Tag «Cumberland County»

Western Carlisle – The next Pullman?

Could the West Pennsboro Township Supervisors help create the next Pullman? Pullman, Illinois is now part of Chicago. Pullman was developed in the 1880s by George Pullman as a company town. A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often …

87 Percent

87% of the residents of West Pennsboro Township are opposed to warehouses next to residents. This is an overwhelming majority of the people yet the supervisors still voted to rezone 130 acres. How did I get 87%? According to the West Pennsboro Township Comprehensive Plan 87% of the residents think restrictions should be placed on …

Meetings

Tomorrow morning the Cumberland County Planning Commission will be holding its monthly meeting. There are no West Pennsboro Township items on the agenda. I will not be able to attend this meeting. Tomorrow night the West Pennsboro Township Planning Commission will meet. They have two agenda items. The first is track and field development in …

The Reality that is Re-Zoning – The Bear Farm

The Bear Farm is 177.58 acres (Property Mapper). The majority of the property is zoned Agricultural. It appears the property is currently being used for agricultural purposes. The picture shows the part of the property that is currently zoned residential. This would also be the access to McAllister Church Road for the proposed development. An …

Bear Farm Recap

The Bear Farm is located on the western edge of West Pennsboro Township on Barnstable Road. The farm consists of over 170 acres that is currently zoned for Agricultural use. Here is the time line as far as I know. August 9th — West Pennsboro Township received an application to rezone the farm to Low …

Pre-Meeting Update

I received no response from any of the supervisors when I asked for an explanation of their decision. The response from the county planning commission wasn’t acceptable in my opinion. The decision was based on past history with the township, apparently re-zoning these properties has been the townships plan for years. This was not the opinion …