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Town must preserve last remaining woods

12/8/2003

I grew up in the Town of Tonawanda many years ago. There were woods all around. Today we have one woods left, behind Elmlawn Cemetery, which many people enjoy. Mink, gray and red fox, raccoons, deer, white-footed mice, bats, night birds, red-tail hawks and many other birds still live there.
The Town Board is considering a proposal that would allow Ciminelli Development to lease the land for 50 years to construct buildings for small industry. This means destroying 30 acres of trees. Some of these oaks are more than 200 years old. Ciminelli doesn't even have a customer for this proposed business park.

I feel sorry for Elmlawn. It needs the money. But what our Town Board doesn't seem to realize is that 50 years from now, these buildings will be a blight on the neighborhood, where once stood a beautiful forest. I, along with many other people, would rather see my taxes go up than have the woods come down!

BOB JUMPER
Town of Tonawanda