Gosling Oaks is a proposed low-income apartment complex currently under administrative review by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).
This massive complex is expected to consist of 160 low-income apartment units in 20 separate buildings--completely inconsistent with all other surrounding residential and commercial property, on both FM 2920 & Gosling, and Kuykendahl & Pinelakes Blvd.
The developers behind this project--Les and Dick Kilday--are asking for $2 MILLION tax-payer dollars to subsidize their low-income apartment complex.
They don't live here. They won't have to deal with the consequences, once their corporate welfare check clears.
We will have much more to say about these individuals soon.
As local residents--who purchased our homes in this area based in large part on the quality of life we observed--we are outraged that our own government wants to spend our hard-earned money to lower our property values, increase the risk of crime, and add burdens to area schools, fire-districts, utilities, police, and infrastructure.
If this project is to be stopped, we need you to get involved TODAY.
See the posts above and below to learn how you can lend a hand.
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I came from an area where they put in low-income apartment housing and it eventually became NO-INCOME housing. We pay far too much in taxes to be burdened with the mess that will be left behind after the developers move on. Just take a look at the FM 1960 area after we graciously opened up housing to Hurricane Katrina victims which were considered low-income = it's still attempting to recover; just look at the crime statistics and the run down apartment complexes. Low income doesn't mean you don't know right from wrong and it doesn't give you the liberty to destroy property. We're dealing with issues from Spring Terrace; now we want to add a complex of 20 buildings!! WE NEED TO FIGHT THIS!
ReplyDeleteI agree and only wish the WindRose board would have stepped up to the plate. Senator Patrick's office is flabbergasted that the WindRose board did nothing to oppose this. If they would have rallied the neighborhood, and surrounding community’s boards prior to April 1, we wouldn't be in this mess. If the community knew to, and would have expressed our concerns to Senator Patrick's office prior to April, he could have submitted a letter of opposition, and it would have taken enough points from this applicant to stop this. I for one would like to see our board start caring about more then only what to do with the crape myrtles. Does anyone know why the Board has had no involvement with this until the emails that were sent a couple of days back? Did the Board set this site up? If so, THANK YOU and it is about time we do some rallying as a community.
ReplyDeleteSGO Staff are not affiliated with the Windrose HOA Board... but it is important to note that we aren't opposed to or antagonistic to them either.
ReplyDeleteThere will be plenty of time to look back and argue about who did what and what should have been done, etc.
Chances are, none of us are entirely blameless.
For now, our position is that everyone should stay focused on what matters most and is right in front of us--the need to kill the Gosling Oaks proposal.
Thanks for reading, commenting and getting involved; please spread the word!
Keeping it real here...while we oppose what this development will do to our property value, from a broader perspective we believe that this will become 1960 part deux! TODAY 5/22/09 I left the parking lot of Party City on 1960 and headed toward Kuykendahl to my home in Windrose. I pulled out onto 1960 at 1:02pm - pulled into my garage at 1:56. 1960 is congested, clogged, MISERABLE. I foresee 2920 and Kuykendahl to become exactly the same. Metro routes will be needed for this proposed complex, and there may be as many as 2-3 cars per unit! Think about it. Stay rational, calm, and professional as you state your case both over the phone and in written correspondence. In our past city, we stopped Walmart. If Walmart can be stopped, surely with a unified effort we can thwart this as well.
ReplyDeleteCome on folks, we can't even manage to get that deplorable Purple Heart Truck moved! It's become a garbage dump, not a contribution center! Haven't any of you noticed people scavenging through the heap at dusk! I have been told, in no uncertain terms, that this complaint fell on "VERY DEAF EARS!" What about the boarded up Albertson's and the abandoned fast food places at Kuykendahl and Spring Cypress???? Not disgusting enough for you? I'm all for not seeing that Apartment Complex go up, but if you can't fight for the small things, how do you plan on taking this big problem on?
ReplyDeleteLet's not make the "perfect" the enemy of the "good" (or at least the "not as bad").
ReplyDeleteA junky Purple Heart truck and boarded up Albertson's are bad enough... how exactly does a 160 unit low income apartment complex help?
Think of it this way--if a developer wanted to come in, with $2 million dollars of taxpayer subsidies and put in a NEW junky truck and shuttered grocery store, would you try to stop them? Or would you find something else crappy about the area that already existed and say "why bother?"
Focus, friend.
We can't give up - we have to try. We don't want to say one day a few years down the road what if we would have tried! What if? When our home values have dropped - schools are bad - traffic is a nightmare - we have to try!
ReplyDeleteIf you don't vote for a President - you don't have the right to an opinion - if you don't try to fight this - then you lose your right to voice your opinion on your commmunity! Stand up and do something! Everyone! If just one person per house hold could give just 10 - 15 min. to help - it would help the cause on a tremendous level. 10-15 min. - just to pass along a flier, talk to a local business owner, send out an email, write to the government - etc. that's all it takes. We have to try!
It makes no sense why they plan to build it here. There is no public transportation and no access to other government programs. Has the Northampton MUD or Maintenance Boards been contacted about teaming up with Windrose? They were instumental in stopping a concrete plant that was scheduled to be built many years ago.
ReplyDeletePersonally I'm not sure why you people are all excited. We need the low-income housing and Metro in our area to help increase crime, so we get more police enforcement. Currently the druggies in our area have to drive all the way down to FM 1960 to get their drugs, with these new additions, they can go to Wal-Mart and get everything they need inside and then come out and score too – it will help the druggies save on gas – which also cut down on pollution (since most druggies drive cars that smoke). These are all good things right? Our President did promise to stimulate the economy, I think this is a good start. Those of us that actually own nice TV’s, car’s etc will just have to tolerate those under-privileged persons coming and taking what they need (from us) – cause after all – they needed to be stimulated – and there is nothing like a free LCD TV to get ya stimulated. Just think of the possibilities, the pawn store business will be booming in loans and if you want your stuff back, why you too can go shopping at the pawn store – everyone wins. So, in summary, I really don’t see what the big deal is because these low income people will stimulate the local economy, they will bring in Metro buses, more police presence…
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