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them more aware of their responsibility by asking them to help us 

 clean up and being thoughtful of the effort to clean up, to maintain 

 a cleaner and more beautiful situation during the entire year. These 

 programs have brought us numerous awards nationally, including 

 the Trigg Trophy. 



Through the alert effort of the staff of an excellent Planning and 

 Zoning Commission we are attempting to preserve a logical pattern 

 of land use that will preserve the economic integrity of the commu- 

 nity, and at the same time restrain unsightly development of the vast 

 acreages that are available for future preservation and development. 



An examination of the Federal and State relationships with the 

 local government leaves much to be desired in activity by all three 

 levels of government. 



Our new form of government has energized our citizens so that 

 they are taking a substantial interest in the affairs of local govern- 

 ment, which is witnessed by many actions and activities of the past 

 three or four years that can be related. 



On the other hand, through the reluctance of the State legislature, 

 we have had a most difficult time in resisting pressure lobbies who 

 have kept us from having the kind of authority that is often needed to 

 restrain unsightly developments that impair the natural beauty of 

 our area. 



Only this year, through the efforts of the Tennessee County Serv- 

 ices Association and the Tennessee Municipal League, together with 

 the help of garden clubs and civic groups, were we able to get legis- 

 lation that restricts and limits the junkyards for wrecked and worn 

 out automobiles. An enforcement program under this Act is under- 

 way to restrain future buildup of these situations. 



Much attention must be given to some disposition of the existing 

 areas to bring about a more attractive area where these bad situations 

 already exist. It no doubt will require some Federal help, as well 

 as State help, in finding a disposition for these unsightly yards, inas- 

 much as the new processes of steel do not cause these inventories of 

 unsightly materials to move out of the yards that presently exist. 



In another way, the suburban areas that are beyond the jurisdic- 

 tion of the local government are creating a new type of condition that 

 does not contribute to natural beauty, and also will, in my judgment, 

 become the slums of tomorrow. 



Where a metropolitan area, through its governmental jurisdiction, 

 does restrain development to the extent of keeping it orderly and 

 sightly and utilizing the best techniques and land use, the adjacent 



