Who We Are
Bluegrass Construction Group, LLC
A homegrown construction company serving the Nashville, Middle Tennessee, and broader areas. Our team brings years of experience in the fields of finance, sales, project management, development, and design. Most importantly, we have passions for real estate, development, and construction. These passions allow us to offer you the best possible building solution. At Bluegrass Construction Group, we provide complete turnkey solutions for your residential, multi-family, and small commercial building needs.
Bluegrass Construction Group, LLC provides solutions to all your construction needs while maintaining the most important focus: the client! We pride ourselves in working with the client to understand their needs and always put them first. We offer customized solutions and personal service that can’t be matched in the construction industry.
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Our Team
Rich Storey
Owner and General Contractor
Rich@bluegrass-construction.com
Rich Storey, general contractor and owner of Bluegrass Construction Group, LLC, oversees all company projects from the ground up. Rich describes himself as “proud to work on cool projects with cool people.” As a licensed GC since 2013, Rich has worked on over 300 residential single family and multifamily projects. While he has a particular interest in custom homes, increasingly the company is moving into the arenas of light commercial, tenant build-outs, and restaurant renovations.
Over the past 10 years, Rich has had the opportunity to work closely with a number of developers, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and vendors and has also developed positive working relationships with Metro Nashville officials and inspectors. Working with this growing network of collaborators allows Bluegrass Construction to perform efficiently and effectively in the Middle Tennessee area. Ever passionate about his work, Rich is also actively involved in land development and other business ventures.
A graduate of Western Kentucky University, Rich remains a proud Hilltopper. He resides in Hendersonville, TN with his wife Angela and their two children, Watson and Emma. Outside of work, the Storeys are highly involved in family experiences including Watson’s baseball and Emma’s dance. Rich is known to be dedicated to his family and to the Bluegrass Construction brand.
Kara Barnes
Controller and Office Manager
Admin@bluegrass-construction.com
Kara Barnes is the Controller and Office Manager for Bluegrass Construction Group. Kara brings over a decade of experience in accounting for various construction companies, contractors, property management, and real estate groups. She loves to watch a construction project come to life as well as the numbers behind the scenes. In addition to managing the office and accounting for Bluegrass Construction Group, she also has a private Bookkeeping Business that has been active for over 4 years.
Kara grew up in the construction industry. She has many relatives who are builders and contractors, and her mother is a bookkeeper. You could say that she was born and bred for this business.
Kara calls Murfreesboro, TN home along with her husband and two kids. When she is not ensuring that Bluegrass Construction is operating smoothly, the Barnes Family enjoys camping, soccer, volleyball, and has a passion for racing dirt bikes.
James Chamberlin
Project Manager
James@bluegrass-construction.com
James Chamberlin is a Project Manager for Bluegrass Construction Group, LLC who finds success by treating and respecting the subcontractors like friends. He is the person you truly want to work for. James has spent the last decade working in a family business doing high end residential remodeling in the Bay Area, CA. James believes in a strong work ethic and desire to complete the job correctly, the first time.
James graduated from Sacramento State University, where he also played baseball.
James and his family moved to Middle Tennessee in October 2021 for a change of pace and different opportunities, where he found comfort and stability with Bluegrass Construction. Since relocating, James has begun remodeling a 1940’s ranch house into the Chamberlin Family Home. James is proud to have a wife, two boys, two dogs, and a slew of chickens. He aspires to build out his land for more animals and farming.
Angela Storey
Lead Designer
Angela Storey is the designer for Bluegrass Construction Group. She learned the ins and outs of design through her time as a visual merchandiser at Pier 1 Imports, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Kirklands where she eventually became the Director of Visual Merchandising. Her experience as a visual merchandiser translated directly into home design as she worked through The Estates at Somerset Downs, designing homes that are aesthetically pleasing and up to date with current trends. She is extremely organized, which shows when its time to take the designs from paper to the project.
Angela began her early career and retail work after graduating from Western Kentucky University with a degree in psychology. Her passion for retail took her from Nashville to Memphis and now Hendersonville, which has been home for the past ten years.
Angela has been married for 25 years and is a proud mom of two, that keep her busy with baseball and dance.