Tag: Low Moor VA

Is it big enough?

Is it big enough? It comes down to what you are building.

Four acres is plenty big enough for an office building, hotel/motel, or medical center. B-1 zoning in Alleghany County VA lists nearly 30 different acceptable uses. Any of which could be a fit.

So, then it comes down to what you are building…and what you can envision?

174,240 square feet of land. That’s 4 acres. Take 10 percent of that total for setbacks, easements, storm water control, and other factors and that brings the area down to 156,816 square feet of buildable area. Assign 30 percent of that area to access lanes and parking for customers, guests, or employees and the square footage drops to 109,771 or just a bit more than 2 1/2 acres – about the size of your average city block. That’s a good size piece of ground for buildings and green space.

The 4.87 acre Karnes Creek site in Low Moor VA…is it big enough?  It comes down to what your are building and what you can envision.

Aerial view of Karnes Creek site at Exit 21 in Low Moor VA

Karnes Creek site at Exit 21 I64 in Low Moor VA

Karnes Creek Land For Sale
For More Information Contact:

Karnes Creek Investment Company, LLC
P. O. Box 635, Clifton Forge, VA  24422
Email:  karnescreekland4sale@gmail.com
Tel:  540-960-1135

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Viability of extending natural gas service to Low Moor, VA

Gas burner

A newly completed feasibility study confirms that costs driven by mountainous terrain and distance from existing natural gas service remain the principle challenges to the viability of extending natural gas service to Low Moor, VA.  The natural gas line would have to be extended from the Pitzer Ridge area of Covington, VA.

Heath and Associates, a Shelby, N.C.-based engineering firm that conducted the feasibility study for Alleghany County, places the estimated cost for constructing a natural gas system to the Alleghany Regional Commerce Center in Low Moor at $15.6 million.  Columbia Gas of Virginia’s latest estimate is $26.5 million.

Due to the limited number of customers in the Low Moor area, the study projects that county would have to provide a subsidy of up to $975,403 per year to offset operating deficits.

The county also evaluated an option that would involve trucking compressed natural gas to the commerce center but the delivered cost exceeds propane and fuel-oil prices.

For more information read the front page story in the October 5, 2017 Virginian Review.

 

New location and hungry for talent?

Seeking a new location and hungry for talent?

Talent shouldn’t be hard to find nor should opportunities for work force training and continuing education.  There are 20 colleges inclusive of two and four-year schools, both public and private, within 50 miles of Low Moor VA…and that’s just the Virginia schools.

Mountain Gateway Community College, the nearest college, is just under a mile and a half away “as the drone flies” and only minutes by car from Low Moor’s center.

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg is just across the state line and there are community and technical colleges across the line as well.

The 4.87 acre Karnes Creek site at Exit 21 I-64 in Low Moor is in a prime location.  The property is visible from the interstate and ideally situated for that business looking for a new location and hungry for talent.

For list of nearby Virginia schools     Click here

Karnes Creek and divides

Karnes Creek and divides…a stream and its branches located just 3.7 miles from Clifton Forge, in Alleghany County VA near Low Moor.  Alternate names for this stream include Whooley’s Run, Raleigh Creek and Carne Creek.Karnes Creek scene

“Karnes Creek, on which the present mining camp is located, flows through the Low Moor estate in the Jackson River.  At opening No. 5, Rich Patch, it divides, one branch, with a southwesterly direction, being called Clear Creek, and the other to the east, Raleigh Run, the latter cutting through Rich Patch Mountain.”
—  Feb 1, 1896     The Engineering and Mining Journal  Volume LXI  p.118
by The Scientific Publishing Company, 253 Broadway, New York

Traffic Counts Up on Route 696 (Selma-Low Moor Road)

Traffic counts on Route 696 (Selma-Low Moor Road) north and south of the I-64 Exit 21 interchange in Low Moor VA are increasing according to VDOT.  North of the interstate, Route 696 currently has an average traffic count of 4,900 vehicles per day and that count is expected to increase to 8,000 vehicles per day by 2038.  South of the I-64 Exit 21 interchange, Route 696 has an average traffic count of 2,100 vehicles a day and according to VDOT that count is expected to grow to 3,087 vehicles per day by 2041.

VDOT has completed two projects to address congestion and replace bridges on Route 696 near the I-64 Exit 21 interchange.  The first project involved the intersection of Route 696 and Route 1101 (Winterberrry Avenue) just north of the interchange.  These improvements coincided with the construction of the Love’s travel stop.  The second project replaced existing Karnes Creek bridges on Route 696 and Route 1308 (Garland Road) with a single structure on Route 696.  The existing Route 1308 bridge was removed.  The total cost for both projects exceeded $7 million.

Route 696 (Selma Low-Moor road) is a major collector road serving communities of Selma, Low Moor and Rich Patch, VA.