[TURFNSCAPE]

I am new here and looking for some local help. My family { wife and three children } are looking to move to north Al., some where around Lewis Smith Lake. I really need info on quality schools, small towns affordable housing {200K-250K } and available work. My wife is school teacher of 12 years in Florida, can she transfer her years of service and her teaching certificate? I own a landscape and lawn maintenance business and would be looking for work. If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Steve

[Twostep]

Welcome to the Alabama State Department of Education

This should be a good start for your wife to do her research. Would you please share her findings with us? Thank you.

[Keeper]

Sorry can't tell you a lot about Smith Lake except they are selling a lot of property there. Have you been there? Are you looking to live on Smith Lake or just to be near there for recreational purpose?
There are a lot of small towns around here. How far away from malls, movies and entertainment is acceptable? Most small towns don't have malls etc. There are a lot of dry counties and cities so if you like to go out for a drink or a beer now and then, that needs to be taken into consideration.
Lawn care business at least where I live seem to do well. It is often hard to get anyone who does landscape work unless it is a big job.
Give some ideas of what your requirements are and maybe we can help give you our humble opinion

[UABinBHM]

Probably would be a good idea to look on the Walker Co. side (up just north of Jasper).

[Twostep]

Originally Posted by Keeper

Sorry can't tell you a lot about Smith Lake except they are selling a lot of property there. Have you been there? Are you looking to live on Smith Lake or just to be near there for recreational purpose?
There are a lot of small towns around here. How far away from malls, movies and entertainment is acceptable? Most small towns don't have malls etc. There are a lot of dry counties and cities so if you like to go out for a drink or a beer now and then, that needs to be taken into consideration.
Lawn care business at least where I live seem to do well. It is often hard to get anyone who does landscape work unless it is a big job.
Give some ideas of what your requirements are and maybe we can help give you our humble opinion

Giggle!!!! Keeper and humble opinion. Steel Magnolias do not come in humble:>) Duck and run >>>
You are right about the difficulty of finding a landscaper or even a yard man. The garden homes in my area have towel sized lawns and the gras cutting for most of three streets is in the hands of a resident. 75-125/mo for a fluffy job twice a month is a bit hefty. It takes him 30 minutes a yard including edging. Needless to say he picks up every odd job as well.

[TURFNSCAPE]

Keeper,

We wouldn't have to be on the lake at all, but I would like to be close enough to ride a bike to the lake. I guess 1/4 mile at most from a marina. Lawn and landscape maintenance is my profession and I would be pursuing work in the local area. How are the schools in tha area, we have 3 children in elementary and middle school.

This is for an earlier post my wife is researching the educational possibilities in the area. I appreciate the links it has helped greatly. There was no obvious requirements for a masters degree to teach in what we read, but I am not totally covinced of this yet, because the info. was fairly generic. I will post as soon as we know one way or the other.

Thanks

[Tiffers]

If you're looking to be close to a marina, I would suggest that you choose Duncan Bridge Marina. It's about 13 miles, give or take a few, from Jasper. If you were to live that close to the marina, Curry Elementary/Middle/High School would be the closest school for your children. There's also another school, if you were to choose somewhere a bit farther away from the Jasper area - Arley. If you were to go that route, then Meek High School would be the school of choice. If I were to choose, I'd rather have my children go to Curry. Here's a few websites to check out:

Curry Schools:
Curry Elementary School - Curry, Alabama
Curry Elementary School - Curry, Alabama
Curry High School - Curry, Alabama

Meek School:
Meek Elementary School
Meek High School

If you would like, you could PM me, I could give you more info.