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A twist to the Greenfield Project and some other thoughts

I was catching up on The Wallace Reporter this evening and wanted to link back to a post regarding some of the strange twists going on with Mr Greenfield and his development project in Wallace Township.

It now appears that Mr. Greenfield has abandoned his efforts to work with the Township toward a mutually acceptable solution. The Township has scheduled a hearing on his Conditional Use applications and the lawyers are now in control. Read more here

I’m not fully opposed to this development as long as things are done correctly and keep the township as pristine as it can be. This development project brings back some worries I had regarding the United Sports Training Center being developed in West Bradford Township back in 1998-1999 or there abouts. I lived less than a 1/4 mile from the site and recall the first weekend it opened it jammed up Marshalton-Thorndale Road for hours. The USTC opened the doors to an Arts & Crafts festival (if I remember correctly) leaving a lot of the residents in the area concerned that not only sporting events would take place at the facility but other cultural events. I believe the original plans to allow a concert venue and lodging were in the works but were shot down thankfully.

So in the end, despite the influx of minivans carrying loads of soccer parents and kids, I feel that the USTC has brought a lot of great events (college fairs, fundraising events, seminars, etc) and a variety of sports for children to my old township of West Bradford. Even President Bush made a visit to the center one morning in October 2003. Now that was a mess, roads were shut down by the Secret Service. Ugh! And I know in a few years I’ll probably be making my weekend commutes to the sports complex with my two children for soccer or some sport.

So back to the Greenfield project, I am excited that the township did pass the Woodlands Protection Ordinance a few weeks ago, however, whatever happens with the Greenfield Development the Ordinance will not apply to the them. That is unfortunate, but I do hope that if Greenfield does get the approval to develop the land, that they do so with respect to Wallace residents, the woodland, the animals and the beauty! People love visiting our home and neighborhood and we always hear from our friends, “Wow, what a beautiful drive from Exton to your house!” I know that is the main reason my wife and I moved out here, we wanted a good amount of land and the beauty of the surrounding countryside.