The mountaintop development known as Jasper Highlands continues to push forward despite some setbacks in the past year regarding water availability and road conditions.
KIMBALL, Tenn. – The Jasper Highlands mountaintop development is moving forward despite setbacks involving water availability and road conditions.
Dane Bradshaw, president of Thunder Enterprises, said the 4,000-acre gated community on Jasper Mountain is starting to overcome the negativity sparked by previous failed developments in Marion County such as Rarity Club and Sequatchie Pointe.
“Everybody’s a little gun shy,” he said. “All we can do is continue to do what we say we’ll do.”
One of the initial problems Jasper Highlands developers faced was getting water to the top of the mountain.
Chattanooga developer John “Thunder” Thornton attempted to lease some land along Timber Ridge Road from Kimball so a pump station could be installed near the town’s water supply, but city leaders didn’t warm to that idea.