I was called from a neighbor a couple of days ago about a problem that might be arising that will affect all the homes off Exit 1 around the Trenton/Tylertown Roads. She went to Kentucky yesterday to get a plat of where this Quarry will be built. It is shocking how close it is to our subdivisions on the North side of Interstate 24!
Below I have placed a copy of the plat, so you can see if it will affect your area. We understand that this is being built right inside the KY line but they will be using Trenton and Tylertown Road to get to the Hemlock. Not to mention the blasted that will shake all of our homes!
Taken from the new site about this development, I have been given permission to quote what has been brought to the surface.
What we know:
The Rogers Group based in Nashville, TN has shown an interest in developing a rock quarry in the Todd County area. They are to be the company interested in the tract of land in question (below). The Rogers Group hopes to acquire this quarry location in order to supply the Hemlock plant with the quarried limestone. (Tylertown Road would be the most direct route of delivery.)
Apparently, core samples have been taken and some surveying has been done in preparation for the development of a quarry. However, on a positive note, no mining permit has been applied for with the state of Kentucky.
Kentucky does not have zoning restrictions – meaning there is no barrier between development and the state. No planning commission, no re-zoning red tape. Companies applying for a mining permit in the state of Kentucky DO have to submit a public notice to the most heavily circulated newspaper within a 50-mile radius of the intended mining site. This is, of course, the Kentucky New Era based in Hopkinsville, would be the appropriate publication.
We need to show The Rogers Group they aren’t just going up against a small group of Tennessee homeowners and a handful of Kentucky farmers; they are going against a united front of more than 7 large Clarksville neighborhoods consisting of more than a thousand Tennessee homeowners willing to support those bordering their intended quarry!
We need to contact them RELENTLESSLY voicing our opposition to their potential quarry before it legally becomes our newest neighbor!
We need the support of Clarksville neighbors not affected to stand in the gap for the homeowners who can’t be here due to be deployed. Will you help us take a stand?
Channel 4 News came to Clarksville and did a piece on this developing story.
Facts:
The Rogers Group out of Nashville is planning to start quarrying limestone to supply the Hemlock plant.
The land that is the subject is owned by Paul Cooper
Core samples and surveying have been done on the property
No new deeds have been filed in Todd County
No mining permit has been applied for in the state of Kentucky
The Rogers Group will have to notify the public via the New Kentucky Era for 30 days as part of the permit process
No notification has appeared in the paper as of yet
No zoning restrictions in Kentucky – NO planning commission
The Rogers Group has been trying to access limestone in Todd County for a few years now without much success
The Rogers Group moved a projected quarry site in Huntsville, AL due to public fallout
Woodstock residents and Kentucky farmers are not happy
Tylertown/Oakland Hills residents are just now finding out
Tennessee officials have no power in Kentucky, it’s up to our residents to make a change
The possible location of the quarry – Woodstock farms (right next to Woodstock subdivision)
The land consists of 500 +/- acres and crosses HWY 108
Rumor and Speculations:
Property has been sold to The Rogers Group
To view updated information about this developing story please visit STOP the Quarry!
If you know a resident that is deployed, stand in the gap for them! Please forward this to everyone you know to help us stop something that could hurt our economy and to educate others on what is going on right outside our back doors!
Clarksville Nearest city: Nashville Affordable, safe, and family-friendly It’s time for BusinessWeek’s annual ranking of the best places to raise your kids. As we did last year, we teamed up with OnBoard Informatics, a New York-based provider of real estate analysis, to select one town and two runners-up for each of the 50 states. The selections were limited to towns that have at least 45,000 residents and a median income of between $40,000 and $125,000. Vermont was given a pass on the population restrictions because none of its cities would otherwise have made the cut. We used the same criteria to rank the towns, but we shifted the weights slightly to come up with what we consider better results. The data we used included school performance, number of schools, household expenditures, crime rates, air quality, job growth, family income, museums, parks, theaters, other amenities, and diversity. Affordability, safety*, and school test scores were given the greatest weight. Some communities made the list again this year, including Warner Robins, a military town in Georgia, and the Charlotte suburb of Rock Hill, S.C. But most of the towns we chose are new to the list. The Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, Ill., which won the nation’s overall best ranking this year, is just an hour south of last year’s winner, Mount Prospect, Ill. Last year, readers reacted strongly to our list. Read this year’s picks. Let the online discussion begin. *For all slides, relative safety was measured by the “total crime risk,” an index of the combined risks of rape, murder, assault, robbery, burglary, larceny, and vehicle theft. Crime scores were based on demographic and geographic analyses of crime over seven years. School performance was based on state reading and math test scores and came from Great Schools. Zoo data came from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums and museum, theater, park, and recreation information came from InfoUSA. Air quality information came from the Environmental Protection Agency, household expenditures and diversity data were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, and job growth data came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Source: OnBoard Informatics
Best Place to Raise Your Kids: Tennessee
Population: 118,209
Median family income: $53,795
Runners-up: Hendersonville, Johnson City
The federal income tax credit for homebuyers has been extended and expanded to now include homeowners who wish to “move on” after 5 years of living in their current property, as well as first-time homebuyers.
According to The National Association of Realtors News Release, dated 11/5/09, an estimated $22 billion has already been added to the general economy resulting from the bill and approximately 2 million people will utilize the tax credit in 2009.
The following chart provides more information:
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Feature |
For First-Time Homebuyers |
For Current Qualifying Homeowners |
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Amount of Credit |
$8,000 ($4,000) married filing separate) |
$6,500 ($3,250 married filing separate) |
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Eligibility |
May not have had an interest in a principal residence for 3 years prior to purchase |
Must have used the home sold or being sold as a principal residence consecutively for 5 of the previous 8 years |
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Termination of Credit |
Purchases after April 30, 2010 |
Purchases after April 30, 2010 |
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Binding Contract Rule |
So long as a written binding contract to purchase is in effect on April 30, 2010 the purchaser will have until June 30, 2010 to close |
So long as a written binding contract to purchase is in effect on April 30, 2010 the purchaser will have until June 30, 2010 to close |
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Income Limits |
$125,000 – Single $225,000 – Married Additional $20,000 Phase Out |
$125,000 – Single $225,000 – Married Additional $20,000 Phase Out |
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Limitation on Cost of Home Purchased |
$800,000 |
$800,000 |
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Purchase Made by a Dependent
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Ineligible
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Ineligible
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Additional Requirements |
Purchaser must attach documentation of purchase to tax return |
Purchaser must attach documentation of purchase to tax return |
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Happy New Year! It is time for a Market Update. Any time that you come to this part of our blog and would like to see an update, please call, text, email or app us and I will get it off to you within 24 hours!
For the year 2008, closed residential sales:
For the year 2009, closed residential sales:
Right now we have 1564 homes on the market for sale. Inventory is down from 1917 in May of 2009. Some of our Military are getting ready to PCS and we have the months of June and July, which are some of our bigger months for sales, coming. Now is the time to start getting your home prepared for those Spring moves! If you would like to know how your subdivision or area is doing, please contact me and I would be happy to share the market with you.
Market Update 2010 | Clarksville, TN
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It’s almost that time of the year, the last day! I cannot believe how fast the year came and went. Can you? In the spirit of doing what is best for our business…we are always looking to improve for us and for those we service, we have joined the office of Coldwell Banker Conroy, Marable and Holleman at the St. B branch. It is across the street from Mulligan’s and in the same strip as Lasaters Coffee shop. Behind us is the new location of Anchor Mortgage with Amanda Dusenberry as the CEO! (Love working with her and watching the best rates come in for my clients.)
When making the journey with Avalar, we were approached by Tony Romero and were promised so much but then things happened and he left after a month of our move to the company. We adapted and did the best we could for our Team Agnew by staying put and working hard to overcome any setbacks with his leaving. 2009 was the best year for Team Agnew because of how we do business and our marketing. We were told by so many agents who thought us moving to Avalar was the worse thing for our business because it wasn’t a well known Real Estate company like Keller Williams, Crye-Leike, ReMax, Prudential among many but it turned out to be the biggest year we have ever had in Real Estate in a slow market. It proved to us that it really isn’t the name of the company but how the agent markets his/her business and treats their clients. Over $5 million in sales, Art and I are ranked, combined in Clarksville’s sea of Realtors, number 46 out of 700+. That is a big accomplishment for us in a 4.7 year career.
2009 was the first year the March of Dimes event, Best of Clarksville, had the category of Real Estate Agent. I was thrilled that so many of you voted for me and placed me in the top 5 of Clarksville! I didn’t make number 1 but I was honored to be among the other top 4 and share my business with so many of the community.
In the coming year, 2010, I plan on revising our business mold in the areas that needed work from this year and making it better. I have already started with putting our Team Agnew on iTunes. We are available to be downloaded, FREE, onto your iPhone or iPod Touch! We plan on making it much easier and enjoyable for our Sellers who list with us and for our Buyers who are relocating. We don’t want to share too much here in this venue but if you are a Seller or Buyer interested in interviewing us for our services, please email or you can text, call or app us! (To find us on the iPhone, search “Clarksville” you will see, Last Train To Clarksville logo and our app is named “Clarksville”.)
In January you will find us in Real Estate Digest magazine everywhere in Clarksville. This magazine is a free publication of all homes that are advertised by Realtors that decide to use Real Estate Digest. If you would like to search homes now that are on an up to date site, please go to our website or search to the left of this blog.
We, Art and I, as Team Agnew, would like to wish you a safe and Happy New Year. To all of our Clients, thank you for allowing us to serve you in your Real Estate investments. Be looking for a package around the first week of January to help you with your taxes!
You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to name a few. I also would be remiss not to mention Diaries of a Fruitcake!
Recap 2009 and looking toward 2010!
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Thea Long has been investing in Real Estate for over 10 years. A local REALTOR in Clarksville, TN, Thea offers her site, lasttraintoclarksville.com, to search the MLS. Twitter @fruitcakediary
My name is Thea and before you try saying it let me help you, it is pronounced Tia. I get The-ah, Tay-ah among other tries at my name. It's great when I have tele-marketers calling because that person doesn't live here! :) Now if you call and say Tay-ah I am looking for a home or I want to sell my home, I will not have one problem! Ha-ha. Thea is my name, it isn't short for anything. It actually means Goddess in Greek! :) Gotta throw that out there!
I am from Ft. Rucker, Alabama. Graduated at Northeast High School in Clarksville, TN. I have 3 beautiful teenagers ages 16, 17 and 18! They are all involved in sports and that is basically what we watch on T.V. No more time for soaps. I have enough drama than to watch someone elses.
♥ My Passion is for our Military Men and Women and their families. Our Military are putting their life on the line this very second! My heart goes out to the spouses, girlfriends and parents of our Soldiers. I've been living the Military life for 39 years. I was born, raised and married into the Military. It's the only lifestyle I have known and I'm proud to be a part of. I've lived in Korea, Germany and in the states from Texas to Virginia. I love to travel to new places. I also love to decorate those new places we call our home. That has all stopped though at this duty station. I have retired as a Military Spouse here in Clarksville after 23 years of service!
♥ I am a singer. I am the 2009 Operation Rising Star representing Ft. Campbell! I love singing the National Anthem. It's such an honor for me. I opened for the Nashville Preditors Season 2007-2008 and was scheduled to sing for Nascar's Qualification night on October 24, 2008 in Atlanta but got rained out! Recently sang for the opening ceremony of AAAA at Opryland Hotel and Warrior Week 2009 and opened the Clarksville Marathon Race.
Here are some crazy things about me in a nutshell:
We are with Coldwell Banker Conroy, Marable and Holleman. Being in this line of work has shown us that it isn't the name of the Real Estate Company but what that company has to offer which will in turn make us better agents for our clients. Just like we negotiate the best deal for our clients, we must also do the same for where we place our license. It goes further than that for you, the client. It's the morals of the Agent you are working with. Behind every good agent is a good company! But sometimes Agents that are great might be with a company you have heard negative things about. It is important that your Agent is backed by a company that has good morals, and treats the clients as their own, since the contracts written have their logo on the header and you are ultimately represented by that company. A lot of the times, the Agent makes the company not vice versa. If you find a good agent, you will follow her/him no matter where they are!
My background is colorful. Raised in a Military family, Father was a founding Night Stalker, and being married to a Night Stalker for over 20 years, I know all about relocations and separations. We are divorced now but our marital status doesn't stop us from giving the excellent service to our clients and customers. My hobbies include singing, reading, writing, sports and exercise, not so much of that lately. Sometimes the exercise gets to me! A little about me: I am 5'1 and have been every woman with red, brown, blonde, black and one time, green hair! That was a mess. I love baking but eating it while baking it is one of my weakness'.
Having 3 children who attend Clarksville Montgomery County School System, you know that we understand how serious choosing a home can be. We wanted to be sure that we were in a certain area after researching the schools and their numbers. We chose what was best for us. Sometime's we might not have a choice but to pick the best we can afford. Our commitment as your local Realtor® is to provide you with the specialized real estate service that you deserve. Personality and experience gives us excellent public relations and communication skills. Organization and timely follow-up with all inquiries regarding the sale or purchase of your home or property is extremely important. Our commitment to this career is full time, so you can be confident in knowing that you will be taken care of.
Team Agnew
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Letters from the Buyer
My husband and I were very nervous about purchasing our first home but Thea made finding a home easy and Amanda at Anchor made our loan process go smoothly. I am eternally grateful for all the help we received. Thea and Amanda's personal attention made this first time experience an easy one.
Amy Torres
Thea,
On a scale from 1 - 10 for your survey I wanted to let you know that you were a 10 when it came to delivering what you promised. You were a 10 when I needed you to contact me. You were a 10 for listening to me. I have already recommended you to three of my friends and they all know that I give you a 10 for your service! If I was in charge of your business, I wouldn't change a thing. I wouldn't add anything to make it better either. You were a perfect 10 in your service to represent my husband, who is deployed during this whole transaction, and myself. Thank you for recommending Amanda to be our Loan Officer. She was perfect also. Oh and thank you for getting us into our home for only $17.02!
Anna Bidleman
Thea, here we go again! Both, Victor and I, would like to express all our thanks to you. The time that you gave us in selling our first home, then showing homes to us in the snow. Gosh, too funny. We will never forget the telephone call at 9:30 pm at night saying, "Hey, I found the perfect home for you!" and you taking time away from your family to come out again in the snow with a huge flood light to show us this home. And yes, you hit it on the nail. It was exactly what we wanted. So, now we are selling again to move. Wow!
Thanks for taking us on again and in 40 months we will be back to find our retirement home! Get ready, we are giving you a 3 year warning. LOL. 
Thank you for always being there and watching out for our best interests. You showed that you really wanted to find us our home. You never made us feel like it was about the money. You really care.
We will never forget you and always will refer friends to you!
Victor and Donna Martinez
The experience my husband and I had with our real estate agent, Thea Agnew, was remarkable! She was always there, day and night, to help with each and every step and process. She knew what we needed and wanted from a home. Buying a house can be a scary adventure, but she made it seem so easy and exciting.
After moving into our home, Thea was there for anything we needed. Any problems that arose after the sale of our home, she made sure they were taken care of immediately. There were many times I had to call late at night and on weekends. Thea never gave us an excuse; she just always went to work right away to help us.
It seemed to me her greatest joy was helping us find the home for my husband and me. It wasn't the sale or the profit she would make, but the joy that we felt when she gave us our keys to our new home. My husband and I will have to sale our house in the coming months. I know Thea will do everything she can to sale our home and make it an easy and exciting process.
Thanks so much! You are awesome!
Joe and Casey Black
14 months ago, we enlisted the help of Thea to help us find a new home. She was awesome at helping us find our perfect home. She was always willing to show us homes at the last minute and sometimes through pouring rain.
Sadly, 2 months ago we had to put our perfect home back on the market due to PCS orders.
Once again, we enlisted Thea to help sell it. Thea always kept a positive attitude, stayed highly motivated and was very encouraging even when we felt very concerned that it would not sell before we had to leave.
We got an offer that was better than we hoped, and believe it was all at the works of Thea (and God of course). Thank you so much Thea!
You have been a blessing!
Lindsey and Israel Carrera
In October, 2006, we found ourselves struggling to find a home. We had just bought a puppy and our living situation was lacking. We decide to start looking for a home to rent. Where we ran into trouble, was our dog. She's a Great Dane and let's face it, some places around here won't allow anyone to rent anything if their dog can't be held in one hand. We were at our wits end when I thought 'Why didn't we just call Thea?' I placed a call to her that second. She realized the urgency in finding a suitable home for us and had us pre-approved within a day and looking at houses the following day. Within 5 days, we had settled on a house that we found near post. A perfect starter home! It is close to work and all the amenities and had a nice big fenced in back yard for our ever growing dog to play in. Thea is a great person. She is also a great friend. She has been there for me on so many occasions! So to make a long story short, Thea was a no fuss kind of agent that I think anyone can appreciate. And in the business of sales or real estate, being honest is a God send! THANKS THEA!
~Jason & Randi Williamson
*A card that came with a box of flowers!
Thea,
Thank you for your motivation and your dedication. I sincerely appreciate your time and help in finding a home for my family. The laughs along the way were a bonus!
~Marissa Fulford*
Letters from the Seller
Thea, 10/17/06
Just a quick note to tell you that God bringing you into our lives was a great blessing. I know you worked so hard to do all you could to help us. You are truly an Angel, I just thank God that Billy and I had the opportunity to get to know you if only for a little while. Please don't ever change, you are a beautiful soul and it shines through in all that you do. We were blessed to have you on our side. So again, THANK YOU! You will always be in my prayers.
Sincerely,
Laura Clark
Dear Thea,
We are sorry to be so long in getting this thank you to you. We truly appreciate every thing that you accomplished for us in a very professional manner.
We were very awed at how fast you sold our house and moved into our new home in such a short period of time. If anyone we know is in the market for buying a new house or wanting to sell their, you can bet you are going to be our number "One" recommendation to them.
There are to be more real estate agents, like you in your profession, kind, professional, caring and going all out to take care of their client needs, just like you do.
Good luck, God bless and most of all, many thanks from the bottom of our hearts.
We cannot say "Thank You" enough and words cannot describe how we feel about you for everything you did for us.
A well deserved lunch or dinner is coming your way, you pick the time and place. Thank you so much for everything you done for us.
Sincerely,
Joe and Rosemary Emery
I strongly and without reservation recommend the services of Thea Agnew for either selling or purchasing a home. Thea successfully sold my home quickly and professionally in very little time. She understands the market and how it constantly changes. I had the home listed with another agency for 6 months and received no offers. Thea however generated more interest in 2 weeks than the other agency did in 6. Not only is she good at what she does, but it is obvious that she enjoys helping people in any way she can.
Once again, I highly recommend Thea for buying or selling a home.
Regards,
Jeremy White
Nine months ago we struggled to sell our home with another Real Estate Agency. After 5 1/2 long months of fighting with that agency to just do their job we switched companies and entrusted in Thea Agnew as our new agent. We used Thea's advice prior to us switching as well. She was very knowledgeable. Any question we had was answered with a quickness. She sold our house within a month and we had more interest in our house during that time than we had the whole 5 1/2 months with the other agency. I highly recommend Thea's services for anyone who is wanting to purchase, sell or just have any questions about a home.
Thanks
Jennifer DeWaters
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