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The spokesperson is an investment banker named Tim Townhill from New York (or maybe Philadelphia) who says he works for "East Tennessee Materials, LLC" but lists his address in Cleveland, TN (which is actually a lawyer's office). Turns out Townhill is a British investment hedge fund manager and Executive Vice President for a company called "VantaCore Partners, LP." VantaCore is a subsidiary of Kayne Anderson Energy Development Company (got that?)
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What does all this tell us? It tells us this company is brand new to the quarry business. Either they are going to flip it and sell it to the highest bidder, or they are going to try to operate this quarry themselves. Their application said they will employ 10 full time people. How many will come from McMinn County?
The rumor is brothers Thomas and Steve Williams will operate at least part of the asphalt plant and the cement plant, but we don't know for sure.
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ReplyDeleteI am a concerned resident of McMinn County. I drove around the proposed site yesterday. What about the daycare center next door? If the kids are kept in that location they will become shell-shocked and may be physically harmed. I also took note of the large creek that will dump toxic run-off into the Hiwassi River. I don't want to see this quarry anywhere near our residents children, our homes or our natural resources. I live downriver from this proposed quarry and I don't want it.
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