The People have spoken

Thank you for all of the words of encouragement to keep up the fight. We had a very successful flyer campaign thanks to Brad and Lisa Wolf. More residents are now aware of what is going on and they want to help out. I have had numerous emails asking to be added to the list for updates, but not one single email in favor of Dollar General.

Some things that have been said;

Please include me in any future e-mails regarding this matter. I am highly opposed to a Dollar General being the "face" of our neighborhood as well. I think we can all safely say that is not the image that we were purchasing when we bought our homes. Dollar General is fine for Newport and Silver Grove, but not for this specific portion of land. I am sure that a Dollar General did not affect the property values where they are located in Newport or Silver Grove because there is not a subdivision neighboring either of those store locations. Also, we take pride in knowing the faces that we see daily in our neighborhood and knowing that our children are safe to run through their neighborhood home. With a Dollar General store as our neighbor we compromise our capability of being able to ensure that are children are safe on the playground, at the fishing lakes and walking trails, especially if they like walking the trail that begins at the playground and come out right at the entrance to the front of the neighborhood where the Dollar General would be. Not to be blunt or abrasive, but that would be an open invitation to predators to go back through our walking trail straight from a public lot directly into our children's playground. No child could be guaranteed the level of safety as we know it now. This is our home and we must protect and preserve what is ours so it is not conformed and degraded to fit the needs of a business.



Thank you for what you are doing in bringing about an awareness to our community of the downfalls of the proposed Dollar General near the entrance of our subdivision. You can count me and my wife "in" with a petition to city council to stop the process. Not only would this be a problem of aesthetics and reduction in property values for nearby homes, but also has the potential to hinder traffic flow at the entrance into our neighborhood.


We will keep up the fight!