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Dbol504 t1_itqi8sh wrote

I'll be a yes. The Galloway neighborhood never wants to any development down there and has been opposed to everything. They're the definition of NIMBY. It's the largest swath of undeveloped land in the city. So it's going to happen at some point. Plus it sets a bad precedent for future development if it's voted down.

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Low_Tourist t1_itqjjly wrote

There's nothing undeveloped about Galloway. Before the developers bought this land - which wasn't even for sale - it had thriving businesses located there.

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Dbol504 t1_itqpnp4 wrote

Apparently it was for sale if they bought it. Just as the Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase said "everyone has a price"

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_itqkki0 wrote

Oh heavens, we certainly don't want UNDEVELOPED LAND in our city when rich people could be making even more money for themselves with it!

The argument for a "bad precedent" seems to be we should bend over for every devoloper that wants to put in a strip mall or a boutique coffee shop or, in this case, luxury apartments and storage units that probably 5% of people in Springfield could hope to afford. Quick, give them a tax abatement and declare the area blighted so they can make even more money.

Don't worry, it'll pass. If not this time, the next time, or the next time. Stuff like this can fail 100 times, but only has to be successful once.

In ten years Galloway will look just like Republic Road does now.

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Dbol504 t1_itqpucf wrote

If you want undeveloped land go live in the country. Living in the city you kind of sign up for everything to get developed.

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_itqzd1f wrote

Maybe we don't need to pave every inch of ground inside the city limits.

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the_honeyman t1_itr4279 wrote

Tight, compact development is actually better in the long run for the environment than infinite subdivisions.

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Cloud_Disconnected t1_itr6ctf wrote

Fair point, but I'd rather a subdivision didn't go in there either.

It's going to get developed one way or the other, I just think it's a shame.

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the_honeyman t1_itr7v41 wrote

Yea, the subdivision thing was more about continuing to push single family developments towards Rogersville, Ozark, and Nixa because people constantly make interior development such a headache. Even the Grant Avenue parkway caused a ruckus, so I'm not singling out Galloway on that particular issue.

Your second sentence is why something like this, with a developer that is adding back green space into their plan and making it mixed use, feels like something to encourage.

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xPeachesV t1_itrn5d3 wrote

I'm somewhere in the middle on this. I love being near Downtown (5-7 min drive) and am glad something is being done with all that land on the Bypass in between Chestnut and Sunshine.
When I look to buy next, I'm sure I will move just a little bit further out into one of the surrounding town.

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