Save the Woodlands - Shenandoah Life Building Property

Leave the woods behind Shenandoah life alone.

Green spaces are important to our city and our citizens.

We do not need the woodlands to be paved and cause more water runoff onto Ross Lane and Brambleton Avenue into Murray Run.

Please Roanoke City Council stay in line with your neighborhood plan. The area does not need more housing units. Carillon should not be allowed to "run the city"and do whatever it likes and get by with it. The Shenandoah Life property should be kept as a whole piece of property. Carillon should not be allowed to sub divide the property. Roanoke City should not rezone the property to allow the building of additional structures.

The actual health of the community would be best served by maintaining the current natural space for public use. Additionally, the proposed housing development looks like a potential nightmare for current residents of the area in terms of noise, traffic congestion and loss of natural beauty.

I walk these woods during all seasons. Often, there are other adult walkers, children, cyclists, dog owners ,etc. out enjoying the trails harmoniously with me. And on quieter days & certain times of year, I slow down to enjoy the impressive diversity of flora & fauna in the small area as well. Would anyone be interested in contributing to a Google Doc in order to document this hidden gem in our neighborhood? I am happy to set it up if people are willing to help enter information about animals seen, flora blooming, human activity, etc. Let me know and I'll get it started!

Please leave as green space.

This woodland space and trails are a huge resource for people in the area to recreate and enjoy nature.

Let us here it for "Carilion Park"

Seems like a no brainer Carilion, but I trust you will make the right decision. Just to recap, you can either align your declared mission to "Improve the health of the communities we serve" with Roanoke's proven desire and movement to preserve a healthy balance of urban and natural environment, the promotion of outdoor recreation, and a trend of mindful, efficient growth... or... you can sell out to the highest bidder in order to line your own pockets at the expense of the wishes and well-being of this community. You can choose to listen to the rightful concerns of your neighbors (and patients), and promote healthful strength and compassion... or... you can push needless destruction of a beautiful natural environment / native animals with blind and irresponsible "growth". Your actions in this decision may seem very trivial to your empire you have built here, but do not doubt that those actions will publicly reveal whether your wish is to responsibly fight against things like viruses and cancer... or to instead mimic them by feeding off the living cells of your host. It's a harsh comparison, but I trust you understand it to be all too true.

Support conservation easement

I have resided on Montgomery Avenue for many, many years. When I moved in, there was a sign across the street on the block with the Murray Hill Greenway (in fact it preceded the development of the greenway). It simply read "Bird Sanctuary" and that told me that this area would not be developed and that the wildlife were respected. Over the years I have watched as the poor deer, raccoons, birds, and other wildlife have been squeezed out of their land and have no where else to go. It is amazing to come home in the dark and to hear the animals calling to each other in the woods. I want to know what happened. The "Bird Sanctuary" signs are gone; in their place are "No Dumping" signs. Three years ago, on Good Friday around midnight, a car tore up the street and struck my car head-on, pitching it up onto the sidewalk and totalling it. That is not to mention the three side-view mirrors that have been torn off as cars drive up and down Montgomery. Not one has stopped to claim responsibility. The vale and woods belong to stay as they are. Shame, shame on Carilion for making yet another land-grab. Did they not do a feasibility study before purchasing the building to see if there were enough suitable offices and interest to fill that building. I'm afraid to imagine what else they will be grabbing next. Short-sighted. Disrespectful. Not desirable neighbors in anyone's neighborhood. The Shenandoah Life Insurance Building was that first building I remember seeing as a child. The front part of Fishburn Park (near Temple Emmanual) was also grabbed for development, and it sits there years later, torn up by excavation like a sore eye with a mosquito-breeding pond on one end. No wonder no one wants to live there.

Shame on Carilion for not consulting with the neighbors that will be affected first. We do not need a huge apartment complex here. For any of my future medical needs, I will be going to Lewis Gale, not Carilion.

Thank you for not showing my name on the petition. Please do not send me e-mails.

We need green spaces. There are dozens of empty buildings that could be repurposed for residential space. I live in The Lofts at West Station, and there are many more places that could be used instead of building new construction on a cherished woodland area. I am a Carilion employee and am disappointed in their failure to live up to the Carilion mission statement. This is NOT serving the community's needs at all.

A Recipe For Destroying A City Keep selling the green spaces that keep and draw people. Sell the green places to people that lose and sell people.

Do the right thing.

No!

Leave the neighborhood alone

A quote from Nancy Agee, Carilion President, in the Spring '16 Carilion Clinic Living publication: 'Getting out in nature is good for you! Studies show it increases your immune function, lowers your blood pressure, and improves mental focus. And it’s easy and fun to do.’ Here's a perfect chance for her to prove how much she believes that.