Yesterday, as I was dashing off to find a purple cape to go along with my role as "The Count" in counting all the lots approved for construction over the Evansville Smart Growth Plan, I was stopped by a fellow blogger, who shall remain anonymous and be called "Deep Throat II".
He was quite direct with me. "Dick. it is important to know WHERE to count as well as WHAT. You need to count UNION as well as EVANSVILLE. Evansville has grown 27% over the past 10 years and UNION has grown 40%. In a heartbeat I knew he was right. The "Count" needed to broaden his horizon.
Armed with this new "vision" I headed off to inspect the new rural subdivision north of the golf course where speculation is mounting that developers will propose extensive upscale housing that will even include such amenities as an airstrip. I was trying to determine how many lots to count. And also trying to determine whether folks who fly airplanes have kids. I had recently made the mistake of thinking that folks who own two bedroom condos have kids, so I wanted to be cautious.
In my youth, I worked for a flight operation that rented small Piper airplanes. Just to be able to "count" tack hours again was a thrilling prospect.
As I learn more about this thrilling new residentail subdivison I will let you all know.
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That is a good point. Both Union and Evansville will impact the school district. I am assuming Magnolia, Porter and Center also would have an effect, but I don't know where those students attend with certainty.
ReplyDeleteI have heard this brought up before in the context that Union is growing way too fast due to their 40% growth rate and that is the problem. One thing to keep it in perspective is that Evansville is still growing faster numerically. Based on 2004 census estimates.
Evansville Population=4459
4459*.27= 1204 more residents by 2014
Union Population=2002
2002*.40=801 addition residents by 2014
Additionally, the typical home being built in Union is probably a larger home with a higher tax assessment that would generate more tax revenue for the school district.