By Michael V. Hannigan
This is cool … Long Cove has broken ground on Phase II.
Long Cove is the resort-style development going up on the shoreline of Cedar Creek Lake, just northeast of Malakoff. It is a Don McNamara project, a Malakoff resident whose other developments include Cityplace and West Village in Dallas.
The interesting thing about Phase II is that it reclaims nearly a half-mile of shoreline and required a 600-foot dam.
Long Cove broke ground last April on Phase I, which included 33 properties (22 houses, 11 lots).
The properties are projected to be mostly weekend homes for families from Dallas, and will be from three to six bedrooms and from 1,950 to 3,000 square feet. When complete, the development could include up to 400 homes.
Tip of the hat to David Webb at CedarCreekLake.com, who was the first to report this locally as far as I know.
You can see more on the Long Cove Facebook Page.
I’ve tried to reach the Long-Cove people through various methods of contact and so far have gotten no-response. I was hoping to let them use some of our local labor including subs and materials. This would be an asset to having them in our community and we could be an asset to them as well. Especially since this entire Long-Cove property is being built over the old abandoned coal mines which contain lots of earth voids that could have potential for earth movement in that area. We build High performance structures where the ICF walls are insulated concrete, monolithic single-pour walls and married to the foundation. It would be less likely to shift the home in the chance that the earth void might cause movement and possibly damage a home.
My company is local. We are based in Athens and have a showroom / office in Malakoff at the Jeannie Seely State Farm office suites on Hwy 198. We build custom homes using high performance materials and methods (ICF) that can withstand 250mph winds and 115mph debris impacts plus save lots of money on energy cost (up to 70%) and insurance costs too. ICF stands for Insulated Concrete Buildings. It sounds expensive but it typically only comes in about 4.5%-5% above the total finished cost for stick-built wood-framed homes. We build both! That means we can handle wood or concrete and just frame it or we can finish it out.
See more at http://www.TexasICF.com or contact me for questions.
Michael, do you know anything about the rumor that they won’t use local labor and material resources from this area? This is not the first time I’ve heard this.
Chris Kelsey, the president of Long Cove, actually came onto our Facebook page and answered Mr. Weaver’s question. You can see that here. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=227588797386244&set=a.184330108378780.58466.184307831714341&type=1