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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowWhat is the value of an urban forest left standing? Besides absorbing flood runoff, and buffering noise and heat, a woods where people can walk their dogs and let the kids play is a precious asset on the north side of Indy.
That’s why the Driftwood Hills Neighborhood is against Keystone Realty’s proposed Alexander at the Crossing development at the northeast corner of 86th Street and Haverstick Road. The zoning required for said proposal was denied by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission last October.
So why, in an unprecedented move, is Indianapolis City-County Councilor Colleen Fanning attempting to reverse the decision of the city’s governing land-use body to have the woods bulldozed for yet another needless development? As anyone who lives or drives through the intersection at 86th Street and Keystone Avenue knows, the traffic is a nightmare. How could anyone recommend further developing this area, exacerbating the existing traffic and safety concerns?
Indianapolis ranks terribly when it comes to available greenspace. Why would we want to see one of the last remaining spaces on the north side be cleared for more commercial development?
We need to let Councilor Fanning know that the community has spoken on this issue already. Our communities deserve better.
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Stacey Clark,
Driftwood Hills neighbor
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