Parking should be focus of Redevelopment Plan
Just thought you might like to know what all we have here in Fleetwood. before redevelopment.You can get your hair done, nails done, go tanning, rent a movie, buy a new washer and dryer, seek insurance, an attorney,and stained glass new & repairs. If you are hungry, there is a diverse amount of restaurants to eat at and two nice bars. We have a butcher and a barber, (I probably missed a few things) all right on Main Street in Fleetwood.
With all these businesses and one little Main Street block to park on if your stopping there, why wasn't parking the main ingredient in the redevelopment plan? It seems to me that adding more small businesses that will require their own parking will not even help this issue, but rather instead create a whole new set of problems. Everyone who live around Fleetwood can see the strip mall near Blandon isn't doing so well. Kudos' to Lords & Ladies. It looks beautiful and seems to being doing well. I just can't figure what else we really need in small businesses other then parking for the one's that are already here. They deserve extra parking way more then a "slap in the face"-– like putting direct competition in right behind them that will have plenty of parking for their shops!
Oh, by the way, the new "walkway"they plan to put in is more of a conflict then a benefit to the community. Since they're taking five feet off the whole length of the old Tannery plot to widen Foundry Alley and make it two lanes to access the strip mall easily. Then they want people to WALK across Main Street to get to the "walkway"to cross over Foundry Alley's two lanes to get to the New Strip Mall, and back again. Hello!!!! I can't be the only person that sees the absolute absurdness of this all.
If Fleetwood Borough Council refuses to hear any number of people's opposing voices, even if it's the whole community, then we'll find someone who will make them listen This plan to redevelop this area –– while I'm sure was all well intended –– as it sits now, will hurt this town more then help it. It's not just my husband's pizza shop that is awry in this plan, we are for some reason being targeted unfairly, thrown into the mix for good measure.
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Who will REALLY benefit the most from our pizza shop being gone, perhaps for starters the councilman who owns the property on the other side of Pearl Alley. His property value goes up and three of his doors in that building open right into Pearl Alley, so they'll have a little park as a front yard instead of an alley and a pizza shop. Hmmmm. The community really needs to speak out and demand to be heard. If not, the only people who really stand to gain anything from this are the people we plan not to vote for again! You can't mess with someone's livelihood and not expect a fight. But at least come up with something that would make sense to everyone and make it a worthy fight. Thank you for listening to me, now yell out loud to the borough, tell them what you think!
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It has occurred to me that the Fleetwood Borough Council is NOT going to change their plans or even tweak as to not take away Fleetwood Pizza.Kathy Miller says she "feels bad for Fleetwood Pizza, but is only doing what she's directed to do." If that's true then why did she come up with three plans for Pearl Alley and all three involved taking our business away.
The borough is so insistent on this that I have to think it's personal. If that's the case, then should people who are in governmental positions be allowed to take personal attacks on it's people?
This is malice behavior that is obvious to everyone who looks at the situation from our point of view. Nobody can come up with any good reason for why they need more then just the width of the alley to create a walkway.
Plus they're so hell bent that we get demolished first. It's like they want to make absolute sure we get out of there ASAP. What's the rush? Why create a walkway when you have nothing yet to walk to? Something stinks to high heaven around here and I'm not sitting down for it!
Just compensation doesn't pay for the loss of our prime spot on Main Street, or pay for 30 years of serving this community. The job of borough council is to work for and look out for it's community members. If the whole community is telling them they think this whole plan is bad, then they should in all fairness go back to the table and come up with something new. I know that takes time and costs money but not as much money as it will cost to buy us out.
Last week, I took a drive through Hamburg and saw what was done there. They love it so much they still didn't take down their Christmas wreaths from the light posts. While the sidewalk looks nice the road is still atrocious, narrowed by parking on either side which makes maneuvering through there when a big truck is coming the other way is scary.
Here in Fleetwood while the sidewalk might get improved in looks, the road will still be patched, ugly and bump, bump, bump through town. If the Fleetwood Borough wanted to fix up the town, then why didn't they ask everyone who lives and works here what they want to see happen? They should change "blighted area" to "currently without a strip mall"!
The borough is so insistent on this that I have to think it's personal. If that's the case, then should people who are in governmental positions be allowed to take personal attacks on it's people?
This is malice behavior that is obvious to everyone who looks at the situation from our point of view. Nobody can come up with any good reason for why they need more then just the width of the alley to create a walkway.
Plus they're so hell bent that we get demolished first. It's like they want to make absolute sure we get out of there ASAP. What's the rush? Why create a walkway when you have nothing yet to walk to? Something stinks to high heaven around here and I'm not sitting down for it!
Just compensation doesn't pay for the loss of our prime spot on Main Street, or pay for 30 years of serving this community. The job of borough council is to work for and look out for it's community members. If the whole community is telling them they think this whole plan is bad, then they should in all fairness go back to the table and come up with something new. I know that takes time and costs money but not as much money as it will cost to buy us out.
Last week, I took a drive through Hamburg and saw what was done there. They love it so much they still didn't take down their Christmas wreaths from the light posts. While the sidewalk looks nice the road is still atrocious, narrowed by parking on either side which makes maneuvering through there when a big truck is coming the other way is scary.
Here in Fleetwood while the sidewalk might get improved in looks, the road will still be patched, ugly and bump, bump, bump through town. If the Fleetwood Borough wanted to fix up the town, then why didn't they ask everyone who lives and works here what they want to see happen? They should change "blighted area" to "currently without a strip mall"!
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I wanted to inform you about a situation that is occurring here in New York over eminent domain abuse. Nick Sprayregen, owner of the family business Tuck-It-Away, may lose his business to Columbia University if he loses his long fight against their attempt to take his property (see the petition below). We are trying to garner the attention of bloggers, activists, and citizens across the country. For further information visit his site at www.mylandismine.com. Thank you in advance for your assistance.
The Petition:
We, the undersigned, object to the use of eminent domain in the Columbia University Expansion Plan.
First, Manhattanvile is not a blighted community and Eminent Domain is not needed to stimulate economic development or to eliminate blight.
Second, The Columbia Plan has been developer driven and developed principally to benefit Columbia. The taking of private property and transfering it to Columbia, a private institution, is unconstitutional and illegal because it does not constitute a “public use” and is without a dominant public purpose.
Third, since Columbia now owns over 80% of the property in the affected area and will have control over 96% of the area, Eminent Domain is not necessary or appropriate to attain any legitimate public purpose in Manhattanville.
By signing our name below, we, individually and collectively, say NO to the use of Eminent Domain in the Columbia Expansion Plan in West Harlem/Manhattanville.
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