306 Well St Carl Junction, MO 64834 MLS #: 134004 $29,900 bedrooms 0.00 bath Perfectly positioned for maximum school traffic this little corner lot at the entrance of Schoolview Estates has tons of options. Use the existing space for your operation or build onto the large corner lot. Zoned C-1. View the Photos and Virtual Tour: Click Here           Keller Williams Realty of SW MO Walter Hayes Phone: 417-623-9900 Mobile: 417-649-6776 This information is deemed reliable, but is not completely guaranteed. Buyer to verify all information. E-mail: walter@walterhayes.com   Equal Opportunity Housing 03/02/2013

I received this neighborhood letter from the Briarbrook Community Improvement District (BCID).  It's full of great information about the latest happenings at the Briarbrook Clubhouse and the Golf Course Tournament Schedule for 2012! Dear Briarbrook Friends, Amazing is the word many of you have said when discussing 2011 here at Briarbrook. Just one year ago, the Briarbrook Community Improvement District (BCID) took possession of the facility and now we have a restaurant & bar, remodeled swimming pool, remodeled clubhouse, and a wonderful golf course. 2012 is going to be very exciting for the community. Café on the Green is very excited to be the restaurant of the BCID and for the upcoming golf season. Their staff has enjoyed getting to know all of you. The workout room is now under const... 02/06/2012

We had a great turnout for the Planning and Zoning meeting last night. I wish we saw even a fraction of this sort of turnout for everything that impacts the city. Unfortunately we just didn't have enough room for every one that wanted to be in the meeting so it was decided that we wouldn't take any action on the proposed rezoning last night but would see if we could make arrangements to hold a meeting at the school auditorium so everyone that's interested can hear and be heard. I did want to take a moment to give the preface to the public hearing that I was going to give last night and will give again before we conduct the public hearing at the next meeting. Currently the property in question is zoned C-2 which means that the owner, without input or permission from anyone else, can buil... 10/25/2011

I was just reading an article on the reasoning for increases in electric rates starting in January (http://www.jsonline.com/business/128109718.html). This isn't the only utility that will be raising your rates due to unfunded mandates handed down from the all powerful Federal Government without any input from your elected officials. Expect your water and sewer rates to go up as well. Federal and State mandates on utilities are driving up consumer costs to force you to lower your standard of living. The City of Carl Junction is about to have to spend millions of dollars on a waste water plant expansion and upgrade, not because we have too many users, but because for about 3 months out of 12 we get enough rain and still have enough infiltration that the plant gets overloaded. We can't do ... 08/20/2011

Just a short note reminding you to go out an vote tomorrow. There is no greater way to be involved in the betterment of your community than to vote on election day. Please take the time tomorrow to vote. I'm hoping that you'll vote for Mike Moss for Mayor and in Ward 2 please vote for Walter Hayes. Even if you'd rather our opponents though please go out and vote. It's important! Make it a priority. Wards 1 & 2 - vote at the Carl Junction Christian Church on Hodge Wards 3 & 4 - vote at Carl Junction 1st Assembly of God on 171.     04/04/2011

For what it's worth I wanted to weigh in on this year's Mayor's race. You have a choice this year between Randy Karst and Mike Moss who is the incumbent. I'm urging you to vote for Mike Moss this coming Tuesday so we can keep moving Carl Junction forward. Mike has proven himself to be a good Mayor who handles his duties as Mayor with the best interest of the entire city of Carl Junction in mind. Mike's opponent in a recent Joplin Globe artice and according to his website says that he wants to open up the Council Meeting for anyone to speak to the Council each meeting. Apparently Randy doesn't know how the meetings work. If he did he'd know that at every single Council meeting we have a Public Forum segment which is for the sole purpose of allowing anyone in the audience, citizen or non-... 03/30/2011

January 20th, 2011   Dear Ward 2 Resident: The people of Ward 2 have allowed me to serve as an Alderman in Carl Junction since 2003 and for that I thank you. This year is the first time someone has put their name forward in addition to my own so you will have a choice in whom you select for Alderman in the election on April 5th. Since taking office in 2003 we have accomplished many things in Carl Junction.  We have been very proud, as a council and your city staff, of the fact that while constantly seeking to improve the services provided to the citizens of all of Carl Junction, we have done so while being very conservative in spending the money that each of you pay out of your hard earned dollars. Here is a sample of some of the accomplishments we've made as a team since 2003 when I wa... 01/20/2011

The real estate market in Carl Junction has been the driving factor in the City's ability to continue to decrease the property tax levy from 2000 through 2008 while at the same time spending on the order of 6 million dollars to build a new Police Department and City Court building then most recently the new Community Center and City Hall. In that same time the city has spent 100s of thousands of dollars in improvements to the parks, streets, water and wastewater systems. The market has taken a hit the last 3 years in particular however. As the graph below illustrates Carl Junction suffered from the same problems those around us have in that the inventory of homes for purchase has gone up significantly since 2005 resulting in many more homes for sale than there are available buyers. New ... 01/10/2011

I love Christmas. I was born on Christmas so I have a certain affinity for the holiday, at least I did until I got so close to 50. My wife and I love to decorate the house for Christmas. This year we have, at last count, 8 Christmas trees in the house. Ginger (my wife) has an Angel tree that she started putting up every year after she lost her father in 2005. We have a large white tree in the family room downstairs where we'll do Christmas morning and unwrap all the presents. Then there's a tree in the guest room. Next we have a set of 3 smaller trees by the front door that are covered in Spanish Moss, crawfish, alligators and an I love LSU button. We have a small LSU themed tree. This was to be it until the other day I wanted to put my train around one of the trees and didn't have a tr... 12/11/2010

The Carl Junction has had a presentaion made on banning smoking in certain places where the public may encounter second hand smoke and for that matter workers in those establishments as well. I know Joplin has struggled with this and I believe intends to put something on the April ballot concerning this. Unfortunately, putting something like this on a ballot doesn't ensure that the rights of all are protected. I could not personally, vote for a ban on smoking even though I certainly prefer being in places that have no smoking. The argument when it comes to smoking bans is directed incorrectly. People that smoke have the same rights as those that don't smoke. This shouldn't be an issue. The issue should be about whether the owner/operator of a building, whether it be public or private, h... 11/09/2010

I got a little irritated at the Carl Junction City Council meeting this week concerning this subject and I wanted to take a moment to explain myself. I don't have an issue with people disagreeing with the City purchasing this property. In fact I'd be astonished if there wasn't some opposition to it. What I have a real problem with is how a small group of the same people have repeatedly distorted facts to try to win people to their side of the debate. I stated this twice Tuesday night and I'll state it again here. There has never been a vote on the Briarbrook issue, city wide, with the exception of a vote to authorize the city of Carl Junction to float a bond in order for the city to purchase the property including the 95 acres in question as well as the remaining acreage that constitute... 11/05/2010

512 Walton Ave Carl Junction, MO 64834 MLS #: 118208 $162,500 4 bedrooms 2.00 bath Beautiful custom built home in Schoolview Estates. Large kitchen and dining room. Huge room upstairs has been used as a bedroom but could be an office, media room, storage, you decide. Large corner lot with storage shed in back. Great Master Suite. Seller to contribute up to 1% of agreed purchase price for interest buy down of up to 1 point on interest rate for buyer loan. View the Photos and Virtual Tour: Click Here Keller Williams Realty of SW MO Walter Hayes Phone: 417-623-9900 Mobile: 417-649-6776 This information is deemed reliable, but is not completely guaranteed. Buyer to verify all information. E-mail: walter@walterhayes.com Equal Opportunity Housing 09/09/2010

I've been chairing the Long Range Planning Committee that has been working on a new Comprehensive Plan for about a year now. At a joint meeting with Planning and Zoning a little over a week ago I talked some about what I hoped the plan would look like when we're done. Well I can give you more insight into what I hope we have when we're done now. Not because I have more specific to Carl Junction yet but because I made a trip back to my child hood home town of Gonzales LA. Ascension Parish has been working on a new comprehensive plan for some time. They are working parish wide so they are working on a much large scale and have a lot more money to spend on the plan but they are doing exactly what I hope to accomplish back in Carl Junction. To that end I thought some might like to have a lo... 07/24/2010

We all know, or should by now, that fresh water is becoming an increasingly public issue and a worrisome issue at that. Water tables are dropping and in 20 years we'll possibly see more headlines about fresh water than oil spills in the Gulf. We have a regional coalition looking into this and I applaud the idea that a group would be looking so far ahead rather than us waiting until our tongues are all hanging out asking where the water went. My question is, and this is not a criticism just a question, are they looking at any smaller projects or just the big one shot solves it all solutions. For instance, I have proposed that we dam Center Creek in 2 places here in Carl Junction. I've proposed taking advantage of the natural flood plain and using that to create 2 lakes in Carl Junction t... 06/17/2010

Carl Junction MO Real Estate Statistics for the First 5 months of 2010 Through the first five months of 2010 ther have been a total of 68 homes sold in Carl Junction. This is an increase of 60 homes sold during the same period of 2009 or an increase of 13.33% The average sales price of homes that closed in the first 5 months of 2009 was $124,751. The average sales price of homes that closed in the first 5 months of 2010 was $142,847. This is an increase of 14.51% which mostly is the result, I believe of the uptick in activity in Briarbrook since the CID won approval of the City Council and has started its activities. The average days on market for a home in Carl Junction for the first 5 months of 2009 was 111. The average days on market for a home in Carl Junction for he first 5 months ... 06/07/2010

The evening of May 4th 2003 is an evening that those of us that lived here then will not soon forget. I had just been elected to the Board of Alderman on April 1st and my very first council meeting had been on April 15th. A whole 19 days to get into the role of alderman and it hit. On Sunday evening weather spotters reported a funnel in western Cherokee County. The first observable damage was observed to the north of Melrose. One death occurred south of Columbus, where the tornado produced some F2 damage to several structures. It widened and intensified as it approached the Kansas/Missouri border; several homes were almost entirely destroyed and numerous structures were severely damaged. A couple was killed in their home by flying debris in this area. The now 1/2 mile wide tornado cross... 06/04/2010

I haven't heard much lately about this so I don't know how hard the petition to have the city is being pushed out there. No one's asked me to sign and I haven't seen anyone out looking for signatures. Just the same I decided to do a little research when told I had my facts wrong about what the audit would entail. I was in deed wrong in assuming it would cover only the same ground that we already do when having an audit. They do look at other things but so far about 90% of every audit report I've read has been about finances and that is a duplication and an added expense to the City of Carl Junction. There are other things that they look at and I'm perfectly okay with that. In fact I have a proposal. I think it's such a great idea that the State do an audit why don't we ask the legislatu... 05/23/2010

Thanks you to all those that turned out this morning for the Long Range Planning Committee Meeting. It may seem sometimes like the city isn't listening to you but we really do listen and we really want your input. With your help here are just a few things that we've seen accomplished since 2003 when I joined the council. Not all of these things even had anything to do directly with the City but they all came from your ideas. Community Center and new Senior Center Sidewalks Approximately 100 new rental properties New police department and court room Walking trails Increase water supply (new wells dug) I don't have the sheets in front of me to remind me of any more but you get the idea. Thanks again for being there today and thanks for being part of the process. 05/22/2010

For any of you that will be able to come to the planning meeting on Saturday morning, we've had to change locations. The rain has prevented contractors from getting all the sidewalks poured so we can't use the new building yet. Instead, we're going to use the court room at the Police Department Saturday morning. Come meet with us from 9-12 this Saturday, May 22nd and lets talk about the future and how we can be sure that Carl Junction is the desired place to live for a long time to come. 05/20/2010

Tonight after a very short council meeting since we didn't have a quorum I was taken to task, a little bit and in a nice way, about my blog and was told I came across rather arrogant. If that was the perception then I offer my sincere apology as that is not my intent with these blogs. In fact all I'm trying to do is get some of the correct information out there for some that are not getting the answers they need and deserve. However, I will defend myself to this end. I don't have a problem with people disagreeing with me, in fact I welcome it so long as we can have a civil discourse about our disagreements and be willing to agree to disagree if we can't find common ground. That said, what has been going on way too much in city council meetings is people throwing out wild allegations, be... 05/18/2010