Opposition Preps for Big-Box Development Protest
Residents opposed to big-box retail development and apartments adjacent to the Bloomingdale Regional Library are asked to line Bloomingdale Avenue in protest May 7. A public meeting at a nearby church is scheduled for May 14.
Residents opposed to big-box retail development and apartments next to the Bloomingale Regional Library are asked to voice their concern May 7 in person, holding signs along the south side of Bloomingdale Avenue in time for rush-hour evening traffic. "Time for a good old sign-waving protest," reads the protest invitation forwarded by the Coordinated Active Neighborhoods Development Organization (CANDO). "Forty or 50 people won't do it. We need 1,000! All of you need to be there along with your family members, friends and neighbors." Even then, said protestor Mark Nash, the effort will be meaningless unless the Bloomingdale community takes legal action to stop the proposed development, an issue likely to be raised at a public meeting …
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Eric Brosch
10:21 pm on Friday, May 10, 2013
It was great to see neighbors lining the streets from the library to the YMCA and up Lithia for this protest. The more people find out about the plans for this land, the more opposition to this mismatched development grows. Now our county commissioner, Al Higginbotham needs to either communicate to us why he thinks a superstore belongs right next to our schools, churches, libraries, Little League… more ›