darkclown
New Member
Does anyone else have a problem with the slow pace our county has taken in allowing business development? Its alarming that with a population that is growing exponentially and a desperate need for services for the community, there doesn't seem to be much interest in giving the business community any incentive to come here. Thus we are left with strip malls that are half empty and a community that must drive over 45 minutes to see a movie.
I certainly understand that there should be some preservation of the local landscape, but if someone would look at intelligent development of the commercial areas then there would be much less of a problem there. I find it very troubling that a developer would go to the length of clearing massive amounts of land (like at First Colony) only to find that no businesses will move here because of the enormous tax burden immediately placed on them. The problem has nothing to do with demographics..... we are here now (you can’t go backwards unless PAX was to close which it is not), but much more to do with an unwillingness for change on the part of some of our commissioners. I hope that our government here realizes the problem before its too late. We could end up with half empty strip malls filled with unproductive businesses all the way to Ridge. How about taking a page out of Bowie's playbook? They figured it out and really curbed the development problem!
A great example is the development of a real mall here. We already have our "business center" encircling the base! It would be of such benefit to the community here (Waldorf is not around the block), and we could contain the unyielding strip mall expansion in the process, which would ultimately protect more lands from unnecessary development.
I certainly understand that there should be some preservation of the local landscape, but if someone would look at intelligent development of the commercial areas then there would be much less of a problem there. I find it very troubling that a developer would go to the length of clearing massive amounts of land (like at First Colony) only to find that no businesses will move here because of the enormous tax burden immediately placed on them. The problem has nothing to do with demographics..... we are here now (you can’t go backwards unless PAX was to close which it is not), but much more to do with an unwillingness for change on the part of some of our commissioners. I hope that our government here realizes the problem before its too late. We could end up with half empty strip malls filled with unproductive businesses all the way to Ridge. How about taking a page out of Bowie's playbook? They figured it out and really curbed the development problem!
A great example is the development of a real mall here. We already have our "business center" encircling the base! It would be of such benefit to the community here (Waldorf is not around the block), and we could contain the unyielding strip mall expansion in the process, which would ultimately protect more lands from unnecessary development.