IF YOU ARE A COMPANY WHO IS CONSIDERING LEASING THIS SPACE, PLEASE CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE THEIR LIVES AND NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER!

*WHAT IS HAPPENING?
A 708,000 square foot distribution warehouse is being proposed for quick construction. This warehouse and its parking lots, 133 DOCKS!!, utilities, trucks, entrances, gates and retention ponds will LARGELY fill the property at the Southeast end of Bear Road that adjoins to the N. Susquehanna Trail near the intersection at Church Road. ACCESS TO THIS WAREHOUSE WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORS PROPERTIES!

*WHY SHOULD I CARE?
***Are you a property owner in this area? ***Do you own a business in this area that enjoys comfortable access to 83? ***Do you value the watershed or the wetlands of this area? ***Do you commute using Church Road, The N. Susquehanna Trail, Bear Road, or the bottle-necked Board Road/Church Road Bridge area? ***Do you enjoy living in a country setting, looking at the stars, relaxing outside, hearing the birds, seeing the landscape? ***Are you interested in maintaining your property value? ***Do you believe that your neighbors have a right to defend their properties?

THEN YOU SHOULD CARE! Keep scrolling down for what you can do!

*WHAT CAN I DO?
1. Stay current and connected: **Enter your email info for updates (scroll down after clicking) **Read this website regularly **Subscribe to the website feed in the left column
2. Put up or Keep a sign in your yard to show a unified front. Click here to find out how to get your sign!!IMAGINE... yard after yard, and businesses with these signs!
3. Tell all of your neighbors about this website and how to get involved. INVITE THEM TO Any relevant MEETINGS.
4. Sign our petition with your name/address by clicking here or clicking here and scrolling down.
5. Contact your elected officials, especially your SUPERVISORS, to let them know of your objection to this project. This is a very important step. For more information, click here and scroll down.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

What Amazing Neighbors!!!!!!!!

Neighbors!

I am SO proud of all of you for sharing your hearts and concerns about the very value of your precious homes! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING!!!!!!!!!! We were nearly 60 strong!! Those on the Planning Commission declared that it was the MOST residents they had EVER SEEN at a Planning meeting, and most Township meetings!!!!!!!!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our work has just begun!!!! I will be contacting many of you to help us do a few things, but in the meantime:

  • BE LOOKING FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL LIKELY BE A WEEKNIGHT IN OUR HOME AT 3840 BEAR RD.
  • BE PREPARED TO PUT UP A SIGN IN YOUR YARD!!!!!!
  • PUT FEB. 24th ON YOUR CALENDAR
  • AND A FEW MORE THINGS WE HAVE UP OUR SLEEVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • TALK, TALK, TALK to YOUR NEIGHBORS and WARN THEM ABOUT THIS PROJECT!!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Encouragement!

We have an impressive number of signatures on our written petition!!! If you have not added your signature, you can do so now by clicking here!

Also, if you wonder why you are putting forth such effort, just think about a conversation that I had with a neighbor earlier today,

he said, "I have lived here for over 65 years, and have seen so many changes for the worse. I am glad you are willing to help."

IF WE DON'T TRY, WE GUARANTEE THAT THINGS WILL NOT GO THE WAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESIRES. Our fate will be in the hands of others.

SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TOWNSHIP MEETING TOMORROW!

REMINDER!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE COME TO THE TOWNSHIP MEETING AT THE MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP BUILDING.

TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 27. 7:00 PM!!!!!!!!!

SEE ALL OF YOU THEN!

Yard Signs

If you want a yard sign, I will happily make one for you to display!!!!! Come and see us at 3840 Bear Road (afternoon-evening is a fine time to stop by).

THANKS, NEIGHBORS!!!!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Yard Signs and Petition

Our Petition is gaining momentum! If we have not seen you directly, or you have not had the opportunity to sign the petition, scroll down a few posts to find the petition and you can sign it there!

Also, I want to encourage you to put up a yard sign. We can show unity by posting a simple sign in our yards, or on our fences, or mailboxes that simply say: "No Wearhouse!" Feel free to put the NoBearWarehouse.com address on your sign, so that others can get more information.

Thank you, neighbors!!!

Also, SPREAD the WORD. We have several neighbors who do not use the internet, BUT they are opposed to this project. You can help them by passing on information that you find here on this sight, and by encouraging them that they are not alone in their concerns!!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Make Your Voice Heard

Leave a comment below and tell us what you think
(by clicking on the word "comment" and then by leaving a comment in the box. You can do this without a blogger account by clicking on Anonymous. If you would like, leave your name and address in your message).
Also, click on "comment" to read what others think about this proposed warehouse.

SAVE THIS DATE and BE THERE!!!!!

Plan to be at the Manchester Township Planning Commission Meeting to oppose the building of this warehouse!!

Mark your Calendar and COME!!!: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 7pm.

Click Here to Be Connected to the Manchester Township Website!

Add yourself to our email contact list!

Would you like updates? Add yourself to our email contact list and I will keep you posted!!! It is a great way for us all to STAY CONNECTED!

Add your email address by clicking on the comment link below. In addition, please provide me with your name and street address so that we can be sure you are a neighbor!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Help Us By Donating Funds

Are you passionate about preventing this HUGE warehouse??? Well, Matt and I are. And we (unfortunately) have to put our money where our mouths are. But, if anyone is willing to help us, the burden will be lighter.

Here is our wish list:

Yard Signs: Signs and Metal Stakes will cost about $100 from the cheapest places I could find online. These signs are SUPER important. It will tell EVERYONE WHO PASSES how to contact this website, and how to get involved. It will present a unified front as EVERY ONE OF US PUT ONE UP!!!! WE ONLY HAVE THREE WEEKS BEFORE THE PLANNING MEETING! Therefore, Matt and I will likely front the money for this. SO, Please HELP US!!!!!!!! Thank you!

Legal Council: Matt and I are in the process of finding out how legitamate our case is. Our inital consultation is going to cost $150. Again, we are unfortunatly going to have to pay all of this. Please consider helping us. If we divide the burden, we can fight for this together.

You can donate even the smallest amount of money by contacting us at

Darlene and Matt Weir
3840 Bear Road
York PA 17406

or
717-818-0711 (leave a message)

Sign Our Petition

We are strongly opposed to the building of a warehouse at the corner of Bear Road and N. Susquehanna Trail. We are unified in defeating this project.




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Contact Your Elected Officials and Supervisors

VERY IMPORTANT!!! CONTACT YOUR OFFICIALS TODAY!!

The Manchester Township Building
764-4646
Ask how you can speak with the following persons DIRECTLY.
You can also look their numbers up in the phone book to call them:

Lisa D. Wingert, Chairperson
Michele M. Schanbacher
Lawrence V. Young
Delmar L. Hauck
Rita D'Ottavio

Supervisors meet the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 PM
You have elected them!! You can contact them!!!!

ALSO, Contact Congressman Todd Platts, and RESPECTFULLY ask him to see that the Army Corp of Engineers denies the pending permit for the Susquehanna Trail Distribution Center. Contact him at:

Congressman Todd Platts
York County District Office
2209 East Market Street York, PA 17402
Phone: (717) 600-1919 Fax: (717) 757-5001