INC NEWS - Morreene Road development

[Emily Weinstein]

It was insensitive to the community in the first place to place it  
there. Their comments are just in keeping, Em

On Oct 25, 2007, at 10:27 PM, pat carstensen wrote:

> I just happened to see the following "guest opinion" piece in the  
> Herald Sun.
>
> http://www.heraldsun.com/opinion/columnists/guests/68-892019.cfm
>
> by the folks trying to build a "commercial neighborhood" building  
> in the Morreene Rd. neighborhood.
>
> It concludes:
> "At the end of the day, if the Planning Department's evolving  
> discretion and our immediate neighbors' passions won't allow D&L to  
> become operational at the site, we will be forced to sell to the  
> highest bidder. The highest bidder could be a late-night  
> convenience store or a night club serving folks who stay up much  
> later than we do."
>
> I find the threatening tone appalling.  Behavior like this is why  
> neighborhoods treat any development in their area as a threat.  It  
> also shows why all Durham neighborhoods need a type of zoning that  
> permits useful commercial enterprises that will serve the  
> neighborhood while controlling the size, lights, traffic, and so on  
> that keep it at a scale appropriate to a neighborhood.
>
> Regards, pat
>
>
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