- Target:
- City of Rockville, Maryland
- Region:
- United States of America
We were once a community where walk-ability to small shops allowed us to meet our neighbors and share updates about our loved ones and families. Having retail helped define the word community by allowing us access to the many amenities enjoyed in other parts of the City of Rockville.
We shared pictures of our children, dropped off dry cleaning, had small restaurants/shops where we gathered, and were able to buy groceries and other needs. There are nearly 5000 part-time residents that are within a half mile of the Rockshire Village Shopping Center in addition to the nearly 5000 local residents that call this 'Home'.
At this time, there are no plans for this new development proposal to include RETAIL, just housing. We need to include and be a vanguard for all the stakeholders; residents, students that attend our local high school, middle school and several elementary schools, in our community.
By signing this petition, you are sharing with the City of Rockville that you would like to see a return of retail and a walk-able community so we have the same quality of life as others in the City.
We, the undersigned, call on the City of Rockville to bring back a grocery and other retail components that were once part of our community.
Acknowledging the desire for the City of Rockville to have walk-able communities, residents on this side of 270 are forced to get in their cars to access many of the amenities taken for granted in other parts of the City of Rockville.
The loss of the Rockshire Village Shopping Center has been a tremendous disadvantage to our community. Any new development needs to have a mixed use that takes into account the needs for our local schools, local business, and our residents
A community's heart and soul are the gathering places where neighbors and families come together to call Home.
Yes, we want our retail back.
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The Return Retail to Rockshire Development Proposal petition to City of Rockville, Maryland was written by Randy Alton and is in the category City & Town Planning at GoPetition.