Boone Mayor Loretta Clawson announced yesterday evening that the Town is purchasing ten acres along the New River for a raw-water intake.
The intake is located near the Watauga/Ashe county line and the purchase will cost the town $850,000. To cover the costs of the project, the town has applied for an 18 to 19 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Town officials say with the new intake and the existing intakes on Winkler’s Creek and the New River’s South Fork, Boone should be able to meet its twenty year needs.
Here’s the article from GoBlueRidge
Update: Ashe votes against tax
The proposal calls for a tax of up to four-tenths percent of value.
Should the tax fail, Ashe County’s property tax rate will increase. The current rate, 39.5 cents per $100, may need to increase by at least 3.8 cents.
County commissioners say more revenue is needed to pay for the new law enforcement center, county library expansions and other projects.
Here’s the Article from Go Blue Ridge.net
Ashe County Board of Commissioners Chairman Richard Blackburn pitched the Land Transfer Tax referendum at the monthly meeting of the Comprehensive Land Use Committee last week, but a statement from the committee stressed that the group’s work would focus on strategies for future land use planning in the county. What do you think? Leave a comment.
Here’s the article from the Mountain Times
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