What's Happening at Big South Fork Airpark

Jim and Dawn Curley from Missouri City, TX have started construction on their dream home at Big South Fork Airpark. They have a Satterwhite log home package with two large fireplaces, custom cabinets and floors, granite counter tops, natural tile showers and built in closets. Their future home is being built by our partner general contractor, Carolina Contractors, Inc. For more information on the Curleys project, please contact Chris Donald at chrisdonald@bsfairpark.com.

Plane and Pilot Magazine has recently published an article on airpark living. Written by James Wynbrandt, “Live With Your Airplane” mentions Big South Fork Airpark and some of the residents who call it home. Click Here for the full article.

We have an underground Fiber Optic cable at Big South Fork Airpark that offers Highspeed Internet, Digital Cable and Telephone. Internet service can produce speeds of up to 10mb per second. Fiber optic networks operate at high speeds, carries a large bandwidth capacity, can be transmitted further without needing to be “refreshed” or strengthened and have a greater resistance to electromagnetic interference. Other underground utilities at the airpark include Natural Gas, City Water and Sewer and Three Phase Power. This is another great reason that Big South Fork Airpark has it all! Give us a call for more information on underground utilities, 877-BSF-PARK.

U.S. Sport Aviation EXPO in Sebring set records for attendance and traffic according to organizers. The weather was perfect and for 2 hours on sat, Sebring was one of the busiest airports in the nation. We would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth and are looking forward to seeing all the folks we met at the show here at Big South Fork Airpark! Click Here for more information.

Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam says he now endorses death-tax repeal according to the Wall Street Journal. He had campaigned in 2010 to repeal the tax but once in office he became concerned about the revenue loss. Then this week he sealed a deal with the GOP state legislature to phase out the 9.5% estate tax entirely over four years. Nashville has never imposed an income tax, so by abolishing the estate tax Tennessee will make itself even friendlier to investment and to retirees. Click Here to read the entire Wall Street Journal article.

The 8^th Annual Wings Over Big South Fork Air & Car Show was a big hit! The air show was full of fighter jets, war birds, stunt planes and the Remote Area Medical DC-3 and parachute team. Thanks to all of our residents and visitors for a great airshow! We had a great time during our annual airshow dinner at our welcome center and it was nice meeting with all of the new visitors. We can’t wait until next years Annual Wings Over Big South Fork Air & Car Show! Click Here for more information.

We had a great time at the AOPA Aviation Summit in Hartford Connecticut. It was nice meeting everyone who stopped by our booth to chat and schedule their visits to come see us. We look forward to the next AOPA show in 2012. Click Here for more information.

According to a new Brookings Institute study Knoxville ranked No. 1 in growth of green jobs among the top 100 metro areas nationally, with jobs growing by 14.6% annually between 2003 and 2010. Knoxville also added nearly 10,000 jobs in that time, ranking it 11th by number of jobs added. Click Here for the full article.

Forbes has named our neighbor Nashville, TN the third next Boom Town in the U.S. Its touted had being the countries music capital with low housing prices and pro-business environment. One major advantage of Nashville is its mild climate with an annual average temp of 58.9 degrees. Another major advantage is having a smaller scale compared to larger metropolitan areas while still making investments critical for future growth. Click Here for the full Forbes article.

Everyone at Big South Fork Airpark had a great time at AirVenture in Oshkosh 2011! We enjoyed meeting everyone at the airshow that wanted to learn more about our beautiful airpark. We also ran into lots of old friends and airpark residents. This years show was great for us. We were amazed with the amount of demand there was for airpark property. There were folks looking into second homes, retirement homes, full time residences as well as investment properties. If you have not had a chance to come for a visit, fly in and take a look around. For more information call (877) BSF-PARK or email us at sales@bsfairpark.com.