Davidson County Planning and Zoning director will retire Jan. 1
The Dispatch
For a man who loves history as much as Davidson County Planning and Zoning Director Guy Cornman, it s fascinating to listen to him spin tales of his family s history and see how it all circles back to him, Davidson County, community planning and a pandemic.
He ll dot the last i and cross the last t in his career s history on Dec. 31 when he retires from his position as the county s planning and zoning director and begins living the plans he has mapped out for retirement.
The Fayetteville native rolled into Lexington at age 4 in 1959 when his father was hired as the plant manager at the former Edgewood Casuals, a shirt manufacturer. This wasn t the first time his family had walked the ground of Davidson County or had a hand in the planning of the county s future. That began with his maternal grandfather, Karl Sloan.