Jobless Rates Down In October

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As of The End of November, Wednesday's October unadjusted employment data was another positive economic story for NE Tenn. cities and counties.
The data show unemployment dropping or staying the same in most of the cities and counties. The only exceptions were 0.2% increases in Unicoi and Hawkins counties and the city of Bristol unemployment rates.
In the cities category the biggest unemployment drops came in Johnson City and Bristol at 0.4% below the Sept. total. Kingsport's unemployment rate dropped 0.3% and Morristown stayed the same as the Sept. rate at 10.7%, which is the highest unemployment rate in the NE Tenn. cities category.
Looking at the data for the number of jobs shows Johnson City as the region's leader with 30,420 jobs. Kingsport ranks No. 2 with 17,940 jobs and Bristol barley edges out Morristown with 11,890 jobs.
Among the counties Sullivan continues as the county with the most jobs - 70,570. Washington County is second with 58,310 jobs.
October's unadjusted jobless data follows a bleak seasonally adjusted third quarter job report that show the regional losing 2,300 jobs.
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In that report from ETSU economists Steb Hipple the Tri-Cities metro area lost 2,341 jobs in the third quarter v. the same time last year. Job losses were reported in professional and business services, government durable and nondurable manufacturing leisure and hospitality, wholesale trade, retail trade, transportation and utilities and other services.
According to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October 2008 was 7.0 percent, 0.2 percentage point lower than the September rate of 7.2 percent. The United States unemployment rate for the month of October was 6.5 percent.
County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for October 2008, show that 53 counties decreased. The rate increased in 27 counties and remained the same in 15 counties.
Williamson County registered the state's lowest county unemployment rate at 4.7 percent, down 0.3 percentage point from the September rate. Perry County had the state's highest at 17.4 percent, up from 16.7 in September, followed by Lauderdale County at 14.5 percent, up from 13.1 percent in September.
Knox County had the state's lowest major metropolitan rate at 5.0 percent, down 0.3 percentage point from the September rate. Davidson County was 5.5 percent, down from 5.8 the previous month. Hamilton County was at 6.1 percent the same as the September rate, and Shelby County was 7.1 percent, down from the September rate of 7.4.

Original Article By: Don Fenley

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Schools rated in East Tennessee: U.S. News and world reports

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Last week, in a U.S. News and World Report study, several Northeast TN schools were rated among the best in the nation with regard to exceeding their state proficiency benchmarks and for serving all students including those who aren’t college bound.

Based on the study’s findings 2 Hawkins County schools, Volunteer High School in Church Hill and the small K-12 Clinch School in Eidson, would be ranked within the top 10 percent best performing high schools in the nation.

The U.S. News and World Report study analyzed 21,069 public high schools in 48 states using data from the 2006-2007 school year. There wasn’t enough information available from Oklahoma, Nevada or the District of Columbia to be included in the study.

Every school was judged in three parts including how well it served its entire student body, not just students who are college bound. It also judged how well students met or exceeded state proficiency guidelines.

The final part of the study assessed how well schools prepare students for college-level work.
A list of the “gold medal” winners, or the top 100 schools in the nation, was created from the results of the study, with Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., being named number one for the second year in a row.

504 top-performing high schools nationwide earned silver medals after being ranked based on their college readiness index scores.

Tennessee had two silver medal schools including University School in Johnson City and Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville.

High schools nationwide that excelled in the first two parts of the study were awarded bronze medals.

Aside from Volunteer and Clinch in Hawkins County, the other bronze medal winners in Northeast Tennessee included Unicoi County, Chucky Doak, North Greene and South Greene. A total of 25 Tennessee high schools were awarded bronze.

Volunteer High School principal Jim Dykes said his school’s bronze medal can largely be attributed to his hard-working staff.

Excerpts FROM: TIMES-NEWS ONLINE http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9009360

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Two recent pieces of real estate news may not fit the national profile, and they don’t
mean the area’s housing industry is on easy street, but the reports from Kiplinger’s magazine and a national agency suggest the Tri-Cities market remains somewhat protected from the problems plaguing many areas of the country.

On Saturday, Kiplinger’s, a national financial monthly, tabbed the Johnson City metro area
(Washington, Carter and Unicoi counties) as one of six “Safe Havens in Real Estate.”
And Tuesday — the same day the large metro-related “Case-Shiller Index” showed continued
plunging prices in its markets, another index showed the Kingsport-Bristol metro ranking 14th best out of 291 areas nationwide for year-to-year home price appreciation through Sept. 30 at 3.93 percent. Nationwide, the figures released by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) showed, prices declined by 6.0 percent over the same period.

Kingsport-Bristol’s 14th-place showing was identical to the second-quarter placement,
though year-to-year appreciation was down from 4.75 percent. Johnson City’s latest figure, shown in an index of unranked metros, was 3.63 percent, which would place it 18th, and was an
improvement from the second-quarter gain of 2.86 percent that would have put it 58th.
The OFHEO report also showed data for the July-September quarter compared to the quarter
before, and Kingsport-Bristol remained above water in that regard with a 0.69 percent
appreciation. Six of the top 20 year-to-year markets lost value in the third quarter compared to
the April-June quarter.

The Kiplinger’s article used data from Fiserv Lending Solutions, a home-price research
company, to determine that “in certain pockets across the country, the damage has been minimal. The article lumped Johnson City in with Lancaster, Pa., Clarksville, Pittsburgh, Albuquerque and Burlington, Vt. among cities whose “local economies have kept unemployment and foreclosure rates below average.”

That piece also noted that the cities making the list measured well on the “affordability
index” that measures home prices versus family income.

Kiplinger’s lists Johnson City’s median home price at $120,000, lowest of the cities
shown, but it also puts the 12-month change in home value at negative 0.4 percent. The other
metros all had modest gains. It notes the Johnson City market is driven by East Tennessee State University and new retirees — the so-called “halfbacks” who “used to spend summer in the north and winter in the south but are now making Tennessee their home year round.”
In the OFHEO release, Tennessee also made out well as a state. It saw annual appreciation of 1.38 percent, ranking 11th, though prices showed a drop of 0.68 percent from the second quarter to the third. Several other “Mountain South” metros also placed high on the OFHEO annual appreciation list. They included Greenville, S.C. (9th), Spartanburg, S.C. (11th), Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, N.C. (17th) and Asheville, N.C. (43rd). The OFHEO numbers come from sales of existing homes and refinances.

(Excerpts from article at Johnson City Press) (For full article, visit
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East Tennessee: Tipton-Haynes video episode focuses on civilians during the Civil War

One of three episodes on East Tennessee history was being taped Monday at Tipton-Haynes Historic Site by the East Tennessee Historical Society.
The videos will be part of a permanent exhibit titled Voices of the Land — People of East Tennessee that will be housed at the East Tennessee History Center at 601 Gay St., Knoxville.
The segment being filmed here is on the Civil War from the standpoint of civilians, according to Cherel Henderson. The filming will next move to the Dickson-Williams Mansion in Greeneville, focusing on the diary of Rhoda Williams, who opposed the division of the nation although her family owned slaves.
Other diary entries come from Effie Eagleton and Eliza Fain. Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain opposed Union intervention in what she considered the South’s business. “We are asked to submit to this rule ...They should treat us as brethren and let us go,” she wrote.
Williams, while favoring Union, recognized it was a hopeless case. “The Southern people will never come to any terms with Lincoln,” she wrote. “His policy is to crush the South and make us all slaves.”
The first film will be an orientation to the exhibit and the final will be on country music and how traditions were passed from father to son or daughter.
The script, utilizing the diaries, was written by Hillman and Carr from Washington, D.C., the producers of the series. The Johnson City unit is under the hands of producer Jennifer Gruber.
“The Civil War home front is a unique story to East Tennessee, Henderson said. “There was so much bitterness and division between families. The diaries show this agony.”
The taping began with doing exterior shots of the buildings involved. Monday’s session actually involved actors running lines.
Adam Alfrey, curator of the exhibit, said it will cover 8,000 square feet of the old customs house in Knoxville, and will also have a traveling exhibit. The total exhibit will cover from early settlement up to the present, combining artifacts with images. The videos will each run about six minutes.
Unlike most Civil War film re-creations, this one will not involve battles or scenes with uniformed re-enactors, but will focus on the lives of civilians as they try to cope with the hardships and violence that was ripping East Tennessee apart.

By James Brooks
Press Staff Writer
Johnson City Press Chronicle

Johnson City, TN : ANOTHER store coming to N.E. TN/Tri-Cities

Johnson City, TN : ANOTHER store coming to N.E. TN/Tri-Cities

By Jeff Keeling
Press Business Editor
Johnson City Press Chronicle

Natural foods outlet to open State of Franklin location in June.

Johnson City will become home to the Tri-Cities’ first natural foods supermarket later this year when Fletcher, N.C.-based Earth Fare opens for business in a space near East Tennessee State University.
“We’ve been looking at Johnson City for a couple years, actually, and it was just difficult to find a site,” Earth Fare CEO Michael Cianciarulo said Monday. He said the company will put a couple of million dollars into retrofitting the 24,000-square-foot space – currently home to a White’s Fresh Foods – at 1735 W. State of Franklin before opening in June, and eventually hire about 100 employees.
Cianciarulo said Tri-Citians can expect a store that caters to, among others, the vegetarian, health food and epicurean markets, that sources much of its product locally and that is a good employer and corporate citizen.
“We think it’s going to be something that brings a lot of good products and options to the people of the Tri-Cities,” he said.
The origins of Earth Fare lie in “Dinner for the Earth,” a small natural food store that opened in Asheville in 1975, changed its name to Earth Fare in 1993, upsized in 1994 and opened its second store, in Charleston, S.C., in 1997. Today, Earth Fare has 13 stores in four states, with three more under way, but still espouses the values that spawned the first store, at least according to the “Mission and Values” section of the company’s Web site:
“We support the empowerment, development and wellness of our customers and staff by operating a successful business focused on education, fair trade, organic and local foods, and other healthy choices for the environment and ourselves.”
Earth Fare’s pending arrival means the 24,000-square-foot anchor of the University Plaza strip center won’t sit waiting on a tenant. That was good news Monday to Larry England, who owns a Cartridge World store occupying one of the center’s smaller spaces.
“I was in a different business before this in a strip center and one of our main anchors went dark about a year after we had moved in – it really made a huge impact on our traffic,” England said.
England is excited about the arrival of Earth Fare and expects it to have positive effects on the 20-year-old center. “I think it’ll help draw additional tenants,” he said.
Cianciarulo said Johnson City probably would have a store already were it not for the difficulty in locating the chosen site, which he called a good size (Earth Fare’s prototype is 27,000 square feet) and good location for Johnson City and for access to shoppers from other parts of the Tri-Cities.
“We have Johnson City people that travel a long way to buy groceries,” Cianciarulo said. “We bring almost 30,000 items in one building that may be available throughout the market in scattered smaller stores, but can’t be found in one place.”
Earth Fares have full-service meat departments, large produce sections, gourmet cheese that is cut and wrapped on-site after weekly deliveries from New York City and Europe, and extensive beer and wine selections, though the Johnson City store won’t have a wine section. The new store also will feature a deli/cafe, a large selection of nutritional supplements and, Cianciarulo said, selections from local farms and small businesses.
“We’re going to go out and open the door to anybody that we can support in the local arena,” Cianciarulo said. “It could be somebody with a marinade sauce that’s locally produced or a small farmer. We’re buying broccoli from Boone, N.C., and shipping it to all our stores, we purchased millions of dollars worth of local products last year, and we go out of our way, no matter how small a guy is, to try and support them.”
Despite becoming the country’s third-largest natural foods retailer (sales exceeded $100 million last year and its plans call for opening five or six stores a year), Cianciarulo said the company is sticking to an approach that benefits employees and seems to avoid running the “little guy” – such as Johnson City’s two existing health food stores – out of business.
“We bring more exposure to what they stand for, and they seem to thrive after we come in,” Cianciarulo said of independent competitors.
He said Earth Fare offers good benefits and gives full-time jobs to about 65 percent of employees, compared to about 30 percent in the supermarket industry as a whole.

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Happy New Year From Johnson City, TN Tri-Cities EXCLUSIVE Buyer Agency

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What is being said about Exclusive Buyer Agents & Exclusive Buyer Representation: Buying a Home, Lot, Land, Acreage, Investment, or other Real Estate

Buyer Agents and Exclusive Buyer Agency is NOT a new concept. Since the mid 1990's many news publications have touted the importance of hiring your OWN buyer agent, and particularly recommending Exclusive Representation from a 'True Buyer's Agent,' the 'Exclusive Buyer Agent (EBA)'.If you plan to purchase a home or buy land or other real property, you may want to become more informed about the type of buyer brokers and agents available in your area you are interested.Here are just a few news quotes found during the early years. Come back to our site later and we will give you some later quotes and their sources.

"Unless the agent is an exclusive buyer's agent..... there is a potential conflict of interest" CHICAGO SUN TIMES JUNE 22,1997

"Hiring a buyer's broker costs the home buyer nothing extra" CHICAGO TRIBUNE MAY 31, 1997

“Exclusive agencies are best. They remove any conflict of interest, which is the main reason for considering a buyer broker in the first place."

"Exclusive buyer's brokers work only with buyers and don't take listings. They're obligated to help you find the best deal and lowest price." Kiplinger's

"Many people don't realize that, unless specifically stated otherwise, brokers are legal representatives of sellers. A buyer's broker, representing only the buyer, may be able to secure a better price and better terms." Good Housekeeping

"Nader again held up exclusive buyer brokerage as the only legitimate option for the home buying public." RALPH NADER - AGENCY LAW QUARTERLY AUGUST 1996

"Exclusive Buyer's Agents work only for consumers and often can save them money" LOS ANGELES TIMES JANUARY 7, 1996

"Only by using an exclusive buyer agent can a buyer be sure all information is kept confidential. Only an exclusive buyer agent can give the buyer an objective, experienced opinion of the homes viewed to ensure the buyer gets the right home, in the right location, at the right price." Mobility Magazine

"But consumer advocates say it cheats both buyers and sellers, denying them an agent's allegiance and undivided attention at a time when they're making a major financial decision."You're either loyal or you're not. It's like being slightly pregnant," says Maureen F. Glasheen, former counsel to the New York secretary of state, who opposes dual agency. " Wall Street Journal

"Unlike the traditional agent who looks out for the seller, a buyer broker acts as your advocate, helping you find the home you want, then negotiating the lowest possible price." MONEY MAGAZINE MAY 1995

"consumer groups strongly endorse the use of buyer's brokers to avoid conflicts of interest" ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER JULY 14, 1996

" Exclusive buyer agents make every effort to get the lowest possible price for their buyers" THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER MARCH 23,1997

"If your real estate agent isn't a buyer broker, he works for the seller." US News

"Groups such as the Consumer Federation and the American Association of Retired Persons recommend using buyer's agents... the reason is they work" SMART MONEY JUNE 1995

"The only way to get an agent really on your side is to use an exclusive buyer's agent. I wholeheartedly suggest you look for one when you get ready to buy." TIPS AND TRAPS WHEN BUYING A HOME / by Robert Irwin

"Until recently, all residential real estate agents and brokers represented the sellers, a fact lost on most home buyers. Now... a new breed of brokers has emerged to fend for them." THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

"You save big bucks by hiring a buyer broker" MONEY MAGAZINE JULY 1996

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We at A Buyer's Best Choice Realty would like to wish all of our family, friends, customers, clients, and future clients a Happy Valentine's Day. We encourage you all to check out the wonderful Bed and Breakfasts in this area; especially in Jonesborough, Butler, and Mountain City, TN. Also, if you are interested in buying investment properties, a new home for relocation, retirement, or as a second home getaway, feel free to browse our website at http://www.TNBuyerBroker.com for ACTIVE listings from all agencies that list with the area MLS. Also, find links to other information about this beatiful area. Feel free to sign up for information, or contact us directly on our toll free number (1-877-693-0533). Let a qualified EXCLUSIVE Buyer's Agent help you with your needs. We are the only EXCLUSIVE Buyer Agency in the entire Tri-Cities TN/VA area. We never list properties so, there is never a conflict of interest, or any doubt that we work for you, the BUYER, to find and get the best price for whatever property you choose.

ABuyer's Best Choice Realty: Washington Co. RATED 2ND HIGHEST IN STATE OF TENNESSEE For Technical Jobs/Also One Of The Most Desirable Places To Retire

According to a survey conducted by UT and announced December 2004, Region 11 (which includes Washington County) was rated second highest in the State for volume of technical jobs. Combine this with the reasons which make this area such a great place to live and retire, and we have even more potential for growth which makes the Tri-Cities a highly desirable place to relocate for technical jobs or for finding a niche to fill with a new technical business or service. For more information on the Technical Ranking, See the December 2005 issue of Johnson City Business through the Jonesborough/Washington County Chamber of Commerce, or contact us through our web site at www.TNBuyerBroker.comJohnson City and the Tri-Cities area has also been written up as one of the most desirable places to retire in the Country. With our full four seasons (generally mild), and the great cost of living, including no state income tax, many people have found our area to be most appealing. We have clients who originally had considered Asheville, NC , which is only 45 minutes from here, decide to move here for these reasons as well. Many retirees, and those wanting a better "family environment" have relocated to Johnson City, Kingsport, Bristol, Jonesborough, Elizabethton, and areas in between. A Buyer's Best Choice Realty ( http://www.tnbuyerbroker.com/ ) has been able to provide quality service in the informational forum, the process of getting to know our area, finding a suitable home or lot to build on, and helping Buyers through the home buying process.Check us out our web site, maybe give us a call, and come join us in our beautiful part of the country, with activities to suit all tastes!

What Brought Us to Tri-Cities TN/VA Area: Johnson City- Kingsport, Bristol TN/VA?

Twenty Eight years ago, my husband and I were looking for the PERFECT place to relocate: to live, to work, and to raise our children. Little did we know that we had also found the PERFECT place to retire in the future!Kingsport, TN was advertising for a Neurologist, but Johnson City, TN, was not at that time. Never having been to Tri-Cities, TN, despite living in NC for many years, we visited Kingsport and found a lovely town, but were particularly drawn to the people, the beauty of the area, and the outstanding medical community as a whole! Tri-Cities people are warm and accepting, the schools are good, the weather provides 4 moderate seasons, the job market is excellent, the shopping is diverse, and there are so many free and exciting outdoor opportunities, festivals and ‘artsy-crafty’ activities within a short drive. While we chose to live in Johnson City, as it suited our needs better at the time, the entire Tri-Cities area soon became our “heaven on earth!”Our sons are grown now and we are looking ahead to our retirement years. There are many activities that we enjoyed when our children were young, that we will enjoy once again, from a NEW perspective, when we retire in a few years. We look forward to those days and continue to be thankful for the day we learned about “THE Best Kept Secret in America”…….. the Tri-Cities TN/VA area, also known as “THE BEST PLACE in the U.S. to live AND to retire!”Call A Buyer's Best Choice Realty® to find out more about relocating to one of the several larger or smaller communities within Tri-Cities TN/VA. Having been recognized as “The Best Place in the U.S. to Retire,” “The Best Place in the Southeast to open a new Restaurant,” the first ever “All American City/Region,” among so MANY other awards that are meaningful to relocating families, college-bound students, and job-seekers, it is no wonder that we have so many Buyers looking for a real estate agent (or Realtor®) who does NOT have a conflict of interest…. an agent who NEVER represents Sellers, one who NEVER lists properties or homes…… the EBA or Exclusive Buyer Agent. That is the difference between a “Buyer Agent” and an “Exclusive Buyer Agent”! An EXCLUSIVE Buyer Agent NEVER lists a home or represents a seller of real estate! Know the difference and ask the right questions!Check out our website at http://tnbuyerbroker.com/ or call us Toll Free at 1-877-693-0533. Our FIRST priority is your happiness! We want you to know about the area as well as we do, because an informed decision is the ONLY way to buy a home. Let an Exclusive Buyer Agent represent you in finding the home of your dreams! We strive to ensure that you get the “best home for the best (lowest) price”!!! See what consumer advocates and former clients have to say about us! Janine Wilson, Broker/Founder, A Buyer’s Best Choice Realty®