#JASPER HIGHLANDS KIMBALL TN INSTALL#

Thornton plans to connect one of the community parks on the mountain at Pat’s Summit to The Village with a new pedestrian bridge built over the entrance road. Just outside the entrance to Jasper Highlands, The Village is planned with an 8,000-square-foot wellness center, a bakery and cafe and a general store. The new park will eventually include a swimming pool, rock climbing park, dog park, pickleball courts and a giant 3-story gazebo. Work also has begun on a 6-acre community park on top of the mountain in what Thornton calls Inspiration Park. “If we can get people to come and experience what we are developing here, then we can usually get them to buy because we have such a fabulous location,” Thornton said. To entice more people to visit and enjoy the growing community, Thornton has built three rental cottages near the entrance of the gated community, which he will begin renting out this month. As a result, there are not visible wires or telephone poles, and residents have access to gigabit-per-second internet service not available even in most major cities in the United States.

#JASPER HIGHLANDS KIMBALL TN INSTALL#

Over the past five years, Thornton has invested millions to build new roads, establish a volunteer fire department, drill wells and install water tanks for water service and extend fiber optic lines to bring high-speed broadband to Jasper Highlands. To access the mountain and provide utility service to those who move there, Thornton’s company has had to take on many of the functions normally done by local governments or utilities in order to bring services up the 2,000-foot-high mountain. Thornton, a Chattanooga developer who has previously built high-end residential developments in Wyoming, Hawaii, Utah and other parts of East Tennessee, bought most of Jasper Mountain more than a decade ago when the land was used for logging by Bowater and others. “Marion County, Tenn., is becoming a hotbed retirement destination,” said Dane Bradshaw, president of Thunder Enterprises. Once fully developed, the mountain near Kimball, Tenn., should house more than $500 million worth of homes built along and around 21 miles of bluff-top properties.

“We’re creating a full-service community on Jasper Mountain with the installation of our own water system, roadways, volunteer fire department and high-speed fiber internet, and now we’re offering a range of family-friendly conveniences that will enhance our residents’ way of life that much more,” Thornton said.Īlthough Thornton has plotted out less than half of the mountaintop lots he hopes to eventually develop at Jasper Highlands, the development has already attracted home buyers from 37 states. With 40 homes already built or nearly finished and a dozen more homes starting to be built, developer John “Thunder” Thornton said he also is planning some more amenities to the top of the Cumberland Plateau in the next year to bring modern conveniences and recreation closer to those living in the gated community. Jasper Highlands, the 9,000-acre development taking shape atop Jasper Mountain in Marion County, is growing to 700 platted lots with the opening of the third phase of the development this month. One of Tennessee’s biggest mountaintop residential communities is adding another 250 home sites this fall and will add a cafe, general store and community park next year. This article was originally published on.

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