About Atoka on Track 2042
Atoka, Tennessee is rich in history and is pursuing its future as a “great place to call home”. Atoka's sense of community is strong, as evidenced by events like the Atoka BBQ Festival and its seasonal celebrations. It has recently been identified by USA Today as one of the best places to live in Tennessee. And Atoka is growing rapidly. Explosive growth, tripling population to nearly 10,000 since the 1990s, has led Atoka to the crossroads of challenge and opportunity.
These factors and others have led the Town of Atoka to commission the development of a new town plan entitled Atoka On Track 2042. The plan is being developed by the Town, guided by staff and facilitated by the planning team of Orion Planning + Design (www.orionplanningdesign.com) and Arnett–Muldrow (www.arnettmuldrow.com).
The tasks for building an excellent community are many. They include developing a robust and locally-based economy, expanding and connecting recreational assets, ensuring that neighborhoods are well designed, attractive, and sustainable, balancing mobility for pedestrians and cyclists, and stewarding the natural environment. Atoka aspires to excellence and is ready to develop a fresh vision for each. Leadership has prioritized developing that vision and initiated the planning process to achieve it.
Atoka is a well positioned for with exceptional opportunities. Atoka On Track 2042 will chart a course for the future through a planning process carried out in four steps:
These factors and others have led the Town of Atoka to commission the development of a new town plan entitled Atoka On Track 2042. The plan is being developed by the Town, guided by staff and facilitated by the planning team of Orion Planning + Design (www.orionplanningdesign.com) and Arnett–Muldrow (www.arnettmuldrow.com).
The tasks for building an excellent community are many. They include developing a robust and locally-based economy, expanding and connecting recreational assets, ensuring that neighborhoods are well designed, attractive, and sustainable, balancing mobility for pedestrians and cyclists, and stewarding the natural environment. Atoka aspires to excellence and is ready to develop a fresh vision for each. Leadership has prioritized developing that vision and initiated the planning process to achieve it.
Atoka is a well positioned for with exceptional opportunities. Atoka On Track 2042 will chart a course for the future through a planning process carried out in four steps:
- Step 1. Assessing and understanding Atoka’s current community conditions including population, growth prospects, economy, natural environment, development patterns, attractiveness, and mobility
- Step 2. Creating an inspiring vision the future and the planning principles and goals needed to achieve it
- Step 3. Developing a blueprint for achieving that future
- Step 4. Creating practical community implementation strategies that will move the city towards its desired future
