Comments on: Behind The Scenes Emails Lead To Strife In Plan Selection For Beulah’s OLF-8 Development

By: Charlie Dillard

Charlie Dillard — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:49:45 +0000

Ref: OLF8 First make sure Navy Federal has all of the land it wants.
Then make room for a fire station and training ground for all fireman. Beulah needs a Ladder truck for all the new houses and apartments in Beulah. Make the fire house large enough for more trucks.
It would be good for a sub. station for EMS.
Room for Middle School and a High school.
Room for a park. A green Belt.
For all the trees wee have lost from the building in Beulah plant the rest in big trees with walk ways in the woods.
The county dose not have any big paying jobs now or later. Just pie in the sky. Give the land to the Beulah community to enjoy.
Then we all win.
Just remember the more land you cover up brings flood water. The holding ponds will not work!
Charlie

By: Beulah Resident

Beulah Resident — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:16:58 +0000

Three things:
1. Our commissioners historically lack vision. People driving through Beulah either live there, work at NF, or are forced to pass through. An alternate route/detour takes 30 minutes, which is still worse than 25 minutes of stop and go down Nine Mile to drive two miles – that’s without other commerce or business adding to the congestion and exactly what OLF-8 is going to do. The more businesses you put there, the worse it will get. Just wait until the pandemic is over and we’re all reminded about how horrible traffic is on Nine Mile when people return to the NF campus.
2. DPZ was hired to analyze the area and provide you with multiple use cases that would be the best fit for the property. The commissioners are continually dismissing the professional opinion of a design firm and imposing their own agenda until the firm gives them exactly what commissioners want instead of what the area/county needs.
3. Bergosh does not represent his constituents; he represents his own vision/agenda and this is evident by the contrast of opinions among the panel. Underhill is the best County commissioner and the Beulah community and Escambia county would be in much better hands if he represented district 1.

To recap: Nine mile road is going to need six lanes before construction is complete on four. The Beulah interchange needs to be fast tracked to give people an alternate route. Until this community/county solves the problems it currently has with infrastructure/traffic, how can we trust commissioners to make a decision that is going to exacerbate the problem? We need to let DPZ do their job and the commissioners need to learn from Underhill and do more listening than talking. They need to represent the majority of constituents and not the select few.

By: Elmer Fudd

Elmer Fudd — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:08:55 +0000

Having worked for the county for years, I can guarantee thathe county is the least interested in what is BEST for you. The will do what they have made deals behind closed doors to do. The ” dog & pony show” going on now is a blind, put forth to make you think your inputs make a difference. FOLLOW THE MONEY if you want to get to the truth. The county has squandered MILLIONS of your tax dollars and will continue to do so.

By: Just Saying

Just Saying — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 02:10:41 +0000

The first thing that should have been put in the design is a County complex that should include a Fire Station, Sheriff Substation, EMS post, Tax Collector office, Property Appraiser Office and a Library, Ball Park space and some type of music venue.
You know the saying “Built it and they will come”.

By: db

db — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 16:33:38 +0000

BERGOSH IS NOT GOOD FOR BEULAH.or surrounding area.
It’s been a s-show for a very long time.
One more kid, one more year at Tate and we are gone. Too bad, this was our home.

By: Tammy Matcke

Tammy Matcke — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:51:32 +0000

How about a High School, a Elementary School, A Daycare facility, Ball park/ park, Amphitheatre, After school program facility, Some food options; Anything which will make the lives of parents easier.. We travel to and from Beulah, stuck in traffic going and coming, What could be more helpful and be utilized everyday than having everything a family needs IN YOUR LINE OF TRAVEL.

By: Robert Meldrim

Robert Meldrim — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:01:58 +0000

Since not all of us can stay on top of all the discussions and meetings, why not send a ballot to all Beulah residents with all options to choose.

By: Guy Gerricault

Guy Gerricault — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:33:19 +0000

Let the market speak! Enough of these democraps on the BCC dictating what goes. WE are a land of law and order and a land of free markets!

By: ensley boy

ensley boy — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:50:44 +0000

My opinion only, The use for the land has already been reached, the rest is a dog and pony show.

By: CM

CM — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:48:39 +0000

My 2 cents:
*The county cannot just build a school because a developer drew one in their plans.
* Beulah has grown so fast that even when the road construction is all finished, there will still be so much congestion.
*I would like to see a ballpark for kids on part of that property. Currently, a family has to battle all the traffic to get home, gather their kids and equipment and battle the traffic again to drive all the way to Ensley, Bellview or Molino (I’m not sure if Cantonment currently has an open park). With all these new houses built and being built, we need a ball park for kids.
*Just because you might build a commerce area, doesn’t guarantee jobs. (there is a commerce park a little north of Cantonment, that has only a few businesses in it.