A Long Time Plan To Build A State Fish Hatchery In Elizabethton Has Gone Belly Up. The City Council Has Voted To Retake Possession Of 25 Acres Of Land Along The Watauga River In The Cherokee Industrial Park. The Property Had Been Sold Back In 2009 To The Twra, Who Wanted To Develop A Fish Hatchery On The Property. The Project Never Got Statewide Support, So The Agency Offered The Property Back To The City.