JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City City Commission approved Horizon 2045 in a unanimous vote on Thursday.

Horizon 2045 is a growth management plan that sets the vision for what Johnson City wants to look like over the next 20 years.

The plan provides strategies in a future land use plan that city leaders can use to guide city growth and improvements.

City Planning Manager Whitney Hodges said this has been a long-developed project.

"It's a requirement of the state, set annotated code," she said. "It was time for us to update it, so when the city manager came on board, it was one of her first priorities. We set to it in December 2022, getting that process started."

Those working on the project collected demographic surveys and community and leadership input in order to get a

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