” King said.
Part of the plan’s development includes determining the best areas for industrial development and where additional housing can be accommodated, he said.
Law requires the plan to be updated every five years. The county’s current plan, begun in 2005 and completed in 2008, has had updates in 2014 and 2018, King said.
King said the plan was due for an update, but with so much industrial activity happening in the county, it was decided to revamp the entire plan.
Developing and updating the county’s comprehensive plan had always been done by county planning employees, but King decided to outsource this coming revamp to allow for it to be done more quickly, he said.
“We can get it done in a year, rather than taking three years,” he said.
The county is working with Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group and HDR, Inc. to develop the plan.
Several smaller public events, including public meetings in Glendale, Cecilia and Rineyville, should begin around December, King said.
“We want to get as much public input as possible,” he said.
The county also has set up a website at hardincountyplan.org with more information about the comprehensive plan, as well as a survey that members of the public can take to provide their thoughts on the plan. The survey will be available for a month, King said.
Subcommittees that will focus on certain aspects of the plan will be established soon.
Tuesday’s open house event ran until 6:30 p.m.
Many residents left feedback and several said they planned to fill out the online survey, King said.
Kelly McKinney can be reached at 270-505-1404 or kmckinney@thenewsenterprise.com.
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