As of the beginning of the 2009-10 school year, the Cherokee County School District
reports that over 99.8% of its teachers, in all subject areas and at all grade levels,
are considered “highly qualified”
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Cherokee Schools Report 99.8% of Teachers as “Highly Qualified.”
Negotiating in Today’s Real Estate Market (or any other for that matter)
Here are some thoughts about negotiation that I think most buyers, and some agents, have forgotten. The only way to a successful sale is through a negotiation. As with many big purchases, the act of negotiating is truly the only way that a sale will ever be consummated. Get this: The best deal requires an [...]
North Georgia Lakes at Record Lows
Although it doesn’t make the headlines on the local news anymore, the election and economy have taken front stage, we still have a serious water problem in North Metro Atlanta. Drought conditions continue to grow harsher across north Georgia. Water levels in reservoirs and streams are at or near record lows across most of the [...]
Auto Industry Execs can Fly Private Jets to Cherokee County
Since FAA funded the Cherokee County Airport expansion ahead of schedule, we now have enough runway length (4,100′) to land private jets. It would have been a better PR move for the Auto Executives to fly into our newly paved runway in Ball Ground, GA and then drive up to Washington in their fuel-efficient automobiles. While we’re on this subject, it is worth noting that they already owned the private jet and they did bring lots of people with them. It probably would have cost more to fly them all commercial and/or drive to Washington. Either way, it was bad PR move to show up in a private jet.
Residential real estate investments beat the stock market
As bad as the housing collapse has been in America, the stock market collapse has been worse. And not for just the past year plus, but for the past 10 years. PortReal, LLC, publishes real estate investment reports and provides custom analysis for investors and industry professionals. Here are their findings: On average, residential real [...]
Woodstock GA: Ridgewalk Interchange Gets Funding from DOT
The future of Ridgewalk in Woodstock looks brighter for the long-term. Granted we’re still in a real estate downturn and commercial real estate will definitely get worse before it gets better, but Woodstock can now see a future with a better way around town, improved access to I-575 and high-end retail.
Woodstock GA Real Estate: Class ‘A’ Office Space
Located off I-575 at Exit 8 the Village of Woodstock is central to the “Live, Work, Play communities of Towne Lake, Ridge Walk, and Downtown Woodstock.
Another Reservoir for Cherokee County?
Image from Cherokee-Ledger News The image is of the recently completed Hickory Log Creek Dam for Canton’s new Hickory Log Creek Reservoir. The reservoir will cover 370 acres when full, and offer 15 miles of shoreline. So, we’re all excited about the new reservoir and then I get a newsletter from Chip Rogers: In addition [...]
Cherokee County Real Estate
Cherokee County The original Cherokee County… was 6,900 square miles, stretching over most of North Georgia. The county, established by the Georgia Legislature on December 26, 1831, theoretically still belonged to the Cherokee Indians, but they would soon relinquish their ownership and submit to their removal to the West. Although preceded in the first millennium [...]
Cherokee Office & Industrial Parks | Cherokee Commercial Real Estate
Map all Business, Office and Industrial Parks in Cherokee County, Georgia View Larger Map Airport Industrial Park: I-575/Airport Park is located off of Interstate 575 at the Airport Road Exit in Ball Ground. I-575/Airport Park is located near the expanding Cherokee County Airport. Arnold Mill Industrial Park: Arnold Mill Industrial Park is located [...]