Fairborn commencement
Badin graduation
Division I regional track finals
Home > Blogs > West Chester News and Issues > Archives > 2010 > March > 03 > Entry
Plan for Pisgah progresses; communication improving
Last week, we featured a story regarding the desire by residents and business owners in West Chester’s Pisgah to revitalize the U.S. 42 corridor. While those folks would call it more of a battle than a desire, many in the area are pleased that communication between them and the township has improved.
But there are some hard feelings to get over, among them thoughts that the Pisgah area has been neglected as a result of attention being paid to places like Tylersville Road and the Union Centre Boulevard interchange off I-75.
And it’s not that those feelings aren’t at least somewhat justified, as the U.S. 42 corridor became a political buzzword for candidates vying for spots on the Board of Trustees last November. At that time, candidate after candidate, including incumbents Catherine Stoker and Lee Wong, said the area had been neglected for too long.
Attitudes are changing, however, as trustees earlier this year approved a move to spend $480,000 on various projects in the U.S. 42 corridor. In addition, members of the U.S. 42 property owners group have gained the ear of township administrators and trustees, most recently during a work session late last month.
Below is a copy of the Pisgah plan as presented by residents and property owners. While it’s still in rough draft form, local residents hope to have the plan adopted by the spring.
Thoughts?
APlanforPisgahofWCTrusteeProof
Permalink | Comments (1) | Post your comment |
Comments
By thoth
March 5, 2010 1:11 PM | Link to this
This plan is doomed to failure, they want everything to be voluntary and West Chester to pay, or find ways to pay, for everything without any additional cost to the people and/or businesses of Pisgah. On top of that reading through their plan it becomes apparent they resent that Pisgah is in West Chester township and will do everything possible to try and make it appear as though their not, talk about biting the hand that feeds you.