For Sale In Douglas County

I haven’t been on LoopNet.com in awhile…

Two buildings in the Arbor Connection strip mall will be auctioned off on February 16 at a Holiday Inn in Atlanta.  It looks like the entire strip mall is being auctioned off, as the total amount of square feet is over 49,000.  The starting price has not been disclosed.

The franchisee of the Douglasville Buffalo Wild Wings is selling the local franchise location.  The asking price is $2.4 million.  There are nine years left on the lease.

The Econo Lodge Inn & Suites located on Cherokee Blvd is for sale.  The price has not been disclosed.

Anneewakee Falls subdivision is for sale for $433,000.

2.85 acres of Heavy Commercial land at the corner of Hwy 5 and Dorsett Shoals Road is up for sale for $150,000.

33 acres of land at the northwest corner of I-20 and Chapel Hilll Road is for sale.  The asking price has not been disclosed.  The listing says it has “outparcel and excellent big box opportunity.”

The strip mall across from Chapel Hill Middle School is for sale.  The asking price is $1.6 million.

25 lots in Whitestone Subdivision on Hwy 5 are for sale.  The asking price is $187,420.  There are a total of 143 lots in the subdivision.

Police Scanner Happenings

3:20pm 10-28 at a gas station.
3:22pm 10-28.
3:26PM 10-28.
3:29PM 10-28 at a gas station.
3:30pm GSP en route to an incident where juveniles have been released to parents.
3:31 Mechanical breakdown at Lee Road park & ride.
3:35pm County owned pickup truck broke down, tow truck needed.
3:45pm Person ready for pickup in another county.

Scanner Happenings

5:32pm Auto accident on Bright Star Road.
5:35pm Officer needed on Campbellton Street at post office.
5:36pm Two wreckers needed for two vehicles in an accident.
5:38pm An officer has cleared the road–not sure which road.
5:39pm Officer bringing prisoner from another county to Douglas County.
5:41pm Several calls holding; no available officers.
5:42pm Officer escorting a bus of basketball players from one high school to another high school in the county.
5:49pm One on hold call being responded to.
5:51pm 10-27 & 10-29.

Headlines

Douglasville Christmas Parade Tonight Patch.com - 1 hour ago   Gunmen on the run after three restaurant robberies in Paulding County Examiner.com - 2 hours ago   Empty Bowls to Benefit The Pantry Patch.com - 8 hours ago   Police ID suspect in fatal shooting in mall parking lot Marietta Daily Journal - 14 hours ago Douglas LOST disbursement moves to mediation Times-Georgian - 1 day ago Douglasville Jobless Rate Hits 12.4% Patch.com - 2 days ago

Police Scanner Happenings

2:01pm Multiple police around K-Mart and Arbor Station.
2:04pm 10-28.
2:14pm 10-28 of several vehicles.
2:23pm Officer out with an open door.
2:27pm Suspicious vehicle in a subdivision on Chapel Hill Road.
2:31pm Officer requested to check on another officer; officer responded that he is ok.
2:35pm Person at a fast food restaurant reporting car broken into yesterday.
2:39pm Three black males took a person’s keys at a gas station.  Their location is not known.
2:41pm Domestic dispute over pets reported.
2:46pm VR police needing assistance with family members of someone being arrested.
2:48pm Person has reclaimed keys.
2:50pm Burglary reported.
2:50pm 10-28.
2:51pm Cobb County requesting a police car to pick up a prisoner for transport to the DC Jail.
2:59pm Animal control being notified.
3:02pm 10-28.
3:04pm 10-28 on I-20 out of state.

Police Scanner

Going to try and report on what I hear on the police scanner every so often.

1:30pm Mechanical breakdown on Chapel Hill north of Whistler Drive.
1:34pm Vehicle moved off road, awaiting wrecker.
1:35pm Something in the woods, officer having to go on foot in order to avoid getting patrol car stuck.
1:39pm Ramp to interstate blocked, traffic not allowed to go on interstate.  Checked georgia-navigator.com, don’t see anything about this on there.
1:42pm Second officer will sit on bridge to divert traffic.
1:43pm Officer asks how long road will be shut down…dispatch says it’s being shut down to get sanded.

4:26pm  Someone appears to be injured…heard a lifeflight helicopter was about to land.
4:28pm Helicopter landing on the interstate.  Person possibly missing from accident.
4:30pm Sand needed on Hwy 166 near Shell Road to the county line…both ways it is a “sheet of ice” and people are getting stuck on the hill.
4:35pm Skyview Drive between Thornton Road and Nissan dealership needs sand.
4:37pm Six cars stuck off Edgeworth Subdivision.
4:39pm Broken down vehicle successfully started again.
4:40pm Stuck truck at Hwy 92 and 78.
4:41pm Officer that was supposed to be blocking traffic from getting on interstate left…20 cars got on.  Officer heading over to block ramp.
4:42pm Helicopter landing in a different place.
4:46pm Car in a ditch and a SUV stuck in the middle of the road.
4:47pm Ice on a hill on Post Road, sand needed, cars backed up.
4:48pm Officer instructs another to keep the interstate shut down after helicopter takes off.
4:51pm Ice on Simon Road.
4:52pm Skyview at Crestmark to Thornton Road has ice.  Put on the sand list.
4:56pm Middle lane of interstate to be open soon.
4:57pm Wreck at Cave Springs at Old Dallas w/ possible injuries.
4:58pm Stewart Mill at Mill Glen is covered in ice…officer just got several cars out of it.
4:58pm Cave Springs at Old Dallas added to sand list…”it’s bad”
5:01pm Truck stuck at Hwy 92 and Campbellton.  Stuck on railroad tracks.
5:02pm Vehicle on Cave Springs hit a telephone pole, and there’s another wreck on Old Dallas Hwy.  Sand needed “bad.”
5:06pm Vehicle stuck at Huey & Cambridge on ice.
5:09pm Concern for welfare call on hold.

2009 Crime Statistics

This is from http://services.georgia.gov/gbi/crimestats/displayReports.do 

Murder: 4  (2 in 2008)
Rape: 14  (25 in 2008)
Robbery: 82  (87 in 2008)
Assault: 254  (190 in 2008)
Burglary: 826  (959 in 2008)
Larceny: 2,736 (2,936 in 2008)
Motor Vehicle Theft: 274  (396 in 2008)

Blog

Going to continue with the crime reports, as that is the best source of crime right now (DCSO has even started to list crimes).

Blog

I’m thinking about continuing the blog.  The majority of it will be things I’ve heard on the police scanner (though I might make it into an article rather than what I’ve been doing) and from crimereports.com and links to news articles.  I just don’t have time to do much else.  So, if you want the blog back, check yes or no on the poll.  And if you would like to volunteer (I can’t pay you, I can’t afford to) to write news stories for the blog, just let me know by posting a comment below.  I would love to eventually have someone covering local government, someone else covering business news, another covering BOE news, etc, someone who had time to go to the meetings.  I’ve deleted the email I had for this blog–but if I get enough of a response I’ll set another one up.

Time

I don’t have time right now to update the blog.  Not sure when (or if) I will continue it.