I won't be at the hearing, but I'm curious to read what happens. Will Patch be covering this?

Can't wait to see it happen! City Ave. is disgusting at the moment. We are getting another Taco Bell. It's high time some effort is put into making this stretch look good. It reflects on all of us. Time to make it happen. Years and years of effort to get this passed. Let's do it!

We have attended many, many meetings - both group meetings and one on one with our commissioner. I still don't understand what all the uproar is about. If there is more traffic, the cars will find alternate routes. If there are bike trails for the bikers, then I certainly hope that the bikers and biker groups will subsidize their cost. If Lower Merion needs more tax revenue, then the acreage rules for single family homes should be relaxed in Gladwyne. After all, we all live here and profit from the excellent rating that Lower Merion has earned and continues to deserve. The one thing that Lower Merion cannot do is think of itself as "Rodeo Drive" east. That will just result in lots and lots of empty buildings. Another caveat would be to try to avoid the Big Box stores with their very large black topped parking lots.

In response to Eric; I am hoping for something nicer than Taco Bell. I am looking forward to having better zoning regulations that are current with our needs. I live close to City Ave. and would like it to look nice. Am not talking Rodeo Dr. E. (ok, that's really funny and sadly true). Just nothing junky looking. Welcoming would be nice. Would love a great restaurant, better place for the farmers' market, another movie theatre, skee ball (I'm an addict), a place for our teens to hang out (Suburban Square no longer works for them). Just some planning to improve the mish mash that is currently on City Ave.

I've been following this rather loosely and like Selma, don't get what the uproar is about. How did the meeting go?