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I am no longer an Eastonian, and the primary reason why I moved away was because I believed that most new developments in the area were a catalyst for complete cultural devolution in the region. This is thanks in large part to what I believe is gentrification, but the general overdevelopment of Easton is what really pushed me past my limits. This warehouse is the most egregious example my a mile.
Too many good, honest people have a stake in a better Easton for me to stand by and let something like this develop. The Lehigh Valley at large is one strong wind away from becoming a cesspool of strip malls and corporate dumping grounds, and I know enough about how earnestly real citizens of the area reject this change to know that it’s worth saving. Please stop turning such a beautiful corner of the state into a parking lot for big rigs.
Adam supported: Stop the Wood Avenue Warehouse for Environmental and Community ProtectionThe Bushkill Stream corridor (a sensitive ecological asset) immediately adjoins the site. A warehouse with massive parking lots and storm water storage is completely inappropriate and will inundate the landscape. And that’s only one of a dozen problems with this project. I live three blocks away and have been in Easton for six decades. I know what nightmares are likely if this gets approved.
Dennis supported: Stop the Wood Avenue Warehouse for Environmental and Community ProtectionThis is the one and only chance to join Upper Hackett Park with Lower Hackett Park. Imagine looking at that hill from 13th St. and see a park. It would be beautiful. Inviting. A reason to get off the exit and see Easton instead of passing by. Look at that ugly city Vacant factory and massive warehouse. That is what people traveling from the west will think and see. Parkland is more valuable than warehouses. During the 9 minute flight in from Harrisburg to A.B.E. all that can be seen is a carpet of warehouses. I say 9 minute flight, that same distance by car is almost 2 hours. That is enough warehouses!
Peter supported: Stop the Wood Avenue Warehouse for Environmental and Community ProtectionI spent decades helping children who struggled with functioning in school in part b/c of our failure to protect their environment (and the harm that did to their mental health and development). There are many concerns re the effects this warehouse would have on our roads and community. All are important, but the effect on our environment & our children is not something we should accept.
Robin supported: Stop the Wood Avenue Warehouse for Environmental and Community ProtectionI use to live on Jackson St 30 years ago. The pollution from Pfizer was horrible. Everything was orange and smelled. This is going to be the same. Pollution from trucks running, noise pollution, the traffic will be effected and 13 St is congested now. Wrong place, to close to city homes and it will effect the single family homes going up Northampton St turning behind Ashton. Build a retirement community, affordable apartments are desperately needed in this area. Put in the aquarium that down town Easton turned down but not a warehouse.
Patricia supported: Stop the Wood Avenue Warehouse for Environmental and Community ProtectionIn my neighborhood, I am downstream along the Musconetcong River from a site planned for a warehouse, 30 feet from the river. It is exasperating trying to have people understand and acknowledge the environmental collapse they are setting up.
ELIZABETH supported: Stop the Wood Avenue Warehouse for Environmental and Community ProtectionIt's been bad enough to watch our wonderful rural farming environment being replaced by warehouses. The Wood Ave situation is far worse since this is an urban environment where traffic is already very congested a various parts of the day...and, despite claims to the contrary, this can only make the traffic worse. Then there are the significant concerns relate to health and the environment;
- Bushkill Creek has made a remarkable recovery over the last several decades and this threatens that as well.
- the diesel fumes will be blown directly into the adjacent neighborhoods, increasing the likelihood of respiratory problems.
The bottom line here is that there are many, better options for the redevelopment of this property.
Lawrence supported: Stop the Wood Avenue Warehouse for Environmental and Community ProtectionIt's hard to imagine we really need another massive warehouse in the Lehigh Valley. What we do need is to minimize the negative impact on our environment, health and wildlife, not to mention the aesthetic appeal of our neighborhood. The wildlife have fewer and fewer places to live and find food as we continue to take over their spaces, and then we have the nerve to be annoyed by their presence in our spaces. There are already too many deer killed on Rt. 22 in that area now, and this will only make that problem worse, along with so many other problems. Please re-consider!
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