The Industrial Development Board finally backed down and scrapped their reckless megasite plan. These developers thought they could steamroll our community for their profits but we caught them in the act and forced them to retreat. Keep your eyes peeled because we must ensure they do not try to sneak …
November 30, 2017
Final supporters
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An industrial megasite proposed for portions of both Montgomery and Robertson counties could someday mean more than 8,100 new, direct jobs for the area, on an investment potentially exceeding $1.5 billion.
Mike Evans, executive director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board, updated Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett and county commissioners in their latest monthly informal session on progress toward procuring a "Middle Tennessee megasite."
The way Evans characterized it, a major industry for the roughly 1,800 acres — possibly an automotive assembly plant — could far exceed the total employment and investments of other recent big industrial hits in the Clarksville area such as Hankook Tire, LG Electronics and Google.
We, the people of Montgomery County, petition the Industrial Development Board as well as the county government not to purchase or re-zone land for a business park in northeastern Montgomery County.
A business park would destroy the peaceful, quiet community which brought citizens to that rural area; create significant traffic congestion; destroy farmland; negatively impact the bicycle trails in the area (including the Century 100); create noise and pollution; cause residential taxes to increase; cause safety issues as vehicle traffic attempts to share the roads with farming equipment such as combines, tobacco trailers, tractors, etc.; harm nature such as deer, dove, quail and turkey which are hunted as a food source in the community; and destroy the beauty of the area.
We encourage the county government, county commissioners, Industrial Development Board, and Regional Planning Commission to abandon any plan to buy or re-zone the land for a business park.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
November 11, 2017
November 10, 2017
The Industrial Development Board continues to ignore our concerns while they push to pave over our land for a massive corporate project. We are moving this fight to a new platform to ensure every local resident gets their say before these bureaucrats force this mess on our town.
Reached 100 supporters
November 10, 2017
65 Comments
Please look at moving this to the business park already established. I grew up here in the Port Royal area and lived here for 34 years. This mega site would destroy farms, increase taxes on farmers (some of which already live tight), harm nature, put people in danger with the increasing traffic, and ruin the peace and tranquility that people enjoy about the area. Please say no to this mega site!
The best place for this proposed megasite is at the interstate business park near the abandoned hemlock site. The infrastructure is there, not at this beautiful farmland near Port Royal.
Clarksville destroyed hundreds of acres of farmland for the city-like Hemlock complex that sat empty for YEARS. Clarksville shows no forethought when making these (or any) decisions, as evident by the atrocious road system and area development by city planners.
I'm on Saslersville Rd and vehemently oppose this megasite project. I have a small horse farm which would be negatively affected as well as small children and small animals. The increase in traffic would make being outside a nightmare! I don't want to hate where I live!
I grew up 0.25 miles from this proposed site and do not want to see my parents forced to move out of my childhood home.
This makes no logical sense.
Please save our farms
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The Industrial Development Board finally backed down and scrapped their reckless megasite plan. These developers thought they could steamroll our community for their profits but we caught them in the act and forced them to retreat. Keep your eyes peeled because we must ensure they do not try to sneak …
November 30, 2017
Final supporters
*** UPDATE: We had to create a new petition that has the ability to collect street addresses. Please go to this link to sign the new petition! ***
_________________________________________________________________________
An industrial megasite proposed for portions of both Montgomery and Robertson counties could someday mean more than 8,100 new, direct jobs for the area, on an investment potentially exceeding $1.5 billion.
Mike Evans, executive director of the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board, updated Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett and county commissioners in their latest monthly informal session on progress toward procuring a "Middle Tennessee megasite."
The way Evans characterized it, a major industry for the roughly 1,800 acres — possibly an automotive assembly plant — could far exceed the total employment and investments of other recent big industrial hits in the Clarksville area such as Hankook Tire, LG Electronics and Google.
We, the people of Montgomery County, petition the Industrial Development Board as well as the county government not to purchase or re-zone land for a business park in northeastern Montgomery County.
A business park would destroy the peaceful, quiet community which brought citizens to that rural area; create significant traffic congestion; destroy farmland; negatively impact the bicycle trails in the area (including the Century 100); create noise and pollution; cause residential taxes to increase; cause safety issues as vehicle traffic attempts to share the roads with farming equipment such as combines, tobacco trailers, tractors, etc.; harm nature such as deer, dove, quail and turkey which are hunted as a food source in the community; and destroy the beauty of the area.
We encourage the county government, county commissioners, Industrial Development Board, and Regional Planning Commission to abandon any plan to buy or re-zone the land for a business park.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
November 11, 2017
November 10, 2017
The Industrial Development Board continues to ignore our concerns while they push to pave over our land for a massive corporate project. We are moving this fight to a new platform to ensure every local resident gets their say before these bureaucrats force this mess on our town.
Reached 100 supporters
November 10, 2017
65 Comments
There has already been enough rezoning of agricultural areas. Think on the impact this would make not only on our agriculture and the environment, but, in turn, our own way of life and the peace many seek in these areas.
Please look at moving this to the business park already established. I grew up here in the Port Royal area and lived here for 34 years. This mega site would destroy farms, increase taxes on farmers (some of which already live tight), harm nature, put people in danger with the increasing traffic, and ruin the peace and tranquility that people enjoy about the area. Please say no to this mega site!
The best place for this proposed megasite is at the interstate business park near the abandoned hemlock site. The infrastructure is there, not at this beautiful farmland near Port Royal.
Clarksville destroyed hundreds of acres of farmland for the city-like Hemlock complex that sat empty for YEARS. Clarksville shows no forethought when making these (or any) decisions, as evident by the atrocious road system and area development by city planners.
I'm on Saslersville Rd and vehemently oppose this megasite project. I have a small horse farm which would be negatively affected as well as small children and small animals. The increase in traffic would make being outside a nightmare! I don't want to hate where I live!
I grew up 0.25 miles from this proposed site and do not want to see my parents forced to move out of my childhood home.
This makes no logical sense.
Please save our farms
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There has already been enough rezoning of agricultural areas. Think on the impact this would make not only on our agriculture and the environment, but, in turn, our own way of life and the peace many seek in these areas.