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October 19, 2005
Zeeland Township residents “successfully” killed a planned mixed use PUD. Concerns about property value were cited. Poor Ted Bosgraaf, the guy does all this good, starting to rectify his earlier development wrongs, and looks what happens. Studies have shown that mixed use developments often increase property values, if not at least keep them the same. People need to be educated about planning and property values… the problem is how. This is not a new thought for me or other planners, but we need to do something.
Sunday’s Sentinel had an article about Zeeland Township growing and people complaining about new neighbors in their cornfields. Hahaha. Suckers. I saw that development coming, why couldn’t you?
Finally (for this morning), the new BPW watermain under Lake Macatawa is spawning a lawsuit from noneother than a lawyer who lives next to the project. He says the city’s project has cracked his chimney and ruined his house… while another neighbor says the city has been very informative about the project, and he has seen no inconveniences. Hmmmm, do I smell a shark?
Posted by paul at October 19, 2005 07:03 AM
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