Wow! How's that for a title! First and foremost, it is really important that everyone with an interest in or concern about having a Spa/Golf resort in Wallace Township comes to the Public Hearing on Thursday evening, Aug. 21 at 7:30 pm in the Township Building at 1250 Creek Road, Glenmoore, PA 19343. The regular Board of Supervisors meeting will follow immediately after the public hearing, and it is anticipated that they will approve new Ordinance 1323 - the Ordinance that allows this PCCC, or Planned Country Club Community.
I am a true believer in the democratic system - if everyone loved the idea of a resort in Wallace I would put my feelings aside and attend the 'Conditional Use' meetings that hammer out the details- even though I know that creating a resort will pollute the water and spoil the fishing and wildlife habitat, even though I sigh with despair when I imagine 5,000 to 10,000 more cars a day passing through the intersection of Marshall Rd and Chalfant (a member of the Planning Commission gave me that number, I didn't make it up) even though I get fighting-mad at the merest suggestion that my well water might be harmed/depleted and force public water into the region, and even though I fear that the investors in the project will eventually push for a gaming license and add a casino.
HOWEVER, I have heard only 1 person (other than the developer, of course!) say that they actually like the idea of the resort. Everyone else that I have spoken with or heard at the Township meetings has either said that they really don't want to turn Wallace Township into a resort-town, or hurriedly explains how they don't believe it will ever happen and they are just so busy with their family, job, and obligations to get involved or think too much about it and, oh my, look at the time, something's in the oven....
SO, I hate Ordinance 1323 and,in the name of democracy, I invite you, your friends and neighbors to join me at the Public Hearing and tell the Board of Supervisors that you hate it as well. Sign a petition, come say what you think and support speakers at the Hearing that feel the way you do. Residents of neighboring townships are also encouraged to attend! The traffic and water issues created by this project will not be confined to Wallace alone!
Let's support reasonable growth that doesn't impact the area in such an extreme way. Preserve our watershed!
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