Think of the gas stations and Food Marts in Clay City between the Mt. Parkway and downtown Clay City. Two near the Mt. Parkway. Not to mention about 4 past the Mt. Parkway into downtown.
Then consider the fact that there are NO food marts or gas stations between Hargett and KY 499/Proctor Bypass. Imagine if a new road would be built between Irvine and Hargett! You would think there would be a food mart near the schools and industrial park on KY 89 North.
River Drive doesn't have a food mart. Only one gasoline station between Irvine and Ravenna. Only one place in Ravenna to buy gasoline. Broadway doesn't have gasoline stations either. Only 3 places to buy gasoline on the Richmond Road between the bridge and the Stacy Lane Road.
Better roads mean more business growth and more jobs. Just compare the number of gasloine stations in Clay City to those in Ravenna. I don't need to say anything more!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Way to go ESTILL COUNTY ENGINEERS FOOTBALL TEAM!
10-1. How sweet it is! Our community needs the positive news. A good athletics program helps draw out of town buisnessmen into our community. Good job! Keep it up! Let the rest of the state know that Estill County has football talent capable of competing with the best in the state!! Thank you for your hard work! I credit the hard work of the coaches, players and the new improved facilities for this welcome news. KEEP IT UP!! GO ESTILL!!!
Irvine Ky needs a new shopping center
Estill County has 15,000 people and no department store. Think of the jobs that would be created if we had more places to shop! Nearly a decade after the completion of the Joseph Proctor bypass, not one new business has opened along this 1 1/2 bypass. Nada. Nothing. Estill County needs a Pamida department store. Local landowners need to be in contact with out of town businesses who might like to expand here. Estill County doesn't have a dairy queen while Powell County has 2. Both Jackson and Lee Counties have Dairy Queens.
It would be nice to see a little more commercial development along KY 52 and 89. At the moment, there are FOR SALE signs along the Richmond and Winchester Roads. But I wonder how many out of town businesses are aware of the property for sale?
Given the traffic congestion on the Eastern bypass in Richmond, many of our elderly drivers would prefer to shop here at home.
I disagree that Estill County couldn't support another shopping center. Think of the money that Estill Countians spend in other counties and imagine this money being spent at a local shopping center.
Property owners should explore out of town business opportunities. Other counties in Kentucky with about 15 K people have seen new commercial development in recent years. If only more people in Estill County had vision. If only more people here WANTED growth. If more people in Estill County would travel outside the boundaries of Estill County and see how growth is good for a community.
Commercial development would create many jobs. And easier jobs than factory work. If only Estill Countians would pressure Frankfort to build a new road from Irvine north to the Mountain Parkway.
It would be nice to see a little more commercial development along KY 52 and 89. At the moment, there are FOR SALE signs along the Richmond and Winchester Roads. But I wonder how many out of town businesses are aware of the property for sale?
Given the traffic congestion on the Eastern bypass in Richmond, many of our elderly drivers would prefer to shop here at home.
I disagree that Estill County couldn't support another shopping center. Think of the money that Estill Countians spend in other counties and imagine this money being spent at a local shopping center.
Property owners should explore out of town business opportunities. Other counties in Kentucky with about 15 K people have seen new commercial development in recent years. If only more people in Estill County had vision. If only more people here WANTED growth. If more people in Estill County would travel outside the boundaries of Estill County and see how growth is good for a community.
Commercial development would create many jobs. And easier jobs than factory work. If only Estill Countians would pressure Frankfort to build a new road from Irvine north to the Mountain Parkway.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Complaints about Estill County Landfill VEOLIA
Why do the people in Estill County have to pay so much for garbage disposal at the local landfill. This landfill is owned by a large international company that doesn't need to rob Estill Countians! Maybe if the rates were cheaper, more people would dispose their trash there instead of in some illegal dump on Tipton Ridge or Barnes Mountain. A truck load of garbage (100 pounds) cost about 13.00!
We often complain about trash along the roadsides. But why doesn't the local landfill lower their rates? People don't have to clean up the roadsides and a high rate for garbage disposal sure isn't encouraging people to clean up Estill County.
They have one free dumping day per year. But the landfill is clogged with traffic. You can't hardly back up or turn around. How about more free cleanup days? The traffic congestion is such a mess that I no longer bother. Why can't we have 3 or 4 free clean up days annually?
Here is another grip of mine. In the early 1990s, you could put a pile of trash along the side of the road and garbage trucks would pick up the trash. Now you have to bring garbage in bags to the landfill. Folks, if you make it too difficult for people to clean up the county, they might just stop trying to clean it up.
People should be allowed to pile up garbage along the roadsides while trucks work the county roads until the trash has been taken away.
It is time to clean up Estill County. Go back to the early 1990s when you didn't have to bring your trash up to the landfill and wait 3 or 4 hours in line to dispose of your garbage.
Let people make stacks in front of their property and have county trucks remove it in a few days. If you REALLY WANT TO CLEAN UP THE COUNTY, don't make it too difficult. Remember people aren't forced to clean up their property. Make is easy and enticing for locals to clean up the mess.
We often complain about trash along the roadsides. But why doesn't the local landfill lower their rates? People don't have to clean up the roadsides and a high rate for garbage disposal sure isn't encouraging people to clean up Estill County.
They have one free dumping day per year. But the landfill is clogged with traffic. You can't hardly back up or turn around. How about more free cleanup days? The traffic congestion is such a mess that I no longer bother. Why can't we have 3 or 4 free clean up days annually?
Here is another grip of mine. In the early 1990s, you could put a pile of trash along the side of the road and garbage trucks would pick up the trash. Now you have to bring garbage in bags to the landfill. Folks, if you make it too difficult for people to clean up the county, they might just stop trying to clean it up.
People should be allowed to pile up garbage along the roadsides while trucks work the county roads until the trash has been taken away.
It is time to clean up Estill County. Go back to the early 1990s when you didn't have to bring your trash up to the landfill and wait 3 or 4 hours in line to dispose of your garbage.
Let people make stacks in front of their property and have county trucks remove it in a few days. If you REALLY WANT TO CLEAN UP THE COUNTY, don't make it too difficult. Remember people aren't forced to clean up their property. Make is easy and enticing for locals to clean up the mess.
Glad downtown Irvine is free of pool rooms and billiards
I remember the pool rooms of the 1970s and 1980s. Pool rooms are often locations for drug dealing, bootlegging and assaults. People have been murdered in pool rooms over the years.
I encourage the city council to ban allow any more pool rooms. A man was shot by police in front of a pool room in 1984. In 2003, a man was murdered in a pool room in Ravenna. Fights and assaults often occur in these seedy places. A pool room owner downtown shot and crippled his girlfriend in the late 1990s. I could go on. But the behavior at our pool rooms over the decade has been disgraceful and embarassing.
It is time for some clean entertainment. A youth center. A skating rink. A bowling alley. An operation that would be operated by respectable people. A venture by someone with the money to provide a safe atmosphere for those attending the business.
If the only entertainment we are allowed to have here is these seedy pool rooms, then let's go to Richmond for entertainment. We don't need someone murdered or injured in a billiard!!
I encourage the city council to ban allow any more pool rooms. A man was shot by police in front of a pool room in 1984. In 2003, a man was murdered in a pool room in Ravenna. Fights and assaults often occur in these seedy places. A pool room owner downtown shot and crippled his girlfriend in the late 1990s. I could go on. But the behavior at our pool rooms over the decade has been disgraceful and embarassing.
It is time for some clean entertainment. A youth center. A skating rink. A bowling alley. An operation that would be operated by respectable people. A venture by someone with the money to provide a safe atmosphere for those attending the business.
If the only entertainment we are allowed to have here is these seedy pool rooms, then let's go to Richmond for entertainment. We don't need someone murdered or injured in a billiard!!
Only one car dealership in Estill County KY
Irvine no longer has a Ford or GM dealership. Once upon a time, Roy Royalty had a Pontiac dealership at the corner of main and River Drive. Elliott and Witt had a Ford and Buick garage on Broadway. Bunt Gross had Chevy and Olds dealerships on Main Street and Richmond Road. Now there is only one dealership: Cornett Chrysler dealership.
I don't know why Ford or GM thinks the Estill County market isn't big enough for a dealership. I do know that both companies had more market share back when they had dealerships in every little town in KY.
I don't know why Ford or GM thinks the Estill County market isn't big enough for a dealership. I do know that both companies had more market share back when they had dealerships in every little town in KY.
access road: Joseph Proctor bypass to industrial park
As you travel along KY 499 aka Joseph Proctor bypass, you notice turning lanes that were built with the plans to build an access road from the bypass to the new industrial park. Yet for years, no construction has occured on the road. Will this road be built? Has state highway funds been allocated for this project? Is this project dead? Too many projects that are planned for Estill County never see construction.
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