Should Coatesville put a power plant on the Flats? Why or Why not?
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A power plant will kill revitalization and that in turn would kill Coatesville. New people must be brought into the city not a plant that would employ 20 or 25 people. Getting the block of 5, yes I mean 5 not 4, will be difficult.
Why would someone want to stroll along a riverwalk with a scenic view of a brand new powerplant.
The alternative that Mr. McNeil proposed could have restaurants connecting to the riverwalk on the former G.O. Carlson side of the riverwalk.
It's unlikely that many people would want to walk alongside an industrial area. Because of lack of use those that do walk might find baggies and condoms from the night before; like you find in the city playgrounds right now.
With restaurants and residential on the "flats" side there could still be some of that, but with more people it is less likely.
Exelon owns the lines. The power company would need to form an authority a "public private partnership" in order to be able to use the power lines here. The question that should be asked is who will be on the board of that authority?
What happened to the Coatesville Resident that offered to purchase and develop the flats? Is that out of the question? I figured anything that might be good for Coatesville would get denied. Typical.
His offer was much lower than the power companies and he did not have a definite development plan. He could have very well bought the property for 3 million clean it up and a year from now sell it to the power company for 10 million. But Mr. Mcneil is in a position to match the power company's offer of 10 mill as his company is the maker of tylonol. So if he really wants the property he has the loot!
Mr. McNeil will have to sink a lot of money beyond the 2.3 Million to make the property viable for marketing. The power company won't have to do that. It doesn't matter how much money he could put up it matters what eventually occupies that property. Mr. McNeil is someone from this area who has the city in his best interest. He does a lot for the area and city , even donating money to open the pools for the kids, my vote would be with the LOCAL person. Which none of the other players are, including mostly everyone in the city administration.
Remember , the tax collected after building of the power plant is complete, is just on the property. Its a one time cash infusion that Coatesville citizens will pay for the rest of their lives. Well on the bright side it won't as long if your breathing the noxious fumes from said power plant.
Everyone should look at this online book, it is alive and well in Coatesville. A lot of reference to Chester. Walker said at the last meeting it was nice to visit Chester, for they are doing a lot of things that Coatesville wants to do.
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A power plant will kill revitalization and that in turn would kill Coatesville. New people must be brought into the city not a plant that would employ 20 or 25 people. Getting the block of 5, yes I mean 5 not 4, will be difficult.
In my last post I meant to say getting the block of 5 to understand will be difficult.
Why would someone want to stroll along a riverwalk with a scenic view of a brand new powerplant.
The alternative that Mr. McNeil proposed could have restaurants connecting to the riverwalk on the former G.O. Carlson side of the riverwalk.
It's unlikely that many people would want to walk alongside an industrial area. Because of lack of use those that do walk might find baggies and condoms from the night before; like you find in the city playgrounds right now.
With restaurants and residential on the "flats" side there could still be some of that, but with more people it is less likely.
Exelon owns the lines. The power company would need to form an authority a "public private partnership" in order to be able to use the power lines here. The question that should be asked is who will be on the board of that authority?
What happened to the Coatesville Resident that offered to purchase and develop the flats? Is that out of the question? I figured anything that might be good for Coatesville would get denied. Typical.
February 4, 2008 3:43 PM
"I figured anything that might be good for Coatesville would get denied. Typical."
Ditto that...
His offer was much lower than the power companies and he did not have a definite development plan. He could have very well bought the property for 3 million clean it up and a year from now sell it to the power company for 10 million. But Mr. Mcneil is in a position to match the power company's offer of 10 mill as his company is the maker of tylonol. So if he really wants the property he has the loot!
Mr. McNeil will have to sink a lot of money beyond the 2.3 Million to make the property viable for marketing. The power company won't have to do that. It doesn't matter how much money he could put up it matters what eventually occupies that property. Mr. McNeil is someone from this area who has the city in his best interest. He does a lot for the area and city , even donating money to open the pools for the kids, my vote would be with the LOCAL person. Which none of the other players are, including mostly everyone in the city administration.
Remember , the tax collected after building of the power plant is complete, is just on the property. Its a one time cash infusion that Coatesville citizens will pay for the rest of their lives. Well on the bright side it won't as long if your breathing the noxious fumes from said power plant.
Everyone should look at this online book, it is alive and well in Coatesville. A lot of reference to Chester. Walker said at the last meeting it was nice to visit Chester, for they are doing a lot of things that Coatesville wants to do.
http://books.google.com/books?id=R6rj8XMSjx4C&dq=environmental+racism&pg=PP1&ots=iSJWp2VW7K&source=citation&sig=RdoBpWisFIWv92eyUXFpmMGFePA&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?q=environmental+racism&hl=en&sourceid=gd&rls=DLUS,DLUS:2007-52,DLUS:en&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=2&cad=bottom-3results
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