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YOU'RE WATCHING WESH 2.
WINTER PARK HAS BEEN THE
STAGE FOR A BIG DEBATE ABOUT TOO
MUCH GROWTH.
THERE WAS TALK OF A BASEBALL
PARK, THE OPENING OF A NEW STORE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CLAMORING
OVER, TRADER JOE'S.
BUT NOW THERE IS A GRASSROOTS
MOVEMENT TO PUT THE GROWTH IN
CHECK.
YOU CAN SEE IT WITH THE BRIGHT
YELLOW SIGNS POPPING UP IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
MICHELLE MEREDITH JOINING US NOW
LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN WINTER PARK
WITH MORE.
MICHELLE?
IT'S AN AGED OLD STORY.
THE FIGHT TO STOP TOO MUCH
GROWTH.
FOR ONE GROUP IN WINTER PARK
THEY FEEL LIKE THE CITY HAS TOO
MUCH TO LOSE SO THEY'RE PUTTING
UP A FIGHT AND PUTTING OUT THE
SIGNS.
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA.
IT'S QUAINT, CHARMING TO MANY
WHO LIVE AND VISIT HERE IT HAS
THAT VILLAGE FEEL.
LOTS OF OLD BOUTIQUES AND
SHOPPING AND I DON'T KNOW JUST A
REALLY GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL.
BUT SIGNS OF PROTEST ARE
POPPING THUP SUMMER LIKE
MUSHROOMS IN THE GRASS.
AND THEY REPRESENT A GRASSROOTS
MOVEMENT TO STOP DENSITY.
STOP WHAT THEY FEEL ARE
BUILDINGS ON PLOTS OF LAND THAT
CAN'T HANDLE THE TRAFFIC, THE
GROWTH, THE PEOPLE.
EXAMPLE, TRADER JOE'S ON 1792.
THEY ARGUE IT IS A GOOD THING.
BUT NO PLACES TO PARK.
THE PRICES ARE GOOD BUT I
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH THE
EFFORT.
OTHER EXAMPLES THE PROPOSED
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PARK FOR
ROLLINS COLLEGE.
THAT'S BEEN SQUASHED FOR NOW.
THE FOUR STORY APARTMENT
BUILDINGS GOING UP ACROSS THE
STREET FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE FEAR?
THAT WINTER PARK IS LOSING THAT
VILLAGE FEELING AND THAT
PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN WILL
MAKE IT EVEN WORSE.
SO MANY WONDERFUL SMALL URBAN
VIL NANLZ THIS COUNTRY HAVE --
VILLAGES IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE
BEEN LOST BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE
TO CONTROL GROWTH TO RIGHT SIZE
GROWTH.
TO EFFECTIVELY PLAN.
THE CITY OF WINTER PARK SAYS
THE PROPOSED CHANGES DO NOT
AFFECT DENSITY ISSUES AND THAT
GROWTH IS COMING.
BECAUSE OF ITS GREAT
LOCATION, THE WONDERFUL ACCESS
THAT OUR CITIES HAS, CULTURAL
AMENITIES, RESTAURANTS AND
SHOPPING.
IT MAKES WINTER PARK AN IDEAL
LOCATION FOR A NEW BUSINESS TO
CALL HOME.
SO FOR NOW THE BATTLE ROYALE
IS SET IN AUGUST HERE AT CITY
HALL.
THAT'S WHEN THE CITY
COMMISSIONER WILL VOTE ON