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Frank Wood and Kris Boyd talk about the Cataloochee Wilderness Resort in Jonathan Creek, NC.

Frank Wood, President of Cataloochee Companies, LLC, made the front page of our newspaper today in an article about Phase 1A of the proposed Cataloochee Wilderness Resort in Jonathan Creek, NC. Phase 1A is the core of the development and makes up 110 acres of the development, comprised of 4 parcels of land.

“Cataloochee Companies has contracts on the four parcels of land, which make up the 110 acres in Phase 1A. These contracts have been extended while the company, he said, continues its background work on the project. Surveying is now under way, and planners are seeing how best the projected facilities in Phase 1A would fit on the land.”

Mr. Wood has been involved in developments for many years, working for Arvida, a major Florida developer that I even remember from back in the 70’s and 80’s, and Disney, where he worked on the Grand Floridian, MGM Grand, Animal Kingdom and Celebration. He was also involved with the Disney Wilderness Preserve. Mr. Wood went on to be involved in developments in Mississippi and Las Vegas. He is now operating out of the Clyde, NC office of Cataloochee Companies, LLC.

Bucking the Real Estate Trend will provide a link to this article when it appears on-line.

Haywood County Planning Department Director, Kris Boyd

Kris Boyd, Haywood County Planning Department Director, was recently interviewed about whether Haywood County is ready for the Cataloochee Wilderness Resort. Read the article that also appeared today … Q&A with Kris Boyd.

Kris Boyd, Director
kboyd@haywoodnc.netThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
1233 N. Main Street Waynesville, NC 28786
Phone: (828 )452-6632
Fax: (828) 452-6767

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Are the Cataloochee Wilderness Resort developers setting up local headquarters in Haywood County, NC?

A local publication is reporting that the developers of the Cataloochee Wilderness Resort are setting up a local office in Clyde, NC. Dean Moses, Consultant, evidently wasn’t around the building to confirm any plans, but Frank Singleton acknowledged that the Cataloochee Wilderness Resort is opening up an office for the locally ‘famous’ proposed project which has stirred up controversy in Haywood County, NC… especially in Jonathan Creek!

“The office isn’t readily identifiable. There’s no sign outside indicating the company’s presence, and the woman who answered the door at the property declined to identify it as the headquarters of Cataloochee Companies LLC. She directed that question to Dean Moses, a consultant for the project, who was not present at the time.

Singleton, however, confirmed that the location was the office for the Cataloochee Wilderness project. The company is planning to hold public meetings about the project soon, but dates and locations have not been announced.”

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BuckingtheRealEstateTrend is definitely looking forward to those public meetings that have been promised! Let’s see if we can’t ’spur them on‘ to schedule those meetings.

Frank Singleton, Cataloochee Wilderness Resort spokesman, answering more questions regarding the proposed Jonathan Creek, NC development.

Frank Singleton, spokesman for the Cataloochee Wilderness Resort developers, made the papers again, and I found his answers both in the hard copy as well as the on-line version of our local newspaper, The Mountaineer.

Responding to a question about the “expected average cost of homes to be built,” Frank said:

“We will be specifically targeting homebuyers in the middle to upper income bracket, and as I said, the average price of homes in the initial phase will be in the $ 350,000 arena, ranging up to $ 3 million in the final phase. “

 

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Will there be a race to buy if/when the development gets off the ground?

Photo credit: Andrew Shiel.

What do you think?

Frank Singleton, Cataloochee Wilderness Resort, Jonathan Creek NC, spokesman, fields more questions – - about targeted buyers, water and sewage.

Here’s another local newspaper clip Q&A (printed 02/13/08) with Frank Singleton, speaking for the proposed Cataloochee Wilderness Resort in Jonathan Creek. The newspaper has not yet featured these Q&A reports in their on-line version, so the hard copy of the article is being provided for your on-line reading pleasure.

Frank Singleton, Cataloochee Wilderness Resort spokesman, answers another question, this one about mega-sports stores in the proposed mega-development in Jonathan Creek, NC.

Frank Singleton, spokesman for the proposed mega-development in Jonathan Creek, Haywood County, NC called the Cataloochee Wilderness Resort, made the papers again today, answering another question about the development – - this one relating to the rumors about commercial anchor tenants such as Cabellas and Bass Pro Shops.

Here is what came out in print today, but is not available on line:

Bucking the Real Estate Trend is still wondering when the public ‘question and answer’ meeting with the developers will be scheduled.