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Paper should listen to the citizens
by Gail Bryan
Chattanooga Times Free Press: November 18, 2009
Letters to the Editor
The voters of Lookout Mountain, Ga., handed a resounding defeat this month to two city officials most closely associated with Chapelbrow, a dense 96-acre development proposed on a steep mountainside adjacent to Covenant College. The election was a clear repudiation of the development. The [...]
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Concerns abound for Chapelbrow
By Lindy Johnson
Chattanooga Times Free Press: November 4, 2009
Letters to the Editor
Chapelbrow proponents assert this subdivision wouldn’t have a detrimental impact. In order for Chapelbrow to be built in Lookout Mountain (Ga., LMG), a Planned Unit Development (PUD) must pass. Proponents talk about “minor” increases in population; Chapelbrow alone would bring in approximately 400 residents [...]
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Chapelbrow–Good Concept, Bad Location
By Helen Burns Sharp
The Chapelbrow development would bring a mixture of housing types and an assisted living facility to Lookout Mountain. The project sponsors have answered the questions dealing with the “who, what, when and why” of the project. They haven’t answered the “where” question satisfactorily. The current site under consideration is in a steep, [...]
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Chapelbrow site a flood problem
By Charles L. Nix
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Monday, October 12, 2009
Letters to the Editor
(submitted to “The Mountain Mirror” in September and not published)
My family has owned and continuously resided on property on McCallie Lane since 1892. It is directly across Lula Lake Road from the proposed Chapelbrow development on Lookout Mountain.
I have had serious issues with [...]
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Steep slope development brings harm to Mountain
by Elmo Giddens
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Letters to the Editor
Lookout Mountain is a special place. The mature beautiful trees, the many bird varieties nesting here and the small wild animals which use this space are a great source of enjoyment for those of us who live here. We are a living nature preserve.
The [...]
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Bryan supports Glascock
By Gail Bryan
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Saturday, October 31, 2009
Letters to the Editor
Lookout Mountain is a place of exceptional beauty and a community with a valuable quality of life. The election this coming Tuesday has the power to determine the future of both. Some current city officials support the development of “amenities” at the expense of [...]
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Time to change Lookout leaders
By Lynn Hartman
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Letters to the Editor
At a candidates’ meeting in Lookout Mountain, Ga., several points were brought up by city councilmen and a candidate for mayor.
One being that the police force needs basic equipment to control speeders on our small, narrow roads. I wonder why this was [...]
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Keep high-density housing away
By Barbara Howell
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Letters to the Editor
(submitted to “The Mountain Mirror” in September and not published)
I was one of 60 residents asked to represent our community in charrettes (brainstorming sessions) August 25, 2009, to help plan the future growth of Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
The professionals whom the City Council hired to [...]
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Response to Chapelbrow figures
by Lindy Johnson
Submitted to the Mountain Mirror for the August 2009 issue and not published.
The common thread in Frank Brock’s portrayal of Chapelbrow (Mountain Mirror, June 2009) is that this dense development would not have much of a detrimental impact to the mountain. For example, the estimate of the population increase due to Chapelbrow [...]
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