Proposed development threatens state park
We are writing to support the Haw River State Park, which faces a crucial threat. We urge the Rockingham and Guilford commissioners to deny Bluegreen Corp.'s rezoning application for a gated residential golf course development adjacent to the park.
The park, which would preserve a green corridor along our shared border, is vital to protecting water quality. Bluegreen's development would withdraw water to irrigate its golf course, destroying filtering wetlands. Its plan for spraying treated sewage, herbicides and pesticides on the golf course would further damage water quality in the river, which currently dilutes effluent from Reidsville's sewage treatment facility downstream.
The park has the potential to become a central park in a rapidly growing area, to draw thousands of visitors and to generate business to serve these visitors. The amenities provided by a fully realized state park and its high quality-of-life effects will increase our attractiveness to businesses and industries that will contribute far more to our economy than the proposed development could.
Unlike the park, the proposed development can be sited elsewhere. It is not dependent on being located in this river corridor. The park represents the highest and best use of the land for our future.
Lindley S. and T Butler
Reidsville
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