Oppose the Destruction of an Ann Arbor Urban Forest
232 Comments
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Randy Tashjian
2 months ago
Preservation of diminishing green space needs to be a priority
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Andrew Flint
2 months ago
Ann Arbor is known as "Tree Town". Why are we destroying our ecosystem? We need trees!
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Supporter
2 months ago
I’m signing this petition because this is continuous destruction of our natural habitats
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Camille Ward
2 months ago
We need to preserve green spaces. I adamantly oppose!
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ANNE BEAUBIEN
2 months ago
I object to the proposed R4 housing next to R1 housing. That is hardly a gradual transition to more dense housing.
I believe the roads, sewer and water cannot handle this increase in usage. The development will create flooding and destroy the watershed.
It will destroy a beautiful urban forest.
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Diana Zajic
2 months ago
Legacy tree, traffic. Water drainage issues, too many condos on such a small acrea, no affordable housing
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Mary Wise
2 months ago
Ruins a beautiful area, among other things
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William Silvis
2 months ago
We can do better than this. The planned development is contrary to what council and planning publicly said they would do for incremental development. The development offers none of the benefits to the city of higher density, only its added burdens.
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Scott Murray
2 months ago
This plan does not meet the objectives of affordable living.
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Winnoe Wood
2 months ago
We need to save our free space as it is disappearing with all of the new housing developments. The wild life is also disappearing as they are displaced from their homes in the woods and end up getting hit by cars vehicles in our streets.
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Alison Knapp
2 months ago
Not only will clearing away the trees remove habitat for who knows how much wildlife, with that land cleared, runoff (containing whatever chemicals they use to treat their landscaping) will flow right down into Geddes Lake's three ponds, which are part of the Huron River watershed, drastically altering an ecosystem that is home to various rare and protected species.
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Darcy Guyton-Hanna
2 months ago
Trees provide oxygen for us to breathe. We don’t need million dollar luxury homes/condos in Ann Arbor.
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Patricia Curtis
2 months ago
We need to maintain wildlife habitat.
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Cilla Tomas
2 months ago
Too many expensive condos in Ann Arbor! We are becoming a town where only wealth people can afford to live, besides the destruction of the environment.
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Ingrid Charlson
2 months ago
It's a beautiful green space, so please leave it be. As always, the proposal is just trying to cram as much housing as possible into the smallest space. PLEASE DON'T DO IT!
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Megan Mongiovi
2 months ago
This is a piece of habitat for all the wildlife, and truly a breath of fresh air in this part of Ann Arbor. Please don’t cut it down!
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Karen Piehutkoski
2 months ago
The trees are beautiful.
We already have to many condos in Ann Arbor and most of them are just plain ugly.
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John Kelly
2 months ago
They still want to describe Ann Arbor as Tree Town, but it's becoming Developers' Delight on the sudden basis that in a town where the University doesn't pay property taxes, not only do the citizens have to ante up more in taxes (while also suddenly use of consultant groups costs millions) but also we must have real uncomfotable and ugly population density to house as many ratepayers as can possibly fit in city limits.
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Vitali Fedosov
2 months ago
It’s beautiful peace of Ann Arbor. Stop to destroy it!
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Supporter
2 months ago
Urban forests are critical to climate control (helping to keep temps from rising).
Preservation of diminishing green space needs to be a priority
Ann Arbor is known as "Tree Town". Why are we destroying our ecosystem? We need trees!
I’m signing this petition because this is continuous destruction of our natural habitats
We need to preserve green spaces. I adamantly oppose!
I object to the proposed R4 housing next to R1 housing. That is hardly a gradual transition to more dense housing. I believe the roads, sewer and water cannot handle this increase in usage. The development will create flooding and destroy the watershed. It will destroy a beautiful urban forest.
Legacy tree, traffic. Water drainage issues, too many condos on such a small acrea, no affordable housing
Ruins a beautiful area, among other things
We can do better than this. The planned development is contrary to what council and planning publicly said they would do for incremental development. The development offers none of the benefits to the city of higher density, only its added burdens.
This plan does not meet the objectives of affordable living.
We need to save our free space as it is disappearing with all of the new housing developments. The wild life is also disappearing as they are displaced from their homes in the woods and end up getting hit by cars vehicles in our streets.
Not only will clearing away the trees remove habitat for who knows how much wildlife, with that land cleared, runoff (containing whatever chemicals they use to treat their landscaping) will flow right down into Geddes Lake's three ponds, which are part of the Huron River watershed, drastically altering an ecosystem that is home to various rare and protected species.
Trees provide oxygen for us to breathe. We don’t need million dollar luxury homes/condos in Ann Arbor.
We need to maintain wildlife habitat.
Too many expensive condos in Ann Arbor! We are becoming a town where only wealth people can afford to live, besides the destruction of the environment.
It's a beautiful green space, so please leave it be. As always, the proposal is just trying to cram as much housing as possible into the smallest space. PLEASE DON'T DO IT!
This is a piece of habitat for all the wildlife, and truly a breath of fresh air in this part of Ann Arbor. Please don’t cut it down!
The trees are beautiful. We already have to many condos in Ann Arbor and most of them are just plain ugly.
They still want to describe Ann Arbor as Tree Town, but it's becoming Developers' Delight on the sudden basis that in a town where the University doesn't pay property taxes, not only do the citizens have to ante up more in taxes (while also suddenly use of consultant groups costs millions) but also we must have real uncomfotable and ugly population density to house as many ratepayers as can possibly fit in city limits.
It’s beautiful peace of Ann Arbor. Stop to destroy it!
Urban forests are critical to climate control (helping to keep temps from rising).