News Archive 2005

Stone, Sand, & Gravel Review • September/October 2005
Land Development • Winter 2005

News Archive 2005 Summaries

September/October 2005 Stone, Sand, & Gravel Review
Surviving Community Opposition In a Politically-Savvy World
When a quarry operator in California sought to open a new mine, a coalition of citizens and activists circulated petitions and chartered buses to pack public hearings against the plan.

When a gravel mining firm in Ohio sought rezoning to allow an asphalt plant on its site, opponents gathered more than 400 names on a petition, and packed the public hearing so effectively that the zoning commission turned down the request.

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Winter 2005 Land Development
Getting Housing Built
Stop Sprawl. Too Much Traffic. Save Out Trees. Not in My Neighborhood! Too Many School Kids! That’s a Wildlife Habitat. You’ll ruin the character of our community, destroy our quality of life.

These are some of the slogans that more and more home builders are hearing as they face angry neighbors, taxpayers, preservationists, environmentalists, labor unions, and activist who will do anything they can to stop new residential development.

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