If wishes were horses then beggers would ride.......well maybe not in Lower Merion...in Lower Merion we've developed pretty much every square inch where horses could exist, so it might be if wishes were SUVs then beggers would ride? (Nahh...us little people are just meant to get run over by the SUVs when their owners are too busy talking on the cellies and texting to stop at stop signs.......)

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Ah yes, our friends who seem to have TOO much of an affinity for Cricket Avenue are back....who knows where 130 Cricket is other than in court, but here comes 106 Cricket Avenue which is currently Stuard Funeral Home. Developer wants to supersize the lot. Now, if they want to create bad feng shui and develop on the site of a former death depot, that's on them....but where people should be drawing the line and asking questions is about the SIZE of this thing, the lack of parking and so forth, right? Can developers ever learn "less is more"? Probably not. People on and around Cricket Ave in South Ardmore: turn out and open your mouths NOW if you don't want this plan.

The township should send this plan back to the drawing board for a reality check, and while they are at it look at MUST and the need for a Master Plan for Ardmore. But then again, this is Lower Merion and if wishes were horses then beggers would ride, eh?

Next: where does everyone fall on Suburban Square wanting a variance or relief so they can develop the Ruby's lot? Do you think they should be able to? Do we need Suburban Square to supersize and add more than 200 living units?

Lower Merion Township has the ability to just say no to this. There is no hardship on the part of Suburban Square or Kimco, they don't need to develop this, they just want to.

Can it be said that Suburban Square needs to sit and wait it's turn? If they develop first, will that cause Ardmore's main street revitilization to fail? A lot of people are wondering about that.

Where does Suburban Square think everyone is supposed to go to park, etc. if they got such a plan approved? They can't house their shoppers now.

The township can have their discussion, but then, they should do what we elected them to do: occasionally say NO on plans that would be more problematic than not, right? But will this board have the guts, or be able to stop sniping at each other long enough to do it? Who knows. But then again, this is Lower Merion and if wishes were horses then beggers would ride, eh?

And then of course there is the topic where we all know the gloves will be off, and like Madonna, it is known by ONE name: Croyle.

First, if you need a link to get to meetings on township's new website, click HERE (and if page is slow to load, it isn't you). Now, check out what's what on June 11th:

Building & Planning Committee REVISED
Regular Meeting
Date: 6/11/2008 6:30 PM
Location: Township Administration Bldg - 2nd Floor Board Room
75 East Lancaster Ave
Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003-2323

PRELIMINARY LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN
505 Mary Waters Ford Road, Croyle Property, Bala Cynwyd, LD# 3570, Ward 3.
Expiration Date – 6/30/08 ..................................... Zoning – R A

Applicant – Scott Shafer, Business Manager, Lower Merion School District
Property Owner – Lower Merion Township
Applicant’s Representative – Fred B. Fromhold, Esquire, Fromhold, Jaffe and Adams

TENTATIVE SKETCH PLAN
106 Cricket Avenue, Ardmore, SD# 3601, Ward 4.
Expiration Date – 6/30/2008 ............................... Zoning – ASDD-2

Applicant – Mark Weiss, Cricket Avenue Development Partners, LLC
Property Owner – C. Wallace & Marie Stuard
Applicant’s Representative – George W. Broseman, Esquire, Kaplin Stewart

Consider for approval a Tentative Sketch Plan prepared by Momenee & Associates, Inc. dated October 29, 2007, last revised April 15, 2008 showing the construction of an 18,288 square foot, five-story apartment building with 36 market-rate units and 34 affordable units for moderate-income families. The project includes a stormwater management system and parking for 71 vehicles with 70 underground parking spaces and 1 on-street parking space.

PETITION FOR REZONING 2 W. MONTGOMERY AVENUE, SUBURBAN SQUARE

Discussion of Kimco Realty’s request to rezone a portion of 2 W. Montgomery Avenue, commonly referred to as both the “West Lot” and the “Ruby’s Lot”, from R-7 to C-2. (Exhibit C)

PUBLIC COMMENT