It is hard to believe that December will mark two years of planning and work to get the range built. We are somewhat astonished that the building/permitting process takes this long, but we know that the end product is going to be very worth it. We are also overwhelmed at the support and interest this project has generated within the community, for that we are so very grateful!
For the outsider, it must look like this project has stalled and not made progress because we are still waiting for the grading permit to begin. From our perspective, things are taking off and everything is starting to happen very quickly! So we want to update everyone on what has been taking place recently and share some of the following details:
- A year ago we contracted a road study and the county determined that the road was approximately 6 inches too narrow on a 450ft stretch. We were going to have to pay to redo the road and widen it to comply with code prior to being able to occupy the building. This was a deal breaker as that much roadwork was out of the question. However, we found out that the road was on the county schedule to be resurfaced in June 2017…the first time in approximately 15 years. Last month the redone road was measured and met the county requirement!
-The county has a development program called Technical Development Rights (TDR’s). It’s their way to slow the rural expansion and prevent too much development. To get our permits we needed to acquire 1 additional TDR so we requested help from anyone who had extra TDR’s to barter. We genuinely thank those who offered them! What we didn’t know is that lifting a TDR from one property and tagging it to a different property could take several months causing more delays. Then, from out of the blue we received a message from John Edwards asking us to contact him….Quality Built Homes had TDR’s available and already pre-staged for transfer. As of last week the TDR Transfer is complete. Thank you Quality Built Homes!
-Gene and Wayne of Little Silences Rest have been doing an outstanding job to get us this far, and as of this summer we have an approved site plan! This information has already been turned over to ABH Excavation, and once we have a grading permit and bond, they are ready to do all the prep work.
This is just a little insight to everything that has been taking place over the past few months. Once we have our building permit we will share information on the other major parties that will be instrumental in getting this range built.
As a side note, we will not be taking memberships until we are approximately 90 days from opening but we will announce it as soon as we reach that point. Again, thank you for your support and we hope to have some great updates soon!
Sincerely,
Steve and Cindi Thomas
Flat Broke Shooters LLC
For the outsider, it must look like this project has stalled and not made progress because we are still waiting for the grading permit to begin. From our perspective, things are taking off and everything is starting to happen very quickly! So we want to update everyone on what has been taking place recently and share some of the following details:
- A year ago we contracted a road study and the county determined that the road was approximately 6 inches too narrow on a 450ft stretch. We were going to have to pay to redo the road and widen it to comply with code prior to being able to occupy the building. This was a deal breaker as that much roadwork was out of the question. However, we found out that the road was on the county schedule to be resurfaced in June 2017…the first time in approximately 15 years. Last month the redone road was measured and met the county requirement!
-The county has a development program called Technical Development Rights (TDR’s). It’s their way to slow the rural expansion and prevent too much development. To get our permits we needed to acquire 1 additional TDR so we requested help from anyone who had extra TDR’s to barter. We genuinely thank those who offered them! What we didn’t know is that lifting a TDR from one property and tagging it to a different property could take several months causing more delays. Then, from out of the blue we received a message from John Edwards asking us to contact him….Quality Built Homes had TDR’s available and already pre-staged for transfer. As of last week the TDR Transfer is complete. Thank you Quality Built Homes!
-Gene and Wayne of Little Silences Rest have been doing an outstanding job to get us this far, and as of this summer we have an approved site plan! This information has already been turned over to ABH Excavation, and once we have a grading permit and bond, they are ready to do all the prep work.
This is just a little insight to everything that has been taking place over the past few months. Once we have our building permit we will share information on the other major parties that will be instrumental in getting this range built.
As a side note, we will not be taking memberships until we are approximately 90 days from opening but we will announce it as soon as we reach that point. Again, thank you for your support and we hope to have some great updates soon!
Sincerely,
Steve and Cindi Thomas
Flat Broke Shooters LLC
Sweet. This is what I am looking forward to the most. No more blind purchases! 
