All [county gov't] roads in Blount County lead to American Fidelity/Greenbank - right there at the intersection of money and politics!

I wondered about this selling price as well. Anybody know how much was spent for the original land for Hamilton Crossing?

If every citizen of Blount County (118,186) gave $68.00 each, we could buy all three listings, divide it up into 35, 1/3-acre lots, and provide subsidized housing lots for at least 35 immigrant families to live on. Sounds like a great Humanitarian idea, that I'm sure the majority of the citizens would be willing to go for. Who should I contact?

What better place for a store called "Dicks"!

...one acre of land across the bypass on Hunter's Crossing Drive to the TVA Credit Union for $670,000...looks like he's getting a pretty sweet deal, huh?

$670,000

I'm not in real estate, so I'm looking for some help. Is a 380% markup the average for paving over some shoveled in dirt?

Another good article for the local press would be; was this or was this not a good deal?

Besides the comparative analysis at the top of this thread, one multi-part question may be who owns that big mountain of dirt piled up to the edge of this property, how long have they owned it and what they intend to do with it.

Any envionmental issues with the property?

Looks like we have been formally short-changed. (link...)

From Cunningham:

I am pleased that the county received more than the appraised value for this land in spite of the brownfield problems in existence because the property was previously a landfill.

Good to know he acknowledged this. Now he will have to follow up to make sure the soil is removed to protect citizens. Did we ever confirm whether "Phase one" was built over part of this landfill?

Anybody know how many acres the current 911 center sits on? Last night Bennett alluded to the property as the funding source for the $2.1 million needed for the 3500 sq/ft building at the firing range that might or might not be built. That building must have gold fixtures inside as we know property in this area only goes for around $176K per acre.

Have you seen the 911 property, the one that's paying for the building that might or might not be built, listed on MLS (link...) ? I couldn't find it. Looked on the Economic Development Board site also, and couldn't find it there either; (link...) Although, from an article on the 911 centers own site, it appears there are buyers ready;

Brewer said there should be no problem selling the building in a timely matter. He said a several groups have shown interest in the property.

(link...)

Why do we keep selling our PUBLIC property in such a PRIVATE way? Also, please note the building the center has been using since 1990 was an old Bellsouth building. It had infrastructure. What do you think it will cost to run infrastructure like fiber optics down at the dump? Also, a lot of talk of the 911 center operating out of the basement - a basement at the dump. Where do I apply?

If we don't have transparency for the "We The People", do we have a government for "We The People"?