Thursday Night in a Scott County Fiscal Court meeting lasting more than three hours, a big focus centered on a comprehensive plan for the county’s vision for the next ten years at the very least.
“This is a plan that’s formed out of community input and feedback. We took into consideration previously enacted items and which areas needed improvement,” Elise Ketz, Planner for the Georgetown-Scott County Planning Commission, said.
Ketz presented the plan, and shortly thereafter, on the agenda, the county continued discussions to create a business park on a 500-acre parcel of agricultural land off McClelland Circle in Georgetown.
“What was endorsed was the comprehensive plan, and that included the future land use map, which includes this area, so that was a big plus,” Joe Pat Covington, Scott County Judge Executive, said.
By statute, the Georgetown-Scott County Planning Commission has to approve it. There’s pushback on the idea for the business park in part from a group of 750 members on social media, The Friends of Great Crossing, calling it a huge waste of natural resources.