Committee approves eminent domain for marina

It looks like the City of Clarksville has set the path to get the New Marina here in Clarksville. In doing so, The city Finance and Administration Committee approves eminent domain to acquire property from the Clarksville Jaycees so they can proceed with plans for the marina. As a past Jaycee and past chairman of the North Tennessee State Fair I have mixed feelings on this. Yes I would like to see the city move forward with growth and add things for our community. I just want to be sure that the Clarksville Jaycees are not put in a bad position. I understand there have been ongoing discussions on this topic for some time now.

 I have heard rumors that the City is looking to relocate the fairground and build the Clarksville Jaycees a new building somewhere in the area to the left of the BP Station there on HWY 13-48 just across from the current fairgrounds park.

I have seen some of the plans for this project in the past and I still have some questions too. I will be curious about the new condos that are possibly to be built on this property. In todays news release states for more on this story, see tomorrow's Leaf-Chronicle.