ChattaValley Farm
Chambers County, Alabama⁞370± ACRES
A Premier location on the Chattahoochee River offering Convenient Recreation, Privacy, and Big Bucks!
- 370 Acres, Chambers County, AL
- Over 1 mile on the Chattahoochee River
- Located in the City limits of Valley, AL and 2 miles from Interestate 85
- Excellent Recreation with development potential
- Unique Conservation Easement Potential
- Hunting, Fishing, Swimming, Boating, Hiking
- Beautiful homesites overlooking the Chattahoochee River
- Big Bucks and excellent habitat for deer and turkey
- Rolling topography with natural pine and hardwood timber
- Additional 30 acres available that would create an access points to the property from the North and the South.
Unique Opportunity for a Riverfront development or a Conservation Easement!
The ChattaValley Farm is approximately 370 beautiful acres on the Chattahoochee River, uniquely located inside the city limits of Valley, Alabama and less than 2 miles from Interstate 85. Geographically, its location is directly between Montgomery, AL and Atlanta, GA, just 30 minutes from Auburn University.
As a recreational property, it does not get much better or convenient than this! The more than 1 mile of Chattahoochee River frontage enables year-round activities from fishing to kayaking and offers breathtaking views for a homesite. One can easily envision a homesite or two overlooking the river with the privacy of 370 acres to recreate and enjoy year around. The property has gentle rolling topography with diverse stands of intensively managed timber varying in age from recently planted seedlings to mature sawtimber. This diversity creates an ideal habitat for wildlife, evidenced by the number of deer seen on the property. Food plots are already in place with a well maintained internal road system to easily navigate the entire property.
Hunting is exceptional as evidenced by the monster bucks on camera. Deer, ducks, turkey, dove, and small game hunting can all be enjoyed here. While the property is very convenient and close to amenities, its end-of-the-road access is extremely private and gives one the feeling of being far away from it all.
While the recreational attributes are outstanding, the property’s proximity to I-85 and abundant access to the Chattahoochee River create unique opportunities for development. One could develop a private gated community with large 2 – 5 acre lots with private access to the river. The property is also a prime candidate for a conservation easement that could provide substantial tax benefits while protecting the land and the Chattahoochee River forever. Often, a few homesites will be held out of the conservation easement and the balance of land is placed into the easement. This scenario allows someone to build a home, own and use the land, and offset the cost of the land from tax savings received from the conservation easement.
Over a decade ago, Jon Kohler & Associates developed our Social Storm Program to help investors buy and sell properties that exemplify the self-sufficient, independent living that is the basis for freedoms that made our Country great. Fast forward to today, and we've been reminded how quickly bad things can in fact happen. The outbreak of COVID-19 across the globe was a stark reminder of just how imperative a safe place to retreat and/or social distance, or simply a peaceful place to relax, can be. ChattaValley encompasses everything "the way it used to be". The timeless attributes that make it a special place are driven by location, privacy, and water.
There are few properties left that offer the convenience, privacy, and fun of ChattaValley. For more information or to schedule a showing, contact Tim James, Jr. 334-652-4517.
*Note - An additional 30 acres is available that would create two access points to the property from the north and south. Call for more information.
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From murky farm ponds to pristine glacier-cut lakes and everything in between, Knox Daniels’ expertise stems from a lifelong fascination of water and the creatures that live in and around it. He recognizes and helps clients appreciate the value water features bring to a property. “My goal is to help buyers realize and sellers maximize the value different water bodies bring to a property, not only in a recreational sense, but also for social storm reasons.” After extensively traveling the country for collegiate BASS fishing tournaments, Knox graduated and worked for the Southeast’s finest fisheries and wildlife biologist, Greg Grimes. With Grimes’ company, AES, Knox managed many of the southeast’s finest private lake estate/impoundment properties, and learned the intricacies of upscale property management. Learning from Greg and other biologists, Knox honed in on the specific conditions and habitat needed for optimal gamefish growth in private lakes. He has also worked as a property manager on several thousand acres and for a commercial developer, facilitating the dirt work and builds of several apartment complexes, but his true passion has always been in the outdoors. “I’ve always had an insatiable fascination with ponds/lakes and am grateful to be able to help to place clients on the properties of their dreams and make their personal fisheries/wildlife goals reality with JKA.” – Knox Daniels
Jason has been assisting landowners for the last 28 years in Georgia and South Carolina obtain achievements the owners did not realize were possible. His degree in Biology from Georgia Southern stemmed from the desire to know how things in nature work. His plantation roots began at just 16 years old outside of Albany, GA and the last 20 years were spent in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. His entire career has been spent developing a global approach to plantation management. That plan included sales. Sales is in Jason’s blood- his mom had a 45-year career as a real estate broker. After college, he chose to pursue his passion of making properties great. In 2011, Jason sold his first plantation. Since then, he has assisted buyers and sellers with over $20 million in sales while most of that time working as a full-time General Manager of a large Lowcountry plantation. Today, he is committed to using his unique skill set and experience to guide landowners through the many challenges of plantation ownership.
Bruce Ratliff is a retired elected official (Property Appraiser Taylor County). Bruce brings years of experience in ad valorem tax knowledge. His property tax background gives JKA Associates & clients a unique insight into the complicated tax process. Bruce held several positions in the Florida Association of Property Appraisers, including member of the Board of Directors, President, Vice-President and Secretary, and served on the Agricultural & Legislative Committees for the Association. The real estate business has been part of Bruce’s life since childhood. His mother, Shirley Ratliff owned Professional Realty of Perry, Florida and his father, Buster owned Ratliff Land Surveying which Bruce was General Manager of before his political career.
Hailing from a long line of outdoorsmen, Tim learned a great deal from his father and grandfather. He saw first-hand what it means to be a good land steward. He believes land is so much more than a place to hunt, fish, and grow timber or crops. “It’s an identity, a resting place, a safe haven and a way of life, said Tim.” Tim’s family ties to Alabama run deep. During his grandfather’s first term, Governor James was responsible for signing into law Alabama’s first state duck stamp which helped to ensure funding for the procurement, development, and preservation of wetlands for migratory waterfowl habitat. He also established Alabama’s lifetime hunting license, so it is no surprise that Tim is an avid outdoorsman with a keen eye as to how best to improve habitat for the greater good of its wildlife.
With Madison County roots, Lori grew up on her family farm at Pettis Springs along the historic Aucilla River. A love of the land was instilled in Lori very early on by her father who was a local farmer. Lori understands the importance of good land stewardship and has witnessed first-hand how her own father, a former 2-term member of the Florida House of Representatives whose district encompassed many rural counties of the Red Hills Plantation Region, with a little bit of sweat equity, so lovingly worked their own family land. These are core values she carries with her today, and nothing gives her more personal satisfaction than to represent some of the south’s best land stewards.
Cole’s dedication to land management lies in his family roots. As a fourth-generation timber expert, Cole’s earliest memories were spent with his father managing timber investments. With a degree in Food Resource Economics from the University of Florida, Cole is the epitome of an up-and-coming leader. He grew up with a hands-on approach to learning land management and conservation and has spent the last 15 years learning every angle of the real estate and forest industry. Cole is a member of the Florida Forestry Association, Red Hills Quail Forever, Southeastern Wood Producers Association and he uses this platform as an advocate for landowners and their land investments. His family has dedicated the past 60 years to providing landowners in North Florida and South Georgia with professional land management services focused on improving and protecting one’s forestland and wildlife investment. In fact, their family business, M.A. Rigoni, Inc., was one of the first to introduce whole tree chipping to the Red Hills Region.
As a landowner of his own family farm, Lick Skillet, along with family land that has been passed down and enjoyed together at Keaton Beach for 40 years, Jon knows what it means to be a steward of the last best places. As a third-generation land broker with more than 30 years of experience in advising landowners in this niche, Jon is known for his innate ability to harvest a land’s unique intrinsic value. Touting several notable sales under his belt, Jon personally closed Rock Creek/Molpus – 124,000 acres of premium timberland at $142,000,000 – which was known as the largest timberland land sale in the Southeast for eight years running. He is a co-founding member of LandLeader and achieved the real estate industry’s highest honor, “2022 National Broker of the Year – Recreational Land Sales,” by the Realtors® Land Institute.