Your Days of Country Living in Powhatan May Be Over!
If you live in Powhatan and near the following subdivisions or roads YOU will be affected:

Cedar Point   Stave Mill Estates       Pine Creek Bluff
Holly Hills     Swiftwood         Meade Point
Hunnington   Stave Mill Road     Urbine Road

WHY?  Balzer and Associates, Inc. have requested a 2nd rezoning of the property at or near your back door.  In 2010 Balzer requested to have the property on the same tract rezoned and it was approved for R2 (1 home per 4 acres).  Now Balzer is once again requesting rezoning of the property to RU which would allow for 220 (1, 2, and 3 bedrooms) apartments and 38 townhomes to be built or any other type of complex they wish to build.
As residents of Powhatan County the only way to PREVENT 220 apartments and 38 town homes from becoming reality is to let your voice be heard. 

Stand Up For Your Rights!  Stop The Rezoning!
Preserve Our County’s Country Living
Attend the Planning Commission Meeting
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Powhatan High School Auditorium
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I can’t believe this!These people want to build apartments fifty feet from my property line.I will be able to sit on my deck and see those three story apartments and they will be able to see me.I can’t believe Powhatan county would let this happen.It will be the end of our country lifestyle that we have worked so hard to achieve.Please anybody out there help us!

Assume it’s already approved with all the road improvements.  Isn’t that how proem works?

I am not against affordable housing however I don’t want to pay for it in the form of higher realestate taxes or utility cost or any other form! What will impact those of us that live west of this proposed location is traffic.  I must say that until about a month ago, I was not fully aware of the danger that exist at this intersection. I’ve always known the obvious dangers of this particular intersection and then I had to go to Luck Stone one day. As I sat there trying to go west on Rt. 60 and waited on the driver in front of me trying to take a left (what seemed an imposible task) I was horrified.  Before any of you mock me, I suggest you do this for yourself. Wait for a busy time of day and go into Luck Stone, make a uturn and then try to get onto Rt. 60. If you are feeling adventurous, try to take a left. I just can’t imagine what it will be like when Wal-Mart comes. I don’t know if a light has been planned at this intersection or not but it needs one! At the very least the old crossover needs to be removed. People are still trying to take a left there. They get on the brakes hard then let up and then take the left which they need. I’ve passed this intersection no less than 7,000 times and it took me going to Luck Stone to realize just how bad it is. I have a new respect for this intersection. I hate to see what will come with the new Wal-Mart traffic and I can’t imagine what it will be like if our B.O.S. approves this apartment complex! I agree that this is not a good revenue maker for the county and that it will cost the county money which as we know translates into it will cost us, the residents of Powhatan, money. Just wish more businesses would come to Powhatan. Maybe in a county, full of large animals, someone would open up a vet. clinic especially geared for large animals. Oh wait… the county didn’t want “that” business, it would create too much traffic. That was purely sarcasim. The county will hold meetings on this subject, maybe I’ll see more than a minivan load of people there this time!

Oh great, here comes the crime wave…

LOL—I see that the post that purported to be from Jason Moore has been deleted.  I thought it was fake.  It displayed a self-deprecating sense of humor that would’ve been entirely out of character.

CB,

Nobody is against affordable housing, just like nobody is against clean environments, fuel efficiency, taking care of the less fortunate amongst us, etc. etc. etc. Objecting to someone making money collecting rent while those around them pay higher taxes for the services of that person’s tenants does not equate to not caring about those who can’t afford higher value properties.

The problem is the expensses that come with these apartments. If you figure only .5 children for 220 units (a conservative number), that’s still 110 children added to the schools at a cost of what ? around 10,000 per child per year ?, that’s $ 1,100,000 or .03 cents on the tax rate. That’s just the cost impact to the schools.

Then you add in other services, like waste disposal and utilities. Law enforcement calls and crime, EMS calls, road improvements, stoplights, social services, etc. It starts adding up…..FAST.

Unlike Walmart, these apartments won’t generate any revenues other than property taxes, even the economic activity of the tenants will make little if any impact in terms of local revenue. Also, like all apartments or condo communities, as the years go by, their value always depreciates (never goes up), meaning LESS property tax revenue.

These apartments will NOT generate the revenue to compensate for the costs of services when they are brand new, as they age and go downhill as all of these properties do, that burden to the county becomes higher, not lower. Less desirable tenants move in, bringing everything with them (and the costs) that entails.

Again, it’s a net loss and a fairly big one at that.

who isn’t for affordable housing?

seems to me that this is a compound for the walmart regime. townhomes for the upper echelon that can afford a car payment, insurance and 3 dollars+ gallon gasoline. The 220 apartments for the cashiers and clerks who will be able to walk to work rather than incur the additional expense of an automobile.

perhaps this section of the county could be called “Fort Walton”?

“PLEASE DO NOT FAIRFAX POWHATAN”

That is an interesting statement from someone who just recently moved to the county.  This county has been on the current path of development for many years, certainly before 2003.  You should have done your research before you moved here and maybe have moved to Buckingham or further west if you wanted that good ole country living.  Not to say that I dont welcome people to the community.  I just dont think its right that you stand back and talk about added problems that come with growth when you were a part of that growth.

To clarify, I wasn’t proposing to be ruled by 5 Moores, just doing a little thought exercise to compare action vs inaction of the existing 5.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare anyone :)