Comments on: Opponents of Royal Farms tell county council “we are not going to give up”

By: towson817

towson817 — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:34:47 +0000

In reply to Sam C. Sam C are you familiar with the site? Are you aware that Mt. Olive Baptist Church is across the street, as well as the church's cemetery? What about Immaculate Conception Church and school, that are adjacent to the property? The gas station is not a reflection of our demand. The property developer, Caves Valley, wanted this gas station. They support Kamenetz, and that is where this all started.

By: Carla jason

Carla jason — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:58:11 +0000

I object to any project that kills more trees. Why not turn it into a small wooded area or park instead?

By: Towson resident

Towson resident — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 20:30:19 +0000

What now? Yes, the property is an eyesore currently and the intersection busy, but that doesn’t mean we go down another ill-planned development path. There are reasons 1) this property in NOT zoned for a gas station, 2) that the county has a Forestry Law to preserve specimen trees, and 3) that the county council passed a resolution to protect numerous trees at this site during redevelopment—a resolution violated by the county itself. What are the legal ramifications for a violation of such resolutions, policies, guidelines, or law?

Bad government does not make this a good project. It is not even compliant with the PUD process at this point on numerous fronts, including environmental, traffic, disdain for cummunity concerns, and gas station proximity to a school–also in violation of recent EPA guidelines.

I welcome development there. Retail. Restaurants. A courtyard feature like the one Towson Row is proposing. A Towson Master Plan was created for a reason too. A project here should benefit the community, not make things worse.

By: Sam C

Sam C — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 18:30:50 +0000

In reply to Pat France.

He created this mess. He wouldn’t be working to stop it if he never started it.

Weak leadership, to put it lightly. A better leader would have addressed this years ago and pushed for a better plan. Now we’re left with a gas station and mixed use retail or a decade of blight and abandonment. When is the next election??

I’ll choose business over blight. I don’t want my taxes to increase or crime to flourish in neglected space

By: Sam C

Sam C — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 18:22:26 +0000

After this deal is killed, and the abandoned property is left to further deteriorate, will the angry mob turn its pitchforks to all other business they don’t like?

The jail, gas station, tow yard, and auto lots surrounding the proposed development can’t possibly fit in their utopian vision of Towson where all those needed services are located in someone else’s backyard.

How many of the protestors own two or more SUVs? How many keep their homes cooled below the needed levels all summer? How many choose to walk for errands located less than a mile away?

The gas station is a reflection of your demand, not something forced on you.

By: Sam C

Sam C — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 18:17:07 +0000

In reply to Julie Shambergere. Yes, yes, and yes!

By: Pat France

Pat France — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 17:09:27 +0000

Thank you David Marks for your hard work in stopping the Royal Farms gas stations at Bosley Ave in Towson. We certainly don’t need more gas stations, especially at that intersection!
Pat France

By: Julie Shambergere

Julie Shambergere — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 17:01:00 +0000

The property has been left an eyesore for a VERY long time. It needed to be addressed long before this. NO matter what is going to be there,
Make sure it is maintained. I think ignoring the property was irresponsible and made the area look extremely neglected. Where was all the attention then?