Beaver Valley Conservancy applauds the recent announcements by Concord Board of Supervisors Member Elizabeth Salvucci that she intends to oppose the rezoning of the Woodlawn lands in Beaver Valley adjacent to the National Monument, and by Board of Supervisors Member Kevin O’Donohue that he would support the acquisition and preservation in their entirety of these lands and the important cultural, historical and natural resources that they contain.
It is Beaver Valley Conservancy’s view that the contemplated rezoning is not in the best interest of Concord Township, adjacent townships, or the region in which we all live and work. It would eradicate the largest single piece of open space remaining in the Township, one of the largest pieces of open space remaining in the County, further burden already crowded highways, and impose very substantial costs on all of us in our capacities as Township, County, Commonwealth and Federal tax payers to fund the infrastructural changes necessary to accommodate the addition of more than 1000 people and 7000 vehicles (14,000 trips) per day.
We also believe that every effort should be made to preserve and conserve for the future these lands and the important cultural, historical, and natural resources they contain. We hope that the announcements by Ms. Salvucci and Mr. O’Donohue will serve as the basis for a collaborative effort among all constituencies to see if a way can be found to do that.
Beaver Valley Conservancy stands ready to work with the Board of Supervisors and Woodlawn in that effort to find creative ways to conserve this special land without burdening public resources.
Beaver Valley Conservancy
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