City approves transfer of property to J.R. Hoe

City approves transfer of property to J.R. Hoe

The Middlesboro City Council has approved transferring a piece of property the city was unaware of to J.R. Hoe & Sons. The property in question was believed to already be owned by the company. “An engineering firm with J.R. Hoe has found a sliver of land on their property, I believe it’s an 27-by-84 foot strip. They say it’s under city ownership, though we don’t have any records of it anywhere,” Mayor Boone Bowling said. “They have asked us to t…