Last Train to Clarksville

Stop the Quarry off Exit 1

Update: On April 22, 2010, A representative from The Rogers Group admitted to an Oakland Hills resident that called on behalf of the stopthequarry movement the plot outlined in the satellite photo IS one of the two sites they are considering in the Todd County!

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 the company interested in the tract of land in question (below). The Rogers Group is deciding between two locations and hopes to acquire the 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 EXACT location of the quarry – Woodstock farms (right next to Woodstock subdivision)

The land consists of 500 +/- acres and crosses HWY 108

Rumors 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!

1. Meli Gerogianis : Clarksville TN - Stop the Quarry off Exit 1 said at May 11th, 2010 at 1:44 pm

   [...] in finding more information on this subject, check out the following article by Thea AgnewStop the Quarry off Exit 1April 23rd, 2010by Thea Agnew Update: On April 22, 2010, A representative from The Rogers Group [...]

2. Real Estate For Sale said at July 26th, 2010 at 2:32 pm

   This is a wonderful opinion. The things mentioned are unanimous and needs to be appreciated by everyone. ==============================r

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3. Max Shelby said at August 1st, 2010 at 2:57 am

   We know about the Rogers Group in Alabama.
   My best advice to you all would be to have a great lawyer and take an aggressive stand early on.
   But if the zoning laws are not changed they will come back and keep trying.
   I truly wish you all good luck with this.

4. joseph said at August 7th, 2010 at 10:42 am

   look i think they should stop tring to tare our town up and try to tare the taxes down and try to help the pepole that need it i mean who needs another rock quarry we already have two in clarksville jus cuz some a hole think he can come down here and put a rock quarry in jus so he can have a little bit more money we are all supose to suffer and pay cuz if they build that we will go up on taxes and every thing else just so they can pay the pepole thats helpin build it and thats bullcrap.

   joseph chastain

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