The Knoxville City Council approved another step in the VA campus redevelopment project at its meeting Monday. Interim City Manager Heather Ussery says the city officially has local control, and this step will allow for further proceedings.

“This is the 2012 West Pleasant Urban Renewal Plan, which was created in 2012 for the city to hopefully gain local control of the campus moving forward. We’re finally to that point, where we finally have gained local control. As we work through an agreement with Marion County to move forward with the redevelopment, it was important to amend our previous urban renewal plan that reflected that language that will be approved in a 28E agreement.”

Demolition is scheduled to begin later this summer. Hear a recap of the Knoxville City Council meeting on today’s Let’s Talk Knoxville.