Costco Plans Detailed
Developers looking to build Hamilton Crossings in Lower Macungie -- which will feature the area's first Costco -- are seeking some zoning variances from the township.
If all goes well, the developers of Hamilton Crossings in Lower Macungie hope to break ground a year from now on the 63-acre shopping center that will include the area's first Costco. Last week, representatives of The Goldenberg Group based in Blue Bell showed Lower Macungie Township commissioners several renderings of their plans for the shopping center proposed for land between Hamilton Boulevard and the Route 222 Bypass. Krocks Road runs through the middle of it. Most of the land is open space owned by the Catholic Diocese of Allentown. The developers are seeking several variances to township zoning laws that deal with regulations about such aspects as the height of fencing and the size of buffers. While showing the renderings, Jeremy …
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William deMauriac
3:47 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Why on earth must we even entertain the idea of giving our tax dollars to finance this project. It is inherently wrong to use tax revenue to build retail stores. This is a gross injustice to the taxpayers. There is no reason theses developers need our money, only to fatten there pockets. They have the money, the only reason they are asking because they know without public outcry they will get it… more ›