sockrmom74

The people opposed to the Liberty "Town Square" aren't against development. We're against our tax dollars being used for a private development that will indeed add to traffic congestion in our neighborhood. This project is HUGE!!! Do we really need this much retail -- it would be the size of 41 football fields?! And more importantly,do you want millions of LT tax dollars to fund the thing? The project sits in a TIF district, and this developer can't seem to build anything without public assistance. What's worse, their projects aren't always successful, which means that they local jurisdiction is left holding the bag. Do a quick search of steiner and associates -- their projects in Centro Ybor (Tampa florida) and Newport on the Levee (Newport, Ohio) still owe money to their host cities. LT Trustees rushed this thing through -- neighbors only had 6 WEEKS to learn about the project before it was approved. To make matters worse, the application was incomplete, as the traffic study only covered "Phase 1". Why are they steamrolling this project along instead of taking time to consider resident concerns? So, let's develop the area -- but let's bring something of a more an appropriate scale and don't make neighbors foot the bill. It's reasonable to ask our Trustees to guarantee NO TAX MONEY will be used on the project. We just don't need it that bad.