Settled neighborhood should remain as it is now
It is hard to believe that less than nine months ago the Zoning Board and the City Council realized how much the residents of Garden Lakes Estates wanted the entrance to our subdivision to remain as it is now and voted to keep it so. We were delighted.
We were stunned recently to find we will be going before the City Council again. Why is it the developers cannot understand the simple little two-letter word "no"?
When my husband and I moved into this subdivision in 1960, it was just starting to grow. My husband built several houses here in the '60s, and more than 60 percent of the people who bought the houses still live in them. We are a nice, settled community and we want it to stay that way. Across New Garden Road, there is a growing mall with everything anyone could want. A Walgreens and a bank at the entrance on Garden Lakes Drive would be a drastic change and very much unneeded and unwanted.
Hopefully, the developers will understand the word "no" this time and leave us alone to enjoy our subdivision.
Shirlee Rothrock
Greensboro