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Meetings with SW Land Associates

Submitted by dmuth on Wed, 2007-06-06 18:22.

Craig Snyder and Mark Weiss of SW Land Associates are planning to host 2 open meetings with the residents of Ardmore in the very near future. This will be an opportunity for them to present more information and plans regarding their proposed development and for residents to ask questions and make comments. Both meetings will be held before the scheduled Zoning Board meeting on June 14th.

Meeting #1 will be held Thursday evening (June 7th) at 6:30 PM in John Henry's Pub at 98 Cricket Ave in Ardmore.

Meeting #2 will be held on Tuesday June 12th at 6:30 PM, also in John Henry's Pub.

Appetizers and soft drinks will be served.

Some background on SW Land Associates' project:

They want to build a 37 unit building at 130 Cricket Avenue and 24 1/2 School Lane. Some of these units will be "affordable", but rumor has it that "affordable" really means "$300,000 per unit". (see http://www.saveardmorecoalition.org/node/1522)

Finally, we apologize for the short notice on these meetings, but these meetings were very recently scheduled.

We hope to see you there!

-- The Save Ardmore Coalition

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Submitted by SaveArdmoreCoalition on Wed, 2007-06-06 22:31.
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what is the correct date of meeting number 2? That would be next week right?
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Submitted by dmuth on Thu, 2007-06-07 08:04.
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That would be the 12th. I copied and pasted one too many times!
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Submitted by dmuth on Sat, 2007-06-09 11:15.
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SAC Member Anna Durbin responded to this newsletter with some additional information:

Actually, I saw the plan at an earlier meeting. "Affordable" according to them, under state law means $320,000. This would mean family income of $75,000, according to them. The "affordable" units would have two bedrooms and each condo would have one underground parking place. I am guessing they are aimed at empty nesters, or young professionals without children. As I understand it, the neighbors don't believe that "affordable" amount works in their neighborhood, and are afraid of gentrification. If that helps with a little background from which to ask questions, I hope it helps.

Well, as a "young professional without children", I can state first-hand that $320,000 is way WAY out of my price range. It boggles my mind how these people could try to state that $320,000 for housing is "affordable". It is not.
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