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Madison County Promoting Using OLD Tires In the Yard?

April 13th, 2010 Categories: Land & Rural

Madison County is promoting a GREAT environmental awareness campaign but it has a little flaw. We should NOT be promoting old tires as planters.

Yes – Dumping Old Tires is BAD!!!

Yes – We need to Stop It!

NO - We don’t need to start using the tires as landscaping!

I know there are ways you can use old tires and not just dump them and create an environmental hazard. I know there are ways you can recycle them. In fact Tire Crafting is a company that sells ideas and ways for you to use old tires BUT – the last thing we need is for Texans to take their old tires and put them in their yards as planters and yard art.

Old tires in the yard is a sure way to bring down a neighborhood’s value! Think about the areas that you know where you’ve seen tires or toilets used as planters. I bet they are not upscale areas or areas appreciating in value.

Susan Hilton

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Planning an Appeal

February 15th, 2009 Categories: Land & Rural, Market Trends

BRYAN, TX — So your property value drops in a shrinking economy. What can

Property Tax Assessment

you do? Make sure that your tax value is decreasing, as well. Brazos County mails out estimates for the year 2009 in June. That’s four months away, you exclaim. Yes, plenty of time to investigate your property’s current market value and to prepare your tax appeal, I say.

Your case for a request to lower the property’s value is not simply based on your feelings about higher taxes. You’ve heard Benjamin Franklin say it – in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. So don’t be shocked to find yourself in a recession and asked to pay Read the rest of this entry »

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Crape Myrtle – Crepe Myrtle? Why do we care?

April 22nd, 2008 Categories: Community Events, Land & Rural

Did you know that the Crape Myrtle (lagerstoemia indica) was the official shrub of Texas? Did you know that Texas is represented by more official plants than any other state? Did you know that the crepe myrtle could have been the state tree and the state flower except it isn’t a native Texan? It originally was imported from China and was introduced to Paris, Texas in 1857 and yes – both spellings are correct. The crape myrtle was declared the Official State Shrub of Texas in 1997.

The crepe myrtle is one of the longest blooming tree. The flowers last from 6-120 days in late summer. They range in height when grown between 18 inches and some even grow as tall as 40 feet. They come in colors ranging from white to pink to purple and are BEAUTIFUL!