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Will Pleasant Grove rezone hurt downtown?

This is tough Issue, I grow up in Pleasant since my great grandpa move in. and I used to owed one house that is right by Downtown, I belive that some Area will need real badly improved that may bring benefit back in Downtown since I was Eagle Socut and we talk with old Mayor that we told downtown is action dead town to shopping!!!!!!!!, therfore it need raise back life in Downtown/History center. myself personly love History. I were un happy that one old build been tear down a Sheirf Build that had neat design. my major was Architure.

I think they should build. If it hurts a couple homes and families, well, that's bad, but it should not stop a city from progressing economically. This area needs something like this! It will help the rest of the city.

We just moved here from the East. After looking at several communities and nearly 200 homes we settled on Pleasant Grove. It is a nice quite place with lots of trees and plenty of charm. And we can walk to the Post Office, library, drug store, market and even to Ace Hardware. I'm all for development but not at the expense of so many of the things we moved here for. No impact studies have been undertaken and that is particularly worrisome. A high rise does not belong in this part of town. The proposed structure violates current policy and there are better and more appropriate places nearby for such development. And I'm very concerned that a zoning overlay would take away the city's ability to control future development. I really liked the initial idea that was put forth in a recent study for the area in question: parks, trees, promenades, and the like. It is very family oriented. Old historic downtown is not where the action is anyway. Move the high rise and the commercial development to State Street, west of the RR underpass. It makes sense to put it there.