![]() ![]() Not only does the project pose a fire risk to residents of the San Pasqual Valley, said Hunter, but “it will decimate 1,100 acres of highly valuable natural habitat.” “It undermines Escondido’s purported commitment to smart growth and it’s wrong for the city and the region.” “It’s basically the wrong project in the wrong place,” said Laura Hunter, an Escondido resident who helped organize the group letter. Silver said a better option for the parcel would be for a partnership of government agencies and conservation groups to buy the land for use as permanent open space. This is sprawl of an extreme nature it’s a leapfrog into wildlands.” The opponents’ letter was signed by representatives of more than 40 organizations, including the North County chapter of the Sierra Club, the Buena Vista Audubon Society, the North County Climate Change Alliance, the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy, the Endangered Habitats League and the San Pasqual Valley Preservation Alliance.ĭan Silver, executive director of the Endangered Habitats League, said, “We hope the city of Escondido will look at the risks and merits and decide this is a very bad idea. “Harvest Hills will be Escondido’s first net zero energy, carbon neutral and agri-neighborhood housing community that sets the new standard for thoughtfully designed communities,” Underwood wrote. Residents of Harvest Hills would bear the annual operating costs for the new fire station through a Mello-Roos special assessment district formed to pay for infrastructure and service costs, Underwood said. The new fire station would significantly reduce emergency response times for Harvest Hills and surrounding neighborhoods from the current level of 13-15 minutes, potentially saving one life a year, said Underwood, citing a fire protection plan prepared for the project. In addition, the development would enhance the region’s public safety because it will include a new fire station, a new emergency evacuation road and expansion of an existing evacuation route, he said. Underwood said the project as proposed would preserve about 70 percent of the project site, or some 760 acres, as permanent open space. It is still in publication as of 2010.“It’s unfortunate to see factually-inaccurate claims and misleading scare tactics continuing to be weaponized against badly-needed housing in the City of Escondido,” said Don Underwood, managing member at Concordia Homes, in a written statement. ![]() In 1966, Percy Rountree, Jr., sold the paper to Sam Hanna, a well-known local journalist, who moved its operations from Vidalia to the neighboring town of Ferriday. Upon returning from World War I, Rountree’s son Percy Rountree, Sr., took over as manager and editor. Rountree, patriarch of a family of north Louisiana newspaper publishers. ![]() The Concordia Sentinel’s founder was Josiah L. Fiction, including condensed classics, was printed for readers of all ages, while a fashion column appealed to women. Other columns featured short essays on miscellaneous social issues. News from the nation’s capital was highlighted in a “Washington Sidelights” column. Local reporting covered the advent of Prohibition in Louisiana, the establishment of farmers’ cooperative unions, activities of the Concordia Progressive League and district levee board, the social and economic effects of the boll weevil blight on the region, and the north Louisiana oil boom. It reported a mix of local, national, and international news. Published weekly in eight pages, the Concordia Sentinel was the official journal of Concordia Parish. Its population at that time was more than three-fourths African American. Located in the agriculturally rich bottomlands of the Mississippi River, the parish was closely tied to the cotton-based economy of nearby Natchez, Mississippi, during the 19th and early 20th centuries. ![]() The Concordia Sentinel was founded in 1882 in Vidalia, Louisiana, the seat of Concordia Parish in rural northeast Louisiana. ![]()
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