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Why We Oppose the Proposed Oak Ridge Motor Complex

Why We Oppose the Proposed Oak Ridge Motor Complex

by Ken | Feb 5, 2021 | Horizon Center, Issues, Oak Ridge, Take Action | 0 comments

On Feb 4, 2021, leaders of AFORR, Advocates for the Oak Ridge Reservation, gave a comprehensive assessment of the Horizon Center, the BORCE, the natural areas within the Horizon Center, and the impact of a racetrack to the area. The event was co-sponsored by TCWP,...
Public Comments Sought on Proposed Water Quality Permit for the Pigeon River

Public Comments Sought on Proposed Water Quality Permit for the Pigeon River

by Ken | Feb 3, 2021 | Issues, Take Action, Water Quality | 0 comments

Photo of Pigeon River by Erin Johnson Those of you that drove down I-40 at the Tennessee/North Carolina border in the pre-1990’s remember not only the nasty smell of the ‘Dirty Bird’ but also the dark-stained water due to discharges from the Champion papermill in...

A Message from AFORR on the proposed Motorsports complex

by Ken | Jan 19, 2021 | Horizon Center, Issues, Oak Ridge, Outings1, Take Action | 0 comments

Virginia Dale and Ellen Smith A real estate developer wants to build a motorsports complex in an Oak Ridge industrial park. The site has significant ecological and recreational value. The US Department of Energy (DOE) transferred the Horizon Center land for industrial...

Opposes motorsports proposal too

by Ken | Dec 28, 2020 | Anderson County, Horizon Center, Issues, Oak Ridge, Take Action | 0 comments

Below is a reprinted letter to the editor by Anne Child published online by The Oak Ridger on Nov. 20, 2020. To the Editor: David Wilson, chair of the Industrial Development Board (IDB), wrote a guest column to update us on the Motorsports Park project proposed for...
MOTORSPORTS PARK – City of Oak Ridge Officials need to hear your oppositions

MOTORSPORTS PARK – City of Oak Ridge Officials need to hear your oppositions

by Ken | Nov 29, 2020 | Horizon Center, Issues, Oak Ridge, Take Action | 0 comments

 The Industrial Development Board, Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission, and Oak Ridge City Council will all be meeting this month and chances are they will be discussing the proposed motorsports park proposed for the Horizon Center in West Oak Ridge. We...
MOTORSPORTS PARK – City of Oak Ridge Officials need to hear your oppositions

Voice your opposition to DOE’s Environmental Assessment Addendum & proposed Motorsports Park today!

by Ken | Oct 19, 2020 | Horizon Center, Issues, Oak Ridge, Take Action | 0 comments

Deadline for comments is Wednesday, October 21. Submit comments to Katatra Vasquez at Katatra.Vasquez@science.doe.gov Last week TCWP published talking points that could be used to help you respond to DOE’s Environmental Assessment addendum for the Horizon Center...
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