Teri's Update about Covenant Church

This just in from Teri on Keats:

"I was walking around the Covenant church grounds this evening and came upon the groundskeeper. He informed me the church is not moving, just changing their name. He also informed me of their plans to fill in the huge park area along the borders of those living on Keats, Beechtree and ViewPlace. He informed me they are going to remove all the trees on the interior of the property and build a rec center for youth. I said why don't they do that away from people's homes and on the other side of the church. He did not know but said they are planning to begin this work within the year. I for one am distressed about this and the effect it will have on our already dwindling home values. I think we as a community need to be good neighbors but that needs to be reciprocal. I do not think destroying the grounds and building on property that runs alongside our homes is a neighborly thing to do. What can we do to proactively deal with this situation? How can we save the grounds and not further destroy our property values? A rec center is great but certainly away from people's homes where the traffic and noise will be greater. Thoughts? What steps can we take? Thank you for reading this."




Suggestion:

Teri,   Contact Pastor Shelley at the church.   Tell him about your concerns and  that you think it's important  to work out a design that will not detract from the privacy of the area that many of the neighbors have enjoyed over the years.   This is a really great church with a really terrific congregation. I'm sure they'll be very supportive.

Next, I would call Chris Gilbert at the Township 522-1410 to see what influence we have over where the youth  rec. center is built on the property. One would think that a center focusing on youth recreation would be closer to the church building.  (Accessible to where supervising church staff  are more likely to be congregating?) 

Once we get all the information, we'll call a neighborhood meeting.  One is in the planning stages late June or early July.