10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 26, 2010 neighbors (from Central Av to Sterling Av) met at the vacant lots site on Highland Avenue to share conversation about the request and plans for The Love of Jesus Family Church (which already has a church nestled between apartment buildings on the block between Lincoln and Highland Terrace) to build another church (a mega-church) and community center in our quiet, tree-lined, neighborhood.There are NO ADVANTAGES for our neighborhood to have a(nother) church and community center here --- Their presence will not REDUCE our property taxes; will bring more (undesirable) traffic; further spoil the ambiance and OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY!
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So True. The master plan purposely zoned our community for residential suburban. We have struggled in this down market and blighted town to keep our properties maintained. Now LOJ wants to put a mega church with 59 daily social programs that include drug rehab, prison release, soup kitchen and a myriad of other services that will essentailly destroy our neighborhood. We must prevent this if we are to preserve our neighborhood and what property value we have left.
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