KOPP, Lyle - Revision history

Randylyon at 22:16, 24 July 2020

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	[[Image:kopp2.png\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]KOPP, Lyle. Lyle Kopp, aged 92 and a ~~current~~ resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was a prominent realtor with [[WEST SIDE REALTY]] in Dubuque during the 1960s and 1970s.		[[Image:kopp2.png\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]KOPP, Lyle. Lyle Kopp, aged 92 and later a resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was a prominent realtor with [[WEST SIDE REALTY]] in Dubuque during the 1960s and 1970s.

	Lyle ~~who~~ purchased agricultural properties near Peosta which were then developed into the Thunder Hills community and Thunder Hills Country Club. The Country Club golf course, club house, and swimming pool opened in 1970. He also owned property along Thunder Hills Rd. which he sold to the Izaak Walton Shooting Park.		Lyle purchased agricultural properties near Peosta which were then developed into the Thunder Hills community and Thunder Hills Country Club. The Country Club golf course, club house, and swimming pool opened in 1970. He also owned property along Thunder Hills Rd. which he sold to the Izaak Walton Shooting Park.

	Lyle ~~also~~ owned and developed properties along JFK Road from Pennsylvania to Asbury Road. (1) He and then-partner Tom Flynn, Sr. invested $100,000 in 1964 into forty acres of farmland which years later became the intersection of Pennsylvania and Kennedy Road. At 72 years of age, he came out of retirement to develop a 10,000-square-foot building on the last available commercial property on Kennedy Road~~. Kopp and Flynn also developed twenty-five acres into the West Side Manor Subdivision~~. He was involved in the development of a building which originally housed Play It Again Sports, Sherwin-Williams Paints and Verlo Mattress Factory Stores. (2)		Lyle owned and developed properties along JFK Road from Pennsylvania to Asbury Road. (1) He and then-partner Tom Flynn, Sr. invested $100,000 in 1964 into forty acres of farmland which years later became the intersection of Pennsylvania and Kennedy Road. Kopp and Flynn also developed twenty-five acres into the West Side Manor Subdivision. At 72 years of age, he came out of retirement to develop a 10,000-square-foot building on the last available commercial property on Kennedy Road. He was involved in the development of a building which originally housed Play It Again Sports, Sherwin-Williams Paints and Verlo Mattress Factory Stores. (2)

	In 1969 he served as the president of the Dubuque Realtors' Association. In this capacity, he chose the location of a new home to be constructed by students in the [[DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT]], one of the first programs of its type in the State of Iowa. (3)		In 1969 Kopp served as the president of the Dubuque Realtors' Association. In this capacity, he chose the location of a new home to be constructed by students in the [[DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT]], one of the first programs of its type in the State of Iowa. (3)

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Randylyon at 22:13, 24 July 2020

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	KOPP, Lyle. Lyle Kopp, aged 92 and a current resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was a prominent realtor in Dubuque during the 1960s and 1970s.		[[Image:kopp2.png\|left\|thumb\|150px\|]]KOPP, Lyle. Lyle Kopp, aged 92 and a current resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was a prominent realtor with [[WEST SIDE REALTY]] in Dubuque during the 1960s and 1970s.

	Lyle who purchased agricultural properties near Peosta which were then developed into the Thunder Hills community and Thunder Hills Country Club. The Country Club golf course, club house, and swimming pool opened in 1970. He also owned property along Thunder Hills Rd. which he sold to the Izaak Walton Shooting Park.		Lyle who purchased agricultural properties near Peosta which were then developed into the Thunder Hills community and Thunder Hills Country Club. The Country Club golf course, club house, and swimming pool opened in 1970. He also owned property along Thunder Hills Rd. which he sold to the Izaak Walton Shooting Park.

	Lyle also owned and developed properties along JFK Road from Pennsylvania to Asbury Road.		Lyle also owned and developed properties along JFK Road from Pennsylvania to Asbury Road. (1) He and then-partner Tom Flynn, Sr. invested $100,000 in 1964 into forty acres of farmland which years later became the intersection of Pennsylvania and Kennedy Road. At 72 years of age, he came out of retirement to develop a 10,000-square-foot building on the last available commercial property on Kennedy Road. Kopp and Flynn also developed twenty-five acres into the West Side Manor Subdivision. He was involved in the development of a building which originally housed Play It Again Sports, Sherwin-Williams Paints and Verlo Mattress Factory Stores. (2)

			In 1969 he served as the president of the Dubuque Realtors' Association. In this capacity, he chose the location of a new home to be constructed by students in the [[DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT]], one of the first programs of its type in the State of Iowa. (3)

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	Robert Howard, email, July 18, 2020		1. Robert Howard, email, July 18, 2020

			2. Berg, Renee, "Roads Less Traveled Pay off for Kopp," ''Telegraph Herald'', June 9, 1999, p. 1A

			3. Babcock, Sue, "Building Permit," ''Telegraph Herald'', Oct. 5, 1969, p. 19

	[[Category: Realtor]]		[[Category: Realtor]]

Randylyon at 21:41, 24 July 2020

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	KOPP, Lyle. Lyle Kopp, aged 92 and a current resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was a prominent realtor in Dubuque during the 1960s and 1970s		KOPP, Lyle. Lyle Kopp, aged 92 and a current resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was a prominent realtor in Dubuque during the 1960s and 1970s.

	Lyle who purchased agricultural properties near Peosta which were then developed into the Thunder Hills community and Thunder Hills Country Club. The Country Club golf course, club house, and swimming pool opened in 1970. He also owned property along Thunder Hills Rd. which he sold to the Izaak Walton Shooting Park.		Lyle who purchased agricultural properties near Peosta which were then developed into the Thunder Hills community and Thunder Hills Country Club. The Country Club golf course, club house, and swimming pool opened in 1970. He also owned property along Thunder Hills Rd. which he sold to the Izaak Walton Shooting Park.

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KOPP, Lyle. Lyle Kopp, aged 92 and a current resident of Port St. Lucie, Florida, was a prominent realtor in Dubuque during the 1960s and 1970s

Lyle who purchased agricultural properties near Peosta which were then developed into the Thunder Hills community and Thunder Hills Country Club. The Country Club golf course, club house, and swimming pool opened in 1970. He also owned property along Thunder Hills Rd. which he sold to the Izaak Walton Shooting Park.

Lyle also owned and developed properties along JFK Road from Pennsylvania to Asbury Road.

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Robert Howard, email, July 18, 2020

[[Category: Realtor]]