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The overall ambition of the Eagle River Station (ERS) developers has no consideration whatsoever of what will be lost if this development passes. RED is composed of true out-of-towners who have no regard for our community.
It is true that if ERS gets approved, there will be no going back, and the price of what will be obliterated is priceless.
Convenience, tax income, low-paying retail jobs that are years away, short-term construction jobs (also years away), town maintenance costs and traffic jams will never equal the worth of the picturesque meadows, horse herds, small-town ambience and general Colorado beauty for I-70 travelers that will be lost.
All in all, some people will choose to completely sacrifice the special environment the town now enjoys.
The ruination of Eagle Ranch as a ranch should be the last big mistake allowed by the citizens of small-town Eagle.
Many friends now live there, but there is the loss of the beauty and small-town atmosphere where Eagle Ranch is now.
The traffic in Eagle is getting worse, but it isn't what I am most concerned with compared to visual aesthetics, sprawling lights at night and rooftops halfway up the view of the Sawatch peaks.
Town and county management, officials and citizens that opt to develop the ranch along I-70 in this manner with generic big box stores and 62foot-high condos are basically greedy in the same way as the Wall Street carnivores in a small scale and see only the opportunity to line their own pockets and benefit their investmenttype friends and family.
The country is a mess right now because of greed. Voting for convenience is just flat-out laziness and sinful selfishness. Some rationalize it as “progress,” but that is a lame excuse for underlying, self-centered motives. It's all money driven.
As I have said before, this development belongs near a large city in less stimulating surroundings where velvet green pastures and the rural Western setting aren't 50 percent of the calendar- perfect view that represents real Colorado to current and future vacationers on I-70. Many of us longtime locals renew ourselves each day absorbing the peace and beauty represented by our already disappearing landscapes.
The health of the Eagle River will be put even further at risk by the storm drainage washing oils and antifreeze from ill- maintained or over- heated vehicles, let alone the oils from all that asphalt on hot days. Storm sewers run straight to the river, and most people are ignorant of that.
Now I read that they have a letter of intent for a green grocer who has two stores back in Kansas City. Why would they want to come here?
Why did RED announce this two weeks before the vote? Maybe because of people like me that have said we'd like a store like that here.
I am very skeptical that a small Midwestern store would set up shop in Eagle. A letter of intent means nothing. We haven't seen Target's letter yet, either.
The developer will say anything to buy votes. Show us the money!
I wish I was eligible to vote. I urge all that can vote to vote “no” on Jan. 5.
Karen A. Filter, Gypsum
It is true that if ERS gets approved, there will be no going back, and the price of what will be obliterated is priceless.
Convenience, tax income, low-paying retail jobs that are years away, short-term construction jobs (also years away), town maintenance costs and traffic jams will never equal the worth of the picturesque meadows, horse herds, small-town ambience and general Colorado beauty for I-70 travelers that will be lost.
All in all, some people will choose to completely sacrifice the special environment the town now enjoys.
The ruination of Eagle Ranch as a ranch should be the last big mistake allowed by the citizens of small-town Eagle.
Many friends now live there, but there is the loss of the beauty and small-town atmosphere where Eagle Ranch is now.
The traffic in Eagle is getting worse, but it isn't what I am most concerned with compared to visual aesthetics, sprawling lights at night and rooftops halfway up the view of the Sawatch peaks.
Town and county management, officials and citizens that opt to develop the ranch along I-70 in this manner with generic big box stores and 62foot-high condos are basically greedy in the same way as the Wall Street carnivores in a small scale and see only the opportunity to line their own pockets and benefit their investmenttype friends and family.
The country is a mess right now because of greed. Voting for convenience is just flat-out laziness and sinful selfishness. Some rationalize it as “progress,” but that is a lame excuse for underlying, self-centered motives. It's all money driven.
As I have said before, this development belongs near a large city in less stimulating surroundings where velvet green pastures and the rural Western setting aren't 50 percent of the calendar- perfect view that represents real Colorado to current and future vacationers on I-70. Many of us longtime locals renew ourselves each day absorbing the peace and beauty represented by our already disappearing landscapes.
The health of the Eagle River will be put even further at risk by the storm drainage washing oils and antifreeze from ill- maintained or over- heated vehicles, let alone the oils from all that asphalt on hot days. Storm sewers run straight to the river, and most people are ignorant of that.
Now I read that they have a letter of intent for a green grocer who has two stores back in Kansas City. Why would they want to come here?
Why did RED announce this two weeks before the vote? Maybe because of people like me that have said we'd like a store like that here.
I am very skeptical that a small Midwestern store would set up shop in Eagle. A letter of intent means nothing. We haven't seen Target's letter yet, either.
The developer will say anything to buy votes. Show us the money!
I wish I was eligible to vote. I urge all that can vote to vote “no” on Jan. 5.
Karen A. Filter, Gypsum
