Projected decrease in property values:

Adjacent:   30%

1 mile:        14.5%

2 miles:      8.9%

3 miles:      4.9%

Number of addresses near proposed site:

¼ mile:         22

½ mile:         40

1 mile:            70

2 miles:          722

 Sources: W.E. Upjohn Institute’s “Stoneco study,” and The Centre for Spatial Economics “Rockfort study.” 

 

**A LOCAL REALTOR STATED THAT ADJACENT PROPERTIES COULD LOSE UP TO 50% OF THEIR VALUE! FURTHERMORE, OUR TOWN BOARD CHAIR WROTE THAT "IF THE MINE STARTS UP [THE ASSESSOR] WILL NOT BE CHANGING ANY [PROPERTY] VALUES." (BLAIR PRESS, LETTER TO THE EDITOR, MARCH 18th.) IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR PROPERTY, ASK A REALTOR.        

 

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