tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post6568845778977588748..comments2023-10-10T03:39:50.342-05:00Comments on A Little Urbanity: Another Bad Park?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-46102495095698654682007-06-12T13:14:00.000-05:002007-06-12T13:14:00.000-05:00I do not see any need to develop this land. Just a...I do not see any need to develop this land. Just across the street there are already too many empty storefronts and empty offices. The new shops at Friendly are not even two-thirds full/leased yet another stripmall is being built on the property. The concept of "if you build it, they will come" has been maxed out there. The "leaders" of Greensboro should concentrate on developing what has already been built and forgotten about. Much of the development downtown has been abandoned because there is no more need for any more condos. Again, maxed out. The development plan for Greensboro has as much focus and sensibility as a toddler on a sugar kick....over here!..no wait, over there!...let's just put it here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-78914665207677661572007-05-20T08:41:00.000-05:002007-05-20T08:41:00.000-05:00Build an easily-accessible dog park in that area. ...Build an easily-accessible dog park in that area. Nice people would attend, events could take place, it'd be a different sort of park than simply swings & ball fields and maybe neighbors would get to know each other.<BR/><BR/>It fits into the "retaining young (and old) professionals meme." <BR/><BR/>New parks aren't bad; parks with a purpose, a twist and an opportunity for related services can be a people-spot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-57950685608557372672007-05-18T15:50:00.000-05:002007-05-18T15:50:00.000-05:00All growth is not smart growth. All development is...All growth is not smart growth. All development is not bad development.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that here in Greensboro we have leaders who don't seem to know how to tell the good development from the bad development - or don't have the backbone to stand up and say so.Diane Grey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541242553224988073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-35893625872144785312007-05-18T07:45:00.000-05:002007-05-18T07:45:00.000-05:00Brenda, I agree with you about Starmount, and hear...Brenda, I agree with you about Starmount, and heard through the grapevine yesterday that your assessment of how they felt about this piece of property is exactly on target. It just wasn't worth the trouble.<BR/><BR/>I also agree that the council did a poor job of vetting and understanding their role in implementing the Comp Plan, which has led to lots of confusion and frustration on the part of neighborhoods and developers.David Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251439852685796681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-37589244706019377742007-05-17T23:47:00.000-05:002007-05-17T23:47:00.000-05:00I totally agree with all you say David, but one ca...I totally agree with all you say David, but one can certainly not blame Starmount for not wanting the fight and all the expences of re-doing building plans to satisfy local neighborhoods as we have seen other developers having to do. To them it is a useless piece of property that is best passed off to the city to deal with. Of course a lot of these problems would not occur if the city council would simply stick to the very expensive master plan that they ordered and then ignored and thus giving the residential neighbors the go ahead to fight every little change to the neighborhood.Greensboro is such a lovely city with so much going for it, but years of bad governing has finally caught up. Brenda BowersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-36488054612002907552007-05-17T20:13:00.000-05:002007-05-17T20:13:00.000-05:00SFD, I agree that we need to "have a care," that w...SFD, I agree that we need to "have a care," that we shoudn't allow "unsightly development," that trees are good, and that we need to protect neighborhoods<BR/><BR/>I don't agree that all development is unsightly (I love good architecture) or that commercial development is <I>necessarily</I> harmful to neighborhoods. It matters a lot how it's done, and I linked to some places where it's been done fairly well. <BR/><BR/>I also don't agree that Greensboro "needs as many parks and natural areas as it can get."<BR/><BR/>If you love open space, then let city be city, and country be country: that will preserve more open space and be better for the environment. <BR/><BR/>Low-density development causes far more pollution, prorduces more traffic, instigates the building or more roads, and encroaches upon far more natural areas, than does higher-intensity urban development.David Whartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251439852685796681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9159479.post-55015830951930174152007-05-17T16:15:00.000-05:002007-05-17T16:15:00.000-05:00"Underused" is a good thing in this case. What's w..."Underused" is a good thing in this case. What's wrong with leaving some trees in place in Greensboro? It's a very small plot that buffers a beautiful, old, treed neighborhood from noise and commercial development. <BR/><BR/>Parks are bad because they invite criminals???<BR/><BR/>"Smart growth" means including elements that will make future generations want to live here. Greensboro needs as many parks and natural areas as it can get. <BR/><BR/>We must shelter our beautiful older neighborhoods from unsightly development. We mustn't pave over everything for the sake of "progress," or "usefulness." Our air quality depends on it too.<BR/><BR/>Maybe future generations will choose to remain in the 'boro instead of moving to exurbia if we have a care.StarmountForestDwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900834230264114089noreply@blogger.com