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Letter to the Editor: Council made the right call

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Staff

Bravo to the town council and good riddance to proponents of development and destruction. These developers are all about making money at the expense of nature. Environmental concerns and “growth we can believe in” are secondary. This decision is a victory for Chapel Hill and a rude awakening for developers who think they can always get what they want.

What once was a patchwork of nests are now generically engineered townhomes, built faster than the squirrels and birds take to build their homes. Trees, which inhale greenhouse gases and exhale oxygen into the atmosphere, are being destroyed. They’re now protruding stumps, ruined by developers gloating over their latest rape of the desecrated landscape.

Along Farrington Rd, amid a few remaining homes and a farm, another area is being leveled, as one development continues into another. Every home looks the same and every strip mall includes the same monopolistic businesses. Farrington Road was once one of many shortcuts to work. There are no more shortcuts anywhere. Every alternative route is a bottleneck of cars.
Recently, I was out running along Route 54, past the entrance to the classy Oakwood Drive. The sky was clear and sunny, but all of a sudden these monstrosities cast a giant shadow, making the area cold and dark. What a sight for sore eyes, as I thought how out of place they looked with respect to the historic area of Glenn Lennox and the beauty of the Oaks.

This isn’t progress; this is madness, and it’s growth we can’t believe in, contrary to what the self-absorbed entrepreneurs of irresponsible growth tell you.

Rene’ de la Varre
Chapel Hill

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