December 1, 2008
Open space menaced in Padonia, Roland Park
As I read Nick Madigan's article "Unwelcome plan" (Sept. 1), I thought: It's deja vu all over again - acres of green space in a residential area are now at risk of being paved over.
Trees will yield to buildings and parking lots. There will be more traffic. More burdens on public water lines and other systems. No more quiet streets. A community's quality of life threatened.
As a Roland Park resident living near the proposed development on 17 acres at the Baltimore Country Club in the city, I sympathize with neighbors who live near the Padonia Park Club in Timonium, where Grace Fellowship Church intends to build a new facility.
I can identify with Kristen Gartland, the mother quoted at the end of the article. Like her, I moved to my community in great part because I appreciate green space, quiet residential living and the absence of excessive commercial development.
Like Ms. Gartland, I have strong concerns about any development requiring rezoning that threatens the residential nature of my community.
City or county, is there no end to ill-conceived, unbridled development in the Baltimore area?
I'd like to see a story with a happy ending, where proper zoning is upheld, smart open space solutions prevail and residential communities continue to thrive.Anne StuzinBaltimore The writer is a member of the board of the Roland Park Community Foundation.
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