The Issue: A personal plea to preserve our neighborhoods!

 

Many of us who live here, do so for the same reasons that “LOOK” Magazine spotlighted Glens Falls, NY and titled it “Hometown, USA” during WW II.  The Character, History and Green Space, all added up to the charm calling our little city home.

A new developer proposes Two HUGE changes to the corner of Ridge and William Streets.  First, remodeling the existing 1875 Victorian house to SIX rental units with 10 B/R, 6 BA and 6 kitchens.

Next he wants to remove over 25 trees in the back  to build a strip of SIX rental townhouses each with 3 B/R, 2.5 BA and a kitchen and add 23 parking spaces on the inside of the block!

This would dramatically change the density of the neighborhood ~more than doubling the number of residents on the entire block!   It would put a serious strain on the infrastructure (utilities, sewer, public safety and traffic) while also affecting the schools, environment, character and quality of life in the neighborhood all while bringing down the value of  the surrounding properties.

While we support the renovation of the existing house, keeping in line with the historical architecture, we OPPOSE the additional buildings, making a compound of rental units in the middle of a block of single-family homes.

Why it Matters to you:

There are a number of developers watching this project- so it could affect you and your neighborhood next. There are a number of “flag” lots in this town just like this one and we don’t want to see any of them made into full development compounds.

How you can help:

We already have 40+ neighbors/concerned citizens supporting this but we need YOUR HELP!

PLEASE JOIN US by signing this petition asking the city to hear the many concerned taxpayers and DENY the compound buildout of the townhouse addition and restrict the developer to just the proposed remodeling of the original 196 Ridge St. house with reduced density.

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