Today's thoughts focus on "Rural Character".
Many residents at the meetings held to discuss the proposed "Country Club Community" expressed concern about how such a project would change the rural character of Wallace Township. Right now, we enjoy a beautiful setting and the privilege of a High Quality stream - the East Brandywine Creek. How will a spa/golf resort "fit in"? Bringing in commercial enterprises like hotels and private activities designed for visiting non-residents, and the resulting traffic, doesn't seem like an idea well suited to a rural community.
I received an interesting letter about this subject and Wallace Township's Comprehensive Plan : " The Amendment is inconsistent with Wallace' 1986 comprehensive plan. The first of eight goals of that plan is to "Provide for development in an orderly manner that will retain the rural character of the community and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the Township." A planned country club community (PCCC) allows considerable residential and commercial development. The effect on the Township of either of these is hard enough to predict. Together, they constitute disorderly development. The commercial facilities of a PACC are incompatible with a quiet, rural lifestyle. They include a country club and recreation center with 112 guest suites; restaurants and a shop; a spa and wellness center with 80 more guest suites and a huge parking lot."
- What do you think?- adrienne
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Although I didn't describe it as such when we moved to Glenmoore, "rural character" is a fitting description that includes those characteristics that attracted us here. It may be an illusion, but the pace of life seems slower in a community without traffic lights! We are fortunate to live in an area that offers ample opportunities to enjoy nature and outdoor activities within walking distances and short rides of our homes.The barrier of trees that almost surrounds Wallace Twp. serves as an obvious line of demarcation between typical surburban life and our "rural" life. The trees buffer us from the visible signs of encroaching development and remind us that, yes, life in Wallace is different. But for how long - it's hard to imagine that a resort will not intrude on our rural character and slowly diminish those features that attracted us enough to move to Wallace.
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