May 4, 2012
Landowner wants subdivision on Loudon Heights farm
39-acre property abuts Charleston nature preserve
Staff writer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- How would you like a 17-acre hilltop site in Loudon Heights, beside a nature preserve near Holz Elementary?

If that's a little too big, Scott Wallace has a six-acre site and a couple of one-acre sites in what he calls Wallace's Point. He's planning to carve up the remainder of his grandparents' homestead -- about 29 acres -- to create an eco-friendly subdivision.

"It's my family property," said Wallace. "He bought it in the 1930s."

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    Posted By: bc
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    How sad to take a perfectly good piece of land with farm potential and put cookie cutter houses on it.
    Posted at: May 05, 2012 9:31:37 am

    Posted By: inamoment
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    Sounds like sister Dolly Hartman sensibly sabotaged the “plan.” Anyone who believes that otherwise there would not be plans for full scale development of 60 or more homes is naïve.
    Posted at: May 05, 2012 9:43:19 am

    Posted By: rexcraigo
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    Rich people's problems are different that regular people's problems.
    Posted at: May 05, 2012 10:43:33 am

    Posted By: benlorenzo
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    not cool, not cool at all. Its a farm for crying out loud! And really who can afford the new houses being built in chas these days
    Posted at: May 05, 2012 12:35:20 pm

    Posted By: happy4u
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    PLEASE don't destroy such a beautiful farm by building a subdivision. There are so few farms like this left. I'd love to live on one.
    Posted at: May 05, 2012 1:41:38 pm

    Posted By: wvhiker
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    Renovate your grandpa's farmhouse and leave the remaining property alone, please. Your Aunt Dolly had the right idea. How much money does one person need?
    Posted at: May 05, 2012 2:26:07 pm

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