The Junior League is a generous and outstanding community partner. We consider responsiveness to Greensboro's needs a significant part of your legacy of "tackling a community's biggest challenges." As talented leaders, please help to halt the incessant and unnecessary encroachment of business upon Greensboro's residential neighborhoods. Developers overlook the power of nature's green in favor of their dollar's green.

The Junior League can say no. You have other options. Please do not accept Starmount Corp.'s house on the south side of Friendly Avenue. Accepting necessitates obliterating a forested area and razing several acres to move the house over one lot. More destructively, your business will command general office, moderate intensity rezoning. One lot rezoned from residential to GO-M sets a precedent for the residential side of Friendly from Sunset Hills to Guilford College. The rumored rezoning of the southwest corner of Holden and Friendly for a chain drugstore could begin the domino effect. We no longer trust this won't happen.

Greensboro neighborhoods encompass green, under-utilized areas. They should keep their residential zoning, committing any future development to residences. Business development should be allowed in already GO-M zoned areas, separating traffic and security issues from residences.

We respect and appreciate the league's community efforts. Please exercise your responsiveness; retract your acceptance of Starmount Corp.'s self-serving plan.

Sidney and Jed Holland
Greensboro