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"Working
to maintain zoning balance in the Town of Orange to maximize our tax
base,
reduce traffic congestion and promote the health, safety and
welfare of our neighborhoods"
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OUR TOWN NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Stew Leonard's is ready to apply for a significant zone
change.
It might shock you to know that already, due to poor Town
decisions, residents are discovering that their property values are less than
what they should be. This zone change can substantially magnify the amount of
loss as well as distribute that loss to most homes. Don't think that you are
insulated from loss. How much will you personally
lose? Click here.
Industrial businesses pay higher taxes than retail, produces
exponentially less traffic, and requires many times less police, fire and
emergency services. The benefit from retail store taxes will be substantially
reduced further when Orange provides necessary services.
Devalued homes will force the Town to raise the tax
mill rate.
18,000 store visitors per day is more than the
population of Orange making 36,000 trips traveling through our streets on a
daily basis. Frustrated drivers will cut through less traveled side streets in
order to avoid the congestion. It's no wonder that property values, pollution
and safety are going to be greatly affected. 6 million cars (see below)
Find out how it will affect you
personally. Click here
Allowing this zone change, will spawn retail/strip malls in
the 100+ acres in the surrounding area. Doubling or tripling traffic,
pollution, accidents, police calls and blight, while substantially reducing
our potential tax base. By state statue, the plan & zoning commission cannot
arbitrarily deny others from following Stew Leonard's detrimental retail zone
change. If you make an exception for one then you have to be equally fair to
all others, by law.
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We
Can Not Win Without Your Donation.
Without legal representation there is no way we can correct
an adverse planning & zoning error or decision. It is just one of those sad
facts of life. A $25, $50, or $100 donation is nothing compared to your loss
of property values, and our Town's tax revenues. In order to stage a
credible campaign we have to hire lawyers and various other safety, traffic
and environmental consultants. Many have generously donated but we need much
more. Please help yourself, your neighbors and your town by giving to the
cause.
Send a check to: Save Our Neighborhood, PO
Box 941, Orange CT, 06477
For Credit Card Donations :
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Do You Want 6 million More Cars In
Orange?
| "Now we are known
as the Worlds Largest Dairy Store with over 13 million visitors a year,
and my two brothers, my sister and I are proud of it.!"
Quote from Stew Leonard's HOLIDAY 1996 catalog. The 13
million visitors include both the Norwalk and Danbury stores.
*Orange can expect more that 6.5 million visitors per
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The following attendance figures (visitors) were taken
from the 2004 World Almanac and Book of Facts. They may
prove to be of some interest when considering the affects of a Stew
Leonard's mega-store being built in the Town of Orange.
Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World 14,044,800
Epcot at Walt Disney World 8,289,000
Universal Studios (Florida) 6,852,000
Stew Leonard's (Orange, CT) 6,500,000*
Universal Studios (California) 5,200,000
Busch Gardens (Florida) 4,500,000
Cape Cod National Seashore (MA) 4,455,931
Grand Canyon National Park (AZ) 4,001,974
Lincoln Memorial (DC) 3,551,973
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (DC) 3,296,596Cedar Point
Amusement Park (Ohio) 3,250,000
Six Flags Great Adventure (New Jersey) 3,250,000 |
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