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The former Mullican Flooring property where the complex will be built. (Ron Campbell/Johnson City Press)
A new housing development hopes to bring resort-style living to students on the former site of a Johnson City manufacturer.
With the purchase of the former Mullican Flooring manufacturing facility, developer Monarch Ventures plans to build a 550-bed luxury apartment complex for students attending classes at nearby East Tennessee State University.
"Johnson City is a great town, it's a terrific location, near a growing university," Monarch CEO Shannon King said Monday. "There's a definite need for housing that we feel we will be able to fill."
King said the multi-million-dollar complex will offer both two- and four-bedroom apartments, a resort pool, a volleyball court, a bistro coffee bar, outdoor terraces and a full list of other amenities. Click here for a top-down rendering of the site.
The facility will also employ a support staff and host social events for tenants.
The apartments' interior scheme has not yet been finalized, King said, but the Johnson City location will be similar to Monarch's other properties in Conway, S.C., and Statesboro, Ga.
Aside from the confirmed Johnson City development, the company has three other sites in various stages of planning, in Charlotte, N.C., Cullowhee, N.C., and Columbia, S.C.
Before the University Parkway housing complex could move forward, the 11-acre heavy industrial property (I-2) and the surrounding medium density residential (R-3) was rezoned as high density residential-university (R-6), which allowed for 25 units per acre or a maximum of 275 total units.
Angie Carrier, Johnson City's Development Services Director, said the new zoning designation matches that of the University Edge student community on the other side of ETSU's Thomas Stadium from the Mullican site.
Carrier said the change was actually a down-zoning, which means the proposed development had less of an impact on the property than the previous industrial owner, and was easier for officials to approve.
"Based on the city's comprehensive plan for that corridor, it was determined that residential was the most appropriate development," she said. "So when Mullican moved and this developer expressed interest, it really fit in with what we wanted to do long-term there."
Last year, Mullican Flooring moved its assembly line from the 180,000-square-foot University Parkway building to a larger facility on Woodlyn Road, expecting a $12 million investment over three years and 164 new jobs.
Washington County Economic Development Council's Mitch Miller said the expanding manufacturer and the incoming development are major successes for the organization and for the local economy.
"This development has been a long time coming," he said. "It's a great property to redevelop and a huge step toward revitalization and connecting the university to the downtown area."
Now that most of the preliminary hurdles have ben cleared for the property, King said the company expects to begin demolishing the old manufacturing facility in the next two weeks and hopes to be able to start renting the new apartments in fall 2014.
She said the future of the complex is still bright despite a recent announcement by ETSU President Brian Noland that the university faces a budget shortfall due largely to a 3 percent decline in enrollment.
"We don't believe that's going to affect us," King said. "We've done our analytics, and our success is not contingent on enrollment growth. We're bringing a more upscale product at a good value, and that's what we believe to be our selling point to separate us from some of the other housing options in the area."

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The fiscal cliff deal that raises taxes on top earners begs the question: Who earns that much around here?
Not many — perhaps less than 0.5 percent of Clark County's 425,000 residents.
It's hard to get a handle on exact numbers. The most recent available data doesn't split income brackets quite the same way as in the cliff deal, which raises income taxes on households with annual incomes greater than $450,000.
In all of Washington state, 16,899 out of 3.2 million household tax returns -- or 0.5 percent -- listed incomes greater than $500,000 in 2009, according to IRS data.
"When you look at the state, especially if we take all the Microsoft people out, it's a pretty small number," said Scott Bailey, a state regional
economist for Southwest Washington. "Clark County's income structure tends to have more people in the middle and fewer at the bottom and the top compared to other areas."
U.S. Census data lumps incomes higher than $200,000 together, and only 3.4 percent of Clark County's 160,000 households fall into that category. That would be about 5,400 households.
Which isn't to say people here won't be affected by the deal.
Although the deal extends the Bush tax cuts for households below the $450,000 mark, most workers will see their paychecks shrink. The deal doesn't include an extension of President Obama's Social Security payroll tax holiday, so workers' checks will again be taxed at 6.2 percent instead of 4.2 percent.
The tax holiday was intended to stimulate the economy by providing a slow infusion of cash to workers, money they would be more likely to spend than if they received one check. With the payroll tax expiring, economists predict consumers' disposable income will shrink by $115 billion nationwide. For households with incomes below $75,000, that hit could reach close to $1,000, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
Southwest Washington will feel the pinch.
"That's going to take a bite out of retail sales, for example," Bailey said. "We should expect to see some slowing, going ahead."
The income tax hike among the highest earners, however, will reach the tens of thousands of dollars.
That will have an effect, too, said David Nierenberg, a prominent philanthropist among Clark County's wealthy.
While middle class families affected by increased payroll taxes might cut back on trips to Burgerville, Nierenberg said he will have less to give away.
"The philosophy of our family is that we wish to give away to philanthropy the overwhelming majority of what we have during our lifetimes -- and we are already doing it," he said. "To the extent that income goes down, there's less money to give away. Have I calculated it? No."


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Runesmith is a brand new profession, that could appear in some patch or expansion launched by Blizzard, which involves crafting weapons, armor but mainly Runes from ores, stones, gems and essences. Runes are items that are similar to Scrolls, as they both give buffs, but with far more variety.
When Dwarven Archaelogists started translating the ancient Titan Language, found in runes in various sites, like Uldaman, they found out that anyone knowing that language could "write" it on stone tablets. Those runes, fueled by samples of many kinds of energy, like Arcane, Fiery or Nether, gives powers to those who wield it on their equipement or those who simply reads the runes, gaining temporary buffs.
When the first Runesmiths were born, they were primarily Dwarves, with only a few Humans in their ranks. But ultimatly, all Alliance and Horde races started learning the Primal Language, and soon, Runesmith Teachers appered in almost every important city of Azeroth and Outland.
General GuidelinesEdit
The Runesmith's main tool is the Blacksmith Hammer, also used by Blacksmiths and Enginners.
For the magic qualities of the rune remains stored within, a stone tablet is required. That tablet is created from mined stones mainly, but also gems, cloth and in some rare cases, Leather.
The mystic language written in the tablet is carved with ore bars, as only a metal cannot be broke with the powerful energies of the rune.
Essences are the power source that fuels the rune's magic energies. They are a brand new resource only harvested by Runesmiths. Much like disenchant, rare-quality or above items can be destroyed to obtain essences. But the main source are the mobs killed by every player. When a Runesmith ability called Acquire Essence is used on an enemy's fallen corpse, the Runesmith can loot essences.
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For a Runesmith to carve an Draconic Dark Iron Rune, he needs the following ingredients:
- 1 Black Dragon Tablet
- 10 Dark Iron Bar
- 10 Essences of Black Dragons
- 1 Blood of the Mountain
- 1 Heart of Fire
Black Dragon Tablet: it is created with 1 Dense Tablet and 10 Black Dragonscales skinned by a Skinner
Dark Iron Bar: created from 8 Dark iron Ore by a Miner
Essence of Black Dragon: Runesmiths acquire them from dead Black Dragons using Acquire Essences Ability
Blood of the Mountain: mined from Dark Iron Deposits
Heart of Fire: looted from Fire Elementals but can also appear while Acquiring Essences from one.
Items Created by RunesmithsEdit
- Weapons: Wands, Staves and others can be created by Runesmiths
- Jewels: Neck, Finger and Trinket Items can be carved
- Armor: Few but powerful Mail/Plate Armor Items will be available
- Runes: Just like Scrolls, they give temporarily buffs to any player that has a rune.
- Runeattachers: Attaching these things to a piece of equipement will make any rune draged into the item have an eternal duration, much like a socket. However, no other rune or enchant can be placed in that item.


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