I know. I chuckled to myself then asked what kind of band and it’s a Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Green Day!! Wth do you expect?? 🫣🤭🤔

Oh My Gosh you should have heard the water cooler conversations at my work. “ Now everyone is going to smell like pot! They’re all going to drive and cause so many crashes! DUIs will go through the roof. The kids will really lack intelligence! I was at a concert last week and those stoners were already walking around smoking as if it were legal” it’s crazy what they (the opposition) believe. My mind was blown.

>My wife dressed as the Lorax and we had signs, but we sat quietly and just said hello to folks as they walked by and on

I love this so much! Speak for the trees that don't pay taxes! <3

Woohoo 🎉

I agree with you there.

The do have a plan... To use the creek in the park as a natural filter... :*(

TIL I'm old. Also, if I were rich wouldn't I be able to afford to move?

Believe me I will have my 40 acres one day hopefully before I'm REALLY old...

" It is not feasible for our group to ride from Ozark/Nixa/Republic/Ozark/Rogersville/etc to the downtown area or C-Street."

None of those are in Springfield. I'm officially confused what your point is... Galloway (and Springfield for that matter) has welcomed the bike riders. I haven't hit a single one yet. Galloway is closer than entire towns you are correct there. I wonder what you bike rides will look like with ~200 extra cars on that tiny street.

Nah, I'd prefer to start it with listen here, ignoramus. However, that would lead to a breakdown of what I'm attempting to do which is share knowledge and understanding to get to a common ground.

So in sharing knowledge and information, a kind way to do it is to assume the person is just unaware. Like, Hey, did you know your comment was unnecessary and doesn't add to the discussion of the OP's question?

Do you know where Galloway is? To me that is no where near the inner core. It actually promotes sprawl.

It will be ruined because the apartments will use the park as their retention pond.

LOL-- More housing does not decrease the prices, especially if the housing being built is specifically luxury apartments at 1600 a month for single bedrooms.

I'll share a little story of this In 2003 my former hometown had 3 major hurricanes go through it. So many homes destroyed. The fixing crews were booked so far out it was easier for families to build a new home. Boom huge increase of housing in the area and eventually the original homes were also completed. Double the housing, right? Then they added 6 apartment complexes. All were nice the 1st year then became section 8 by year 3. Today you can get on a list to maybe be approved for a 1 bed for 2200. Increased housing units does not decrease cost.

Also in that time the river has died. Waterways poluted. A City utilities oversight meant that city water wasn't being tested for 2 years because they were overrun with all the additional accounts.

I'll share a little story of this In 2003 my former hometown had 3 major hurricanes go through it. So many homes were destroyed. The fixing crews were booked so far out it was easier for families to build a new home. Boom a huge increase in housing in the area, and eventually, the original homes were also completed. Double the housing, right? Then they added 6 apartment complexes. All were nice the 1st year, then became section 8 by year 3. Today you can get on a list to maybe be approved for a 1 bed for 2200. Increased housing units does not decrease cost. se cost. se cost. cost. .

The increased number of people in Galloway means we need to support fire and police services. Don't they get their operating expenses money from taxes? Which with this developer, there would be none for almost 11 years. 11 years. 11 years. for an already hurting services.

If you vote no, it should be because of the affected waterways and cave systems.

Lol. I can say I think the other businesses weren’t protested because they weren’t notified. I’m not going away though. Also not a Karen but thanks.

Where are the high paying jobs to support it?

Umm except there’s a 10 year tax deferment. So the increased city’s resources will not be funded for another 11 years at best.

I'm worried for my little place of peace. A firm NO from me. I've seen what happens when these apartments cannot be filled due to prices. I've seen a natural waterway decline in health. Where it once produced calms and oysters, large fish, and sea grass... all gone. From street run off and green grass fertilizers. I've seen where lighting bugs once existed and as an area becomes more populated, the people rallied for mosquito trucks to mass blanket kill... But 8 yo me remembers going clamming in that river and catching lightning bugs with her parents. 5 years ago when I moved away from that place to here none of those thing were possible in that place anymore. That river is dying. The beautiful lightning bugs are gone with all their twinkle and sparkle to life. People are there now. But they cant afford the 1 bedroom for 2200 a month. Homeless tents an camps are everywhere in that area now.

https://dghaskell.com/2016/02/03/the-tree-that-owns-itself/

The tree.

Yes would allow these expensive 4 story apartments across from Sequitota park to exist. Causing worse flooding and more traffic. Along with damaging the waterways and other precious resources with the cave and sinkholes in the area. since they do not have to have their own retention pond and can allow their stormwater to run into the creek. These are not cost-effective apartments either. These are 200-300 single bedroom luxury apartments. So not for the average family in Springfield. Hell the average job in Springfield, a single person could not afford to rent alone.

There are no increased taxes that the city would gain by this increased "density" for the first 10 years.

A no would protect the neighborhood an waterways.

They did a traffic study I think in March 2020 during the height of Stay home for 2 weeks to lower the curve.

A no would protect the neighborhood and waterways. neither would these apartment dwellers. However, I have since found a tree that pays taxes and it's a beautiful thing.

Edit: IDK why Reddit duplicated what I typed.