At a local meeting held by the EDC, TDA and both Chamber of commerce groups called the "Round Table Discussion" the EDC said they were determining how Land Use (also known as zoning) would better support Rutherford County. Taken verbatim,

III. Land Use/Code Enforcement – EDC to investigate - purpose is how to be able
to better support Rutherford County responses about Land Use.

The full document is available here: http://freerutherford.com/downloads/EconomicStrategicPlanSept2010a.pdf

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