12 Things that make a neighborhood GREAT-Shelby County Kentucky

Posted on November 24, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

Find out what will make you fall even deeper in love with your neighborhood.

When you are in the market for a new place to live, it helps to remember the golden rule of real estate: You’re not just buying or renting a home — you are also buying into and becoming a part of a neighborhood

As anyone who’s moved a few times knows, not all neighborhoods are created equal. There is no such thing as the perfect neighborhood, because not all areas are going to be truly a perfect fit for everyone and their unique needs.

Low crime rates give a neighborhood a sense of ease and calm.
Low crime rates give a neighborhood a sense of ease and calm.

Although a cookie-cutter neighborhood isn’t a reality, there are components common to ALL great neighborhoods. As you evaluate the best aspects of a prospective neighborhood, you’ll want to match them to your needs at this point in your life.

Lifestyle match

A truly great neighborhood is one in sync with your current lifestyle. Both renters and homebuyers tend to gravitate to areas with similar demographics. Just as a fantastic suburban neighborhood in a gated community may not be right for a young single professional, a family with three small children would likely be miserable living in a small condo in a hip downtown neighborhood.

Pride in ownership

All great neighborhoods have this in common. Pride in ownership is obvious when the residents, whether renters or owners, maintain their homes and care about their neighborhood. Neighbors participate to connect and create local groups that bring the residents together for the betterment of the area.

Low crime rate

Low crime rates give a neighborhood a sense of ease and calm. As safety and security are everyone’s concern, crime is a quick way to tell if a neighborhood is improving or not. You can usually spot a transitional and improving neighborhood by the improvement or decline in its crime rates.

An easy way to check this is to utilize Trulia’s Crime Maps, where you can see the types and frequency of crime in the area and determine if it’s the right place for you.

Great schools

For homeowners and renters with children, great schools top their list of what makes a great neighborhood. Trulia shows school ratings using data from Great Schools. Integrating the data into map views lets house hunters see which schools are highly rated and also read reviews from actual parents of students in that district. Not only are great schools important for families with children, they also make the surrounding neighborhoods more valuable and more sought after, keeping property values strong.

Outdoor activities abound

Being close to the outdoor adventures you love can sweeten the appeal of your neighborhood. Being superclose (or within a reasonable drive) to places to jog, sail, or pedal can keep you riding high about your home. Proximity and access to tennis courts and golf courses are also qualities that keep your neighborhood on par.

Stepping back in time

One thing I always look for in a neighborhood are tree-lined streets; the feel of an older, established neighborhood makes it truly great for me. There is something about an area with history that makes it very desirable.

New developments are wonderful and newly built homes are truly to die for, but I love the charm of older, established neighborhoods. These are usually very stable, with longtime residents and community support, which also help encourage safety and low crime rates.

Access to medical care

This is important for all residents, but especially for seniors and retirees looking to find that perfect place to retire and for families with young children. Being close enough to get to a hospital or doctor’s office quickly is key for many people in various stages of their lives.

Family friendly

Lots of other families in the neighborhood are a real draw for buyers with children. There are more opportunities for children to play, socialize, and make lifelong friends. Carpooling groups and other children’s programs are much more accessible when the neighborhood is overflowing with kiddos.

Close to public transportation

Easy access to public transportation is a fantastic plus for a neighborhood and an amenity for almost any lifestyle. From a commuting millennial to a retiree who wants to keep the car at home, public transit is a solid upgrade to any neighborhood.

Nearby shopping and restaurants

If you want to be part of the hustle and bustle (and don’t want to cook dinner every night), having great restaurants, shopping, and markets in proximity is a must!

Nightlife and entertainment

Is there a nearby town center or downtown with movies, theaters, bars, and nightlife? This could be the one thing that makes your neighborhood come alive. This is a priority for anyone who is young and single, but everyone appreciates a neighborhood where the hot spots are within walking distance, or a short cab ride away.

Walkability

Being able to leave the car keys at home and hit the pavement to walk to markets, shopping, restaurants, parks, and all the other amenities your neighborhood has to offer can alleviate a lot of road rage … and make you fall even deeper in love with your neighborhood.

What do you love about your neighborhood?

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Where do most Veterans live? Shelby county has its fair share

Posted on November 11, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

Where Veterans Live

If they want to live in Shelby County they should start looking here

Veterans tend to live in affordable smaller metros and rural areas, near military bases, and in places with fewer immigrants. Among the largest 100 metros, Colorado Springs and Virginia Beach have the highest concentration of veterans, while Miami, New York, and Los Angeles have the lowest.

Jed Kolko, Chief Economist
Jed Kolko, Chief Economist
November 10, 2014

Roughly 1 in 12 civilian adults are veterans. But in some smaller metros that figure is as high as 1 in 5, while in several large metros it’s just 1 in 20. We’re marking Veterans Day the Trulia way, by taking a look at where people who served their country in the armed forces live.

Basic Training on Veteran Demographics and Homeownership

Where veterans live reflects who they are. Veterans tend to be older. Their median age is 64, nearly two decades older than the 45-year-old median age of civilian adults who didn’t serve in the armed forces. Gulf War veterans are relatively young, with a median age of 41. But they’re outnumbered by Vietnam Era vets, whose median age is 65. Veterans of the Korean War and World War II are older still.

War or Era Served In

 Share of civilian adult population Median age
Gulf War 2.2% 41
Vietnam Era 2.9% 65
Korean War 0.9% 81
World War II 0.5% 88
All veterans
 8.1% 64

Note: Some veterans served in multiple wars or eras, and others served only between wars and eras. Therefore, data for “all veterans” does not equal the sum or average of the above rows in the table.

Veterans are also overwhelming male (92%), and born in the U.S. Just 3% of veterans are foreign-born, compared with 17% of the non-veteran civilian population.

Finally, veterans are more likely to be homeowners than other adults. Households headed by veterans have a 79% homeownership rate, significantly higher than the 63% rate for households headed by civilian non-veterans. Age accounts for most of this gap. As we noted, there’s a two-decade age gap between veterans and non-veteran civilians, and, except for the very old, the homeownership rate is higher for older adults. Nevertheless, even adjusting for this age difference, homeownership is still about seven percentage points higher for veterans, thanks in part to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs loan programs (VA loans) and other incentives.

As we’ll see below, these demographic differences help explain where veterans live.

Top Veteran Areas are Smaller Metros Near Military Bases

Veterans tend not to be concentrated in big cities. They account for only 6.4% of the civilian adult population in big, dense cities (see note). But they make up 11.2% in small towns and rural areas.

VeteranGraph

Because veterans tend to live outside larger markets, we looked at the largest 500 metros rather than just the 100 largest, as we typically do in Trulia Trends. In 7 of the 500 largest metros, veterans represent more than 20% of the civilian adult population. The 10 metros with the highest share of veterans have one thing in common: they are affordable. Their median asking price per square foot is below $150 in all but Oak Harbor, WA. Several of these metros have large military bases, including Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC; Fort Hood in Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood, TX; and Fort Sill in Lawton, OK.

Metros with Highest Veteran Share
# U.S. Metro Veteran Share of Civilian Adult Population Median Asking Home Price Per Square Foot, $
1 Crestview–Fort Walton Beach–Destin, FL 22.3% 137
2 Oak Harbor, WA 22.0% 173
3 Jacksonville, NC 21.4% 110
4 Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood, TX 21.2% 82
5 The Villages, FL 20.4% 122
6 Sierra Vista–Douglas, AZ 20.2% 91
7 Fayetteville, NC 20.0% 86
8 Lawton, OK 19.6% 75
9 Clarksville, TN-KY 19.2% 91
10 Bremerton–Silverdale, WA 19.1% 142
Note: among 500 largest U.S. metros. Veteran share is from Census; home prices from Trulia.

None of the 100 largest metros makes the list. In fact, the largest of the top 10 is Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX, which ranks just 153rd in population nationwide. Among the largest 100, Colorado Springs and Virginia Beach-Norfolk have the highest share of veterans. Both also have major military bases. Even among these larger metros with high concentrations of veterans, housing is relatively affordable.

Metros with Highest Veteran Share (Large Metros Only)
# U.S. Metro Veteran Share of Civilian Adult Population Median Asking Home Price Per Square Foot, $
1 Colorado Springs, CO 18.4% 107
2 Virginia Beach–Norfolk, VA-NC 17.8% 129
3 Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, FL 16.4% 100
4 Tacoma, WA 15.2% 134
5 North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, FL 14.4% 150
6 Jacksonville, FL 14.0% 109
7 Charleston, SC 13.2% 134
8 Cape Coral–Fort Myers, FL 13.1% 133
9 San Antonio, TX 12.9% 107
10 Tucson, AZ 12.5% 111
Note: among 100 largest U.S. metros ONLY. Veteran share is from Census; home prices from Trulia.

Where are veterans scarce? Of the largest 500 metros, the 10 with the lowest share include several large metros: Miami, New York, Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Francisco. But the list also includes Laredo and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, and El Centro, CA, on the Mexican border. Five of the bottom 10 are expensive markets, with prices over $300 per square foot: New York, the 3 big California metros, and Edwards, CO, which includes the Vail ski resort.

Metros with Lowest Veteran Share
# U.S. Metro Veteran Share of Civilian Adult Population Median Asking Home Price Per Square Foot, $
1 Miami, FL 3.2% 180
2 Laredo, TX 3.7% 94
3 New York, NY-NJ 3.8% 320
4 McAllen–Edinburg–Mission, TX 4.6% 82
5 Los Angeles, CA 4.6% 334
6 San Jose, CA 5.1% 430
7 Edwards, CO 5.2% 336
8 Provo–Orem, UT 5.4% 96
9 El Centro, CA 5.4% 116
10 San Francisco, CA 5.5% 613
Note: among 500 largest U.S. metros. Veteran share is from Census; home prices from Trulia.

So what can we say in general about where veterans live? The map shows no clear regional pattern. Many western states have pockets where veterans live, but California has relatively few veterans. Florida includes the metro with the highest share of veterans, Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, and the lowest, Miami. Texas has Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, with a high proportion of veterans, and border towns with low concentrations.

veterans county map

 

Still, we can make some generalizations. We should note first though that where veterans live depends on when they served. Gulf War vets tend to live in different places than World War II vets, not least because they’re on average more than four decades younger.

In sum, veterans are more likely to live:

  1. Near military bases and areas with active-duty residents. This is especially true for Gulf War veterans.
  2. In more affordable, lower density areas. Vietnam Era veterans, in particular, are more likely than other veterans or civilian non-veterans to live in small towns and rural areas.
  3. In areas with a lower share of foreign-born residents, especially older vets.
  4. In retirement areas, especially if they’re Korean War or World War II vets. In fact, the metros with the highest shares of these older veterans are in Florida.

Though their share of the population may vary, veterans can be found in nearly every community in America. If you want to thank a veteran on November 11, you probably won’t have to look far.

 

Notes: the Census identifies veterans as serving in the Gulf War, the Vietnam Era, the Korean War, and World War II, as well as between conflicts. See tables S2101 and B21002 in American FactFinder.

Homeownership rates are calculated from the 2013 American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) and are based on whether the head of household, spouse, or unmarried partner is a veteran.

All national figures are based on the 2013 1-year ACS. All metro and county figures are based on the 2012 5-year ACS, covering the period 2008-2012. Nationally, veteran share of the civilian population was 8.1% in the 2013 ACS and 9.3% in the 2012 5-year ACS.

County density is based on tract-weighted density, and quartiles were defined to be roughly equal in total population.. See note to this post for more detail.

To identify the location of military bases, we used Census data on the share of adults currently in the armed forces (which not does include veterans) from table DP03 in American FactFinder.

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Selling your home during the Holidays-It can be done

Posted on October 31, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

Selling your home during the Holidays-It can be done

 

If you are finally getting ready to sell your home and find another it can be a harrowing experience around the holidays. The holiday season is a very busy time for everyone. From traveling to see family, shopping, and fighting traffic the stress level can begin to increase. THERE IS HOPE!

Utilizing today’s technology, our experience and the market demand can get your home under contract and find a new one for you.

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Marketing any home requires keeping it clean for easy viewing by potential buyers, but he holidays allow for more décor and flare. Our rule of thumb is if you don’t touch it every 7 days, put it in a box!

 

Making your home open to potential buyers is tricky when you must de-personalize the home but buyers looking during this time ARE SERIOUS BUYERS and are willing to overlook decorations.

 

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Marketing is more than putting a sign in the yard and taking pictures with an iPhone. Yes, some licensees actually do it this way. Not the Adam Borders Real Estate team.

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Jim Waters: Speaking truth to potential Teamsters – Insider Louisville

Posted on October 24, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

Jim Waters: Speaking truth to potential Teamsters – Insider Louisville.

 

By Jim Waters, Bluegrass Institute

Longtime NBA forward Paul Pierce, who’s being paid a handsome $5.3 million this year, is making waves with his recent comment that he hopes his infant son does not follow in his footsteps and instead plays major league baseball.

“They’ve got a better union,” Pierce told NBA.com.

Perhaps we’re getting a glimpse into why basketball-great-turned-marketer extraordinaire Shaquille O’Neal in 2001 branded Pierce with a nickname that never went away: “The Truth.”

Jim Waters

The Major League Baseball Players Association is a better union – at least in terms of its members’ wallets; players’ earnings are limited primarily by market forces rather than the artificial salary caps prevalent in most other pro sports.

And what’s happening in the wide, wide world of sports finds a comparison in the shrinking, shriveling world of private-sector unions.

The International Brotherhood (don’t female members dislike this?) of Teamsters are engaged in a full-court press to unionize thousands of employees in FedEx’s highly successful freight division. Those workers deserve information about the union bosses who covet gaining access to the millions of their dollars in the form of dues such a coup would produce.

In the spirit of Paul Pierce, here is The Truth:

  • Some of the Teamsters bosses’ seriously questionable calls raise reasonable doubt about their ability to make sound decisions on their members’ behalf.

UPS, Louisville’s largest employer, in a memo last year informed 15,000 employees it was dropping their spouses’ health-care coverage due to rising medical costs and the price tag of Obamacare.

FedEx Freight employees might want to consider how the Teamsters’ leadership flipped, flopped and then flip-flopped on Obamacare before finally applauding it – but only after the policy’s namesake doled out a corrupt loophole in the form of a health-insurance tax exemption behind closed doors at the White House.

The misnamed Affordable Care Act has cost lots of people associated with FedEx’s competitors their health coverage, forced middle-class Americans to bear the burden while Teamsters chief James Hoffa and his pals enjoy a respite from the madness of Obamacare’s mandates.

If I’m a FedEx Freight worker, I’m going to think long and hard about whether I want to pay dues that the Teamsters demand be 2.5 times my hourly wage rate to leaders who exercise such poor judgment.

  • This year alone, seriously corrupt and criminal activity involving too many of those leaders – including some right here in the Bluegrass State – has been exposed.

Jerry Vincent was indicted in July on charges he embezzled more than $17,000, arranged for nearly $24,000 in illegal loans for himself and committed 13 criminal violations related to union records while president of Louisville’s Local 783 from 2006 to 2011.

  • Another relevant question for those facing membership decisions involving the Brotherhood: Do I really want to pay dues to a union that’s been under federal court supervision for 25 years as part of a settlement related to racketeering charges?

Am I really inspired to pay my hard-earned money to a union that has had more than 600 of its officials successfully charged by the Independent Review Board?

  • Do I really want to pay my hard-earned money to Teamsters officials who, according to the organization’s Form LM-2 Annual Report, spent $60 million in 2010 just on “political activities and lobbying,” “union administration” and “general overhead?”

The truth is, membership in private-sector unions has dropped to the point where only 7 percent and 9 percent of the workforce in this country and commonwealth, respectively, still think it’s worth those hefty dues.

The rest have determined that labor unions served valuable purposes in the past, but now it’s time to work together with employers to keep the FedEx’s of the world strong and profitable, grow more companies like them – and make sure they all come to Kentucky.

Jim Waters is president of the Bluegrass Institute, Kentucky’s free-market think tank. Reach him atjwaters@freedomkentucky.com. Read previously published columns at www.bipps.org.

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Another home under contract in 4 days Shelby County KY

Posted on October 17, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

 

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When you think of selling your home, do you want to wait for weeks or even months?

When you listen to this experienced Realtor and follow the instructions to prep your home for sale, you can sell it in days, not weeks.

An example of a home under contract in 4 days while others in the neighborhood still sit on on the market.

Now its always possible to ignore your Realtors instructions and wait for the right buyer but this explains why you SHOULD NOT price it higher to try and get a price that is not attainable.

Pricing

1. Price It Right: This is possibly the most important part of selling any home, and one that we pride ourselves on being experts at. It is our goal to get you the most money and as quickly as possible; it all starts here.
2. Make It Stand Out: If you haven’t heard of professional staging, we will familiarize you with it. Staging your home can make it look even more unique to potential buyers who are out looking at multiple properties. The better your house looks, the more attention it will grab.

3. A Tangled Web: Think about how much the internet is used these days. It’s not hard to believe that this is the starting point for most people when looking for a home. We will make sure that your home is visual on every major real estate website.
4. Pretty As A Picture: A picture is worth a thousand words, right? We use a professional photographer to make your home’s first impression even more impressive.

5. The Power Of Networking: Your property will immediately be sent to all the realtors in the Louisville area announcing it being on the market along with our entire database of people we know…which is extensive.
6. Advance Notice & Follow Up: You’ll know in advance of any showings scheduled and you’ll receive feedback following every appointment within 3 days.

7. You’re Not Alone: Every week you’ll hear directly from me to discuss anything and everything to do with your listing, the market, & upcoming marketing strategies.
8. Get Them In The Door: Though not the standard way of selling a home they once were, we still like to make sure we’re having as many people see your home as possible with open houses.

The first step in marketing your home in order to get it sold quickly, is pricing it right. A home can be marketed properly but if it is overpriced the Buyer will never walk in the door.

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New Listings are here everyday, get them in your email ! Shelby county homes.com

Posted on October 6, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

With new homes hitting the market everyday, are you seeing the homes you want?  you can use this website to search ad be notified of new options that match your detailed requirements.  www.ShelbycountyKYhomes.com

 

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Agent Safety Should Come First

Posted on September 30, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

Agent Safety Should Come First.

Written by Bill Kilpatrick and approved by Adam Borders

Agent Safety Should Come First

In light of the recent news reports of Arkansas Realtor Beverly Carter’s disappearance after going to a vacant house to meet a perspective buyer, and being that this unfortunately is not nearly the first time such an event has occurred, now is an appropriate time to look to the real estate industry to make some basic changes.   It’s time for a paradigm shift.   Do you know any other group of people that consider themselves business professionals that willingly go meet perfect strangers in vacant buildings?   Do Attorneys, Doctors, or Accountants talk to people they’ve never met for a moment on the phone and then rush out to meet them in a vacant building?   For that matter, do used car salespeople get phone calls from perfect strangers and go running out of their office to meet?   Of course not.   However, up until now that’s exactly what too many real estate agents do.

Enough!   The time has come to change the way we think as an industry.   I’ve been reading too many social media discussions from real estate professionals writing about increasing their security and safety by carrying concealed weapons, or tasers, or traveling in twos, or taking karate courses, or maybe Tae Kwan Do.    This seems really backward to me.   Wouldn’t it be much simpler to just qualify clients before showing property?

Consider this.   Is there any reason to show a property to someone when that person has no ability to purchase the property?    Are we serving our sellers if we open their house to an unqualified buyer?   Even for bank owned properties, not that the bank might care how we waste our time, does it serve the bank or investor in any way to take people on tours of the property when that person has no ability to buy it?     My answer is no.

Our real estate team has sold over 90 homes so far this year.  Our buyer’s agents are trained to get an in office appointment before showing properties.  We always get from all of our clients either a proof of funds or a pre-approval from a trusted lender before we show properties.   Why on earth would we go show a property to someone when we have no idea whether they can afford it?   How is that even considered good customer service?   If they can’t afford it, you’ve just set them up for a huge disappointment.   If it turns out they can afford more, it’s very likely they will want something nicer.  Either way, we’ve wasted their time and ours by showing them the property.   Is that what real estate professionals should do?   Should professional agents waste their clients time?

Many agents seem to feel the buyer’s will not choose to work with them unless the agent comes running when a buyer calls.   We have found that a few simple qualifying questions on the phone can help the buyer understand the added value we bring by doing an in office consultation.   We feel if the perspective buyer pushes back too hard against coming in to the office, or sending us a proof of funds or a pre- approval letter, this is likely an indicator of someone who is not a serious buyer.   It could also be an indication of someone with much worse intentions!

What would be the downside to our industry adopting a standard that any buyer in order to set an appointment to see a property would need to provide proof of funds or a pre-approval?   Is there a downside?    I don’t see it, but there could be considerable upside.   Agents would never again waste a buyer’s time showing them properties they are unqualified to purchase.   Agent’s would never again feel the need to go to a vacant property to meet a stranger.   Buyers, once it becomes an industry standard would never have an expectation of calling an agent they’ve never met out to meet at a vacant home.   Bad guys would never again be able to use this tactic.     So, what do we do?

If you are a real estate professional, adopt the practice of qualifying your buyers before you show property.   Talk to your broker about making it an office policy.  Then contact your local, state, and the National Association of REALTORS and let them know it’s time for professional REALTORS to behave like professionals.   It can be a standard that we let sellers know that as a service to them we won’t allow unqualified buyers into their property.   And, for buyers as a service to them we won’t waste their time showing them properties they can’t purchase.  As real estate professionals we can put in place standards that provide a higher level of service and more importantly protect the safety of agents.

If you are a consumer please understand that when an agent asks you to come in to an office to meet before showing you property they are actually following a proven path of delivering a high level of service.   There is no advantage for a consumer to run out and tour a home that they have no ability to purchase.   If you are wanting to shop for a home you need to be educated to make an informed decision, and you will need to be prepared to write an offer for purchase.  No seller is going to accept an offer for purchase without some sort of proof of funds or a pre-approval letter.  A real estate professional that can sit down with you and help you understand the local economics of the marketplace is helping you to be a more informed, savvy buyer.   Plus, that agent has every right to get to know the person they will be touring homes with.

There is a better way to conduct business than the way things have been done.  There is no compelling reason for an industry to not adopt standards of practice that not only protect the workers within the industry but also provide a higher level of customer service.  I look to the leaders of the real estate industry to step up and raise this bar.

Bill Kilpatrick is a Broker with Keller Williams Realty and CEO of the Florida Real Estate Sellers sales team at Keller Williams Realty.

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Suspect in custody in disappearance of Arkansas real estate agent | Inman News

Posted on September 29, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

If your Realtor asks for a pre-approval letter, to meet at the office during normal working hours, or a copy of your driver’s license, etc. PLEASE do not argue or be offended. We all have a family that wants us to come home at night.
Most Realtors are professionals and transactions this large should be handled professionally. Meet your Realtor in their office first.

 

Suspect in custody in disappearance of Arkansas real estate agent | Inman News.

Suspect in custody in disappearance of Arkansas real estate agent

Search for Beverly Carter, missing since Thursday, continues
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Arkansas authorities today arrested a man they say is a suspect in the disappearance of real estate agent Beverly Carter from a vacant for-sale home late Thursday afternoon.

Carter, 49, was still missing today, after search parties scouring the area around the home over the weekend came up empty, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Carl Minden told Inman News.

Arrested image via Shutterstock.
Arrested image via Shutterstock.

Aaron M. Lewis.

But authorities now have a suspect in custody. This morning, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-year-old Arron M. Lewis. Lewis, who is currently on parole for another crime, has a criminal history in Arkansas, including a felony theft conviction.

Lewis’ arrest is the culmination of a bizarre series of events on Sunday, including a one-vehicle accident and a hospital escape. Lewis was a “person of interest” in Carter’s kidnapping before he crashed his car into a concrete culvert on Sunday morning just before 10 a.m. Central time. The Sheriff’s Office has not revealed what made Lewis a person of interest.

Beverly Carter

After being taken to a Little Rock, Arkansas, hospital for treatment, he disappeared. At about 4:30 p.m. that same day the sheriff’s office issued a warrant for his arrest on suspicion of kidnapping.

The site of Lewis’ one-vehicle accident is approximately 30 miles northwest of the home where authorities suspect that Carter was taken.

The search for Carter continues this morning, Minden said. So far, dozens of volunteers and authorities have covered half to three-quarters of the initial search area, he said.

If she’s not found, authorities will expand the search area, Minden said.

A Facebook page has been set up to aid in the search for Carter.

Carter’s plight has refocused the industry’s attention on vetting prospective clients at an office before having agents meet them, alone, at other locations.

Tools like Secure Show LLC, which verifies a person’s identity using third-party sources, are available to help agents mitigate the risk of meeting in new people.

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Automotive Parts Supplier Faurecia To Establish Manufacturing Plant In Simpsonville, Kentucky – Area Development

Posted on September 22, 2014 by bestofshelbycountyky

Automotive Parts Supplier Faurecia To Establish Manufacturing Plant In Simpsonville, Kentucky – Area Development.

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Faurecia, a manufacture of high-performance seating mechanisms, global-standard frames and advanced mechatronics systems, will start construction this year on a 122,000 square foot plant in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Production is scheduled to begin in February 2016 on the facility that will employ 410 associates.

“We are very pleased to begin construction at the Greenfield site in Simpsonville and to welcome hundreds of new associates from the area to Faurecia,” said Jacques Mauge, Chairman/CEO of Faurecia North America. “With existing Faurecia plants already producing interior systems and emissions control technologies in Louisville, our seating facility in Simpsonville expands Faurecia’s company-wide commitment to this region. We are proud to be in Kentucky and to participate in the local community as a partner with Simpsonville residents.”

Nik Endrud, President of Faurecia Automotive Seating, said the metro-Louisville area offers Faurecia the right skill set to meet customer needs. “We continue to be very pleased by the experience and skill levels of the workforce in Simpsonville and the greater Louisville area,” said Endrud. “I’m confident that this team will allow us to continue to grow in North America and strengthen our presence in the region.” North America is the second-largest region for Faurecia Automotive Seating, following Europe.

“We’re excited to see Faurecia grow in Kentucky by adding this new facility,” said Governor Steven Beshear. “I want to thank the company for its continued investment in the Commonwealth and for bringing scores of new jobs to the state. This announcement is another feather in the cap for our growing automotive industry.”

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Simpsonville is a 5th-class city in Shelby County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,484 during the 2010 U.S. Census.[2]

Geography

Simpsonville is located at 38°13′6″N 85°21′11″W (38.218373, -85.353058).[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), of which 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (1.50%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 1,281 people, 489 households, and 352 families residing in the city. The population density was 980.9 people per square mile (377.6/km²). There were 517 housing units at an average density of 395.9 per square mile (152.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 85.87% White, 6.01% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.55% Asian, 5.62% from other races, and 1.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.49% of the population.

There were 489 households out of which 44.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the city the population was spread out with 30.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 38.1% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $45,000, and the median income for a family was $52,560. Males had a median income of $34,688 versus $27,431 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,443. About 7.7% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.

See also

References

  1. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. “Simpsonville, Kentucky”. Accessed 26 Aug 2013.
  2. http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/2010_place_list_21.txt
  3. “US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990”. United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  4. “American FactFinder”. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

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