Public Outcry Over Trailer Park Prompts Board to Approach Developer
Board member Rob Ciervo called a motion to approach Mike Meister of County Builders and request that he resubmit the townhome plans “negotiating our surrender.”
Concerns over a trailer park coming to town drew the largest crowd at a Newtown Township Board of Supervisors meeting in recent memory. Despite the fact that the application for a 56-pad trailer park at the Newtown Swim Club site was not on the agenda, more than 150 residents attended the Wednesday meeting. Several took the opportunity to speak against the proposal during public comment. In response to the public outcry, the board voted 4-1 to direct the township solicitor to approach Mike Meister of County Builders and request that he resubmit plans for a townhome community on that site. Newtown Swim Club owner David Platt is working with County Builders to create a residential development on the 16-acre property on Newtown-Yardley Road …
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2013
6:29 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
It's not about Rights, it's about Greed ! Platt using past history in getting the most He can from the property and the surrounding residents worried about their property Values going Down, ( Would never happen !) Platt knew what buttons to push and acted accordingly, Panicking the residents. Now lets see what the outcome will Be. more ›