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A tale from ChemTown USA….
Jeff Parker & H M Nowlin are on precipice of Woodtrail Estates addition 3. Planning Commission has approved subdivision addition 9/9/2017. Raymon Baker - John Cook - Ralph Jones Small Business Person of the Year: Jeff Parker knows that rooftops are on the horizon for Decatur. Flash forward to 2020, the lots are ready. A select few have purchased and build their dream homes.
But wait… what’s that?! A little birdie has linked that upstream from said lots is a 3M dump site?! Mind you the City, DU, & everyone’s favorite corporate citizen are in the trenches dealing with a pesky lawsuit brought about by TN Riverkeeper at this time. The dump sites keep stacking up. Brookhaven, Deersprings landfill “Flint”, Old Mud Tavern landfill, San Souci, current city landfill.
Oh no not our dirty little secret forever chemicals. Shush! Nothing to see here just an old dump site positioned near San Souci cave. Can you believe that sink holes became landfills back in the back? This spot being on of those.
Now what is real estate man 3000 to do with these now dead on arrival lots ready for roof tops?! What he does best make a deal…
15 out of the 23 lots are now owned by Woodtrail Estates LLC. LLC based out of Delaware, doing business in Alabama with a PO Box in Fort Myers, with property taxes being paid from St Paul. Five degrees of separation… but you better believe Man of the year milked 3M for millions before signing away his development & those potential roof tops. The ink dried long before a settlement agreement was made of the lawsuit.
Whats left you may ask? A nice ditched section of San Souci creek flowing into our drainage system. Empty lots! And few privately owned properties that were build on and a few sitting empty. One privately owned lot that’s for sale by; you guessed it Parker Real Estate. Oh can’t forget the monitoring wells upstream with results that we the public will never see.
As for real estate man 3000 he signed his non disclosure agreement and took his money to downtown Decatur and received more awards.
Never forget We the people of Decatur Alabama get a new rec center while drinking the same ole water. While a select few line their pockets with 3M money! Parker, Lovelace, Thompson, Fite Construction, Pugh Wright McAnally, Enersolv, everyone in bed with the hand that feeds the city while de-stabilizing our watershed.
Friendly reminder things are not as they appear…A little different here…
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