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Glenrose community battles with Little League over sports complex

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by KREM.com

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 10:50 PM

Updated Tuesday, Nov 10 at 12:14 AM

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SPOKANE-- Little League and the Glenrose Association have been butting heads over a proposed sports complex for a year.

KREM 2 News has been following this story since January. Now Glenrose neighbors are trying one last time to stop the project.  Spokane’s Little League now has the permits it needs to build new sports fields southeast of 37th and Glenrose. The only thing standing in the way is the Glenrose community.   

20 acres worth of softball, soccer, and football fields for Spokane’s Little League is the last thing Peter Ice and his neighbors want in their backyard. Ice says now that Little League has the permits it needs to break ground, the sports complex seems inevitable. But the association filed an appeal to those permits, as a last-ditch effort to stop the project.   It asks the county to consider how noise, lighting, and traffic will impact the neighborhood, environment, and wildlife.The association accuses the county of not being through enough in its assessment of those issues. 

Little League says it wants to address the concerns of the neighborhood, while creating a safe place for its members to play ball. Right now, the league is in good standing with the county.  Brian Gosline from the Spokane Little League says they are in compliance with all the rules, and now it’s just a matter of raising the money to build. If the complex is built, the association would like a say in what the road looks like, to help handle potential traffic. That’s one consideration that could be decided by the county at a hearing next month. Little League doesn’t have a set time line on construction of the complex, it all depends on how quickly they can raise the funds to build it.

 

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upthewazzu said on November 10, 2009 at 11:37 AM

Did the idiots in the Glenrose neighborhood ever stop think how the neighborhood itself affected noise, lighting, traffic, and wildlife in an otherwise undeveloped area of town? Hypocrites.

concerned1 said on November 10, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Hypocrites? Put a 20 acre facility with 100 outhouses in your neighborhood and invite 1000 people over everyday and see who the hypocrite is. None of the people proposing this would ever put it in their backyard. Hypocrites? You don't know what one is.

technogeek said on November 10, 2009 at 1:18 PM

If there are 20 acres available for development, it's either going to be houses or a sports complex. It's sad to see habitat go, but it's the sad truth. We only have so much space to put things. If I had to choose, I would welcome the sports complex. The impact on wildlife would be a lot less than the houses with dogs, cars, sewers/septics, roads, and trash. If they really don't want the complex there, offer to buy the land from the little league and replace it with suitable land somewhere else. The sports complex will likely increase their property value. If they ever decide to move, the complex is a plus. It gives kids a place to play when they are home. Nothing close to town ever stays undeveloped anymore. The county can't afford to keep buying up property to turn into parks. I sympathize with the home owners. It really will change things around the neighborhood. However, change is inevitable. Work to minimize the impact and take advantage of the benefits.

carefulistener said on November 10, 2009 at 2:09 PM

This is all freakin south hill rhetoric. You south hill stuck up morons have been thumbing your noses at the world for too long. Why not welcome a nice facility that (OH MY, REALLY) will KEEP KIDS OFF THE STREET and give them something to look forward to. WOW all of you south hill stuck up anti community morons should all be dropped off in the bible belt where you fit in. Let the kids play!!!!!

diybabe said on November 10, 2009 at 3:15 PM

Apparently "carefulistener" did not read the request to be respectful of others when posting comments. The noise and traffic that this complex will bring to the Glenrose Community is unacceptable. The study states that the surrounding residents will be subjected to 57 decibles of noise from the PA system. That's the the same level as normal conversation when two people are about 3-6 ft apart. Now, imagine you are trying to enjoy a summer evening outside with friends but the PA system is as loud as the conversation on your patio. The noise is as objectional as the 1200 extra cars per day. By the way, the 1200 contemplates that there will be an arrival and departure of each car. Since there are no services in the area, we can expect to have participants dropping kids off and going to get food at other facilities and returning. Since "carefulistener" says, " let the kids play", put in his neighborhood! Enjoy the noise and traffic congestion, "Carefulistener"!