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Forrest Crossing is located in Franklin, TN just 20 minutes south of Nashville.

The community features over 700 properties, including single family homes, zero lot lines and townhomes. Many of the properties boarder the 18-hole golf course.

If you don't live in the wonderful community of Forrest Crossing, don't worry this is a public course. Its signature hole is the 9^th hole, 361 yard par 4 which features an island green, but holes 16 and 18 have been ranked by local media as some of the most challenging in TN. In the summer of 2006, Forrest Crossing completely renovated the greens, installing Champion Greens on each hole. This greens' renovation help put Forrest Crossing at the top of every golfer's list of favorite courses in Nashville.

With four sets of tees the course offers a challenge to golfers of all skill sets. The practice facility is a large 8 acre driving range with 20 stalls, a designated chipping area, putting green, and sand bunker. It has water and club cleaners and is open year round.

The course also offers a 200 seat grill room. The grill menu offers and array of options and features two 50" plasma High Definition T.V.s. A patio overlooking the course offers one of the best views in town. Come experience Forrest Crossing and see why it is one of Nashville's best courses,

•· Course Details:

• · Total Holes: 18
• · Par: 72

• · Designer: Gary Beard
• · Year Opened: 1987
• · Tees (Grass Type): Bermuda
• · Fairways (Grass Type): Bermuda
• · Greens (Grass Type): Champion Bermuda

•· Amenities:

• · Driving Range: Open from dawn till dusk.
• · Locker Room: Includes showers and lockers for rent.
• · Onsite Pro: Scott Pierce 615-319-3065
• · Pro Shop: Always stocked with all golfers needs from all major vendors.
• · Snack Bar: Opens 30 minutes after first tee time and 1 hour before sunset.
• · Cart Rental
• · Chipping Green(s)
• · Club House
• · Practice Bunker(s)
• · Putting Green(s)
• · Rental Clubs

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Mark your calendars for August 29 when we have another Living Green event here in Williamson County. The Living Green Expo is free to the public form 9:30 am to 3:30 pm at The Factory. The Factory is located at 230 Franklin Rd., in Franklin, TN The event is geared to show the poeple of Williamson County how businesses and organizations can help us live a cleaner and greener life.

Diane and Mandy from Diane O and Friends are the first 30 in Tennessee and the first 500 in the United States to receive The GREEN designation from the National Association of Realtors. Going Green in Tennessee?

Through this designation we are better able to respond to

• the growing consumer demand for green homes and buildings as well as green home and building features.
• Guide the discussion of green and Sustainability as these issues relate to real estate
• List and market as well as guide buyer clients in purchasing green homes and buildings
• and incorporate green principles into our day-to-day practice.

Imaging watching the weather and the announcer is from Boston, Massachusetts and he states that today we will have a high in the 60's with a 75% chance of rain. This information may or may not be accurate for Boston, but it you are in Franklin, TN not so much.

Well that is what is happening with the media's constant negative drum beat of the housing market. Headlines read, Housing Crash Continues, Bubble Pops, US housing starts slip in July‎ , and Housing Market Teeters Between Recovery, Relapse .

Maybe if you are in one of the depressed areas of the country, but not if you live in Williamson County, where July was one of our best months in a year.

Take for example a homeowner I've been working with. She said that prices are so low that she really can't sell even though they really needs to. OK, lets look at the numbers. She bought her home in 2002 for $218,000 and today we could list it for $335,000 and it would most likely sell for $325,000. Well, that means that she has gained more then $100,000 in value in 7 years. Not a bad investment.

If you are thinking of buying or selling call your local realtor to learn about your market. Every market is different, some better then others. If you are looking to move , whether its the Greater Nashville area or Boston, MA look no farther then Diane O and Friends for your real estate needs. We can help you locally here in Tennessee and through our national referral network.

Lot 34 at River Breeze Estates is now available. One of the best views of the river is from this lot which is also walking distance to the great club house. For those who purchase this lot, not only will you get a great view you will receive a wave runner (valued at $6500)

River Breeze is a private riverside community nestled in the glorious Tennessee Valley. If you have ever thought about picking up that paintbrush to capture the splendid sunrise or untying that boat from your own private dock, River Breeze Estates is where daydreams become your reality. From the towering limestone bluffs to the grassy lake level plains to the wide expanse of the Tennessee River and the Kentucky Lake, River Breeze Estates' natural wonders will inspire you to live in the moment.

Reprinted from the Tennessean Contact Jill Cecil Wiersma at 790-7207 or jwiersma@tennessean.com.

THOMPSON'S STATION - The copper trotting horse weathervane isn't just an obvious symbol atop the new Tennessee Equine Hospital expansion. It's a nod to the state's long love of horses, said Monty McInturff of Franklin.

"Tennessee was once the center of the thoroughbred racing industry," the veterinarian said, mentioning once popular racing at Maryland Farms and Belle Meade Plantation. "In the late 1800s, the horse racing industry moved to Kentucky." But the state still tops Kentucky with its horse population and is just behind California, Texas and Florida.

Which is why McInturff and his colleagues at the hospital decided to build a 25,000-square-foot state-of-the-art addition to the downtown Thompson's Station hospital that will include MRI equipment, surgery facilities, examination and recovery rooms and a pharmacy.

The new facility, on track to open Sept. 1, also will have housing for veterinary students and interns who will be gaining experience. Some of the reproductive facility services will be moved to the main, full-service hospital from its current location about a mile away, McInturff said.

"Middle Tennessee doesn't have a facility like this," he said. "Nashville has some of the nicest horses in the state, and Williamson County has the nicest horses in the state, but right now, everyone is having to ship their horses away."

The closest such full-service facilities are in Lexington, Ky., Birmingham, Ala., and Knoxville at the University of Tennessee, McInturff said. At more than three hours away, that's too long a trip for a sick or injured horse, said Matthew Nimmo, the hospital's surgeon. Colic is a common emergency surgery situation he used as an example. "It's better for the horse to be treated as soon as possible," he said. "The longer the colic sets in, the worse it gets." Joint wounds are also common and can quickly turn into a dangerous infection, Nimmo said. "Horses have to be able to walk around on four legs. They can't walk on three," he said.

The facility is adding a half-ton jib crane, and with a system of hoists, an injured horse can be carried into observation areas for bone scans with a gamma camera. MRI capabilities also are being added in the coming year, McInturff said. The hospital's surgical facilities include a large window, which allows the horse's owners to view the procedures being performed, McInturff said. "You'll be able to come and watch your horse's surgery being performed," he said, adding that they already have about seven surgeries scheduled.

For all its services, from dentistry on up, McInturff said he's especially pleased that the hospital is also growing as a teaching facility. It works with university veterinary programs to offer internships for graduates and two-week externships for juniors and seniors. "They come here to work and to learn," he said. "We've got two students lined up to work here throughout the rest of the year." Nimmo, who earned his veterinary degree from Oklahoma State University, said the teaching programs at the hospital will be more hands-on than many other opportunities students have to chose from. "They'll be more involved in the cases here than they would other places," he said.

McInturff, who earned his degree from Auburn University and joined the practice in 1991, said it's been a dream in the making for the past 10 years. He thanked town officials for their support in making it possible, particularly by expanding a sewer line to which the hospital can connect. "We'll be attracting business from a wide area and hope that will have a positive economic impact on the town," he said.

"We hope this will be a real centerpiece for Thompson's Station. When the sewer was approved, we were able to make this dream come true."

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