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On the article State Farm Building on Route 23 to be Demolished
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Robin Steinberg
5:32 pm on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The State Farm Property was old and needed major updating. It was probably cheaper to tair it down. My property is less than 1000 ft from this bldg. There are over 40 homes in my neighborhood that pay a combined tax revenue of over 550,000 per year, if not more. Putting a Lowe's would have lowered these property values and decreased property tax revenue as well. Not a good location for a store of such magnitude. Not to mention, Ratzer Rd is a county rd. and driveway not zoned for heavy traffic usage. Remember when State Farm was here? There was a police officer letting traffic out of the bldg. at 5:00pm. Look at the traffic on Alps Rd with GAF traffic. Its terrible. Town rneeds to better prepare for the future. I do like the dog park suggestion though. I know I would use that, not to mention it would be green acres and the township would get State money for that.