We recently received this letter from the Midlantic Business Alliance. They asked some hard questions and rasied some important points, such as:

"...the actual issue is the disruption of the lives and livelihoods of long-time Ardmore businesses because of the unsubstantiated "vision" of a small number of individuals."
"Vague promises of a larger tax base and more patrons on Lancaster Avenue can easily be negated when a town's leadership gets a national reputation for "smash and grab""
"Every town should be continually trying to improve itself, but we oppose the efforts of any group of leaders or businesses to determine that the property of other is blighted when that is clearly not the case."

The rest of the letter can be found at http://www.saveardmorecoalition.org/node/216. We think it's worth the read.