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Monday, May 13, 2024

Why Dixie Developer Needs NorCo To Take Over Wilson Boro Tract


Last week, Skyline Investment Group representatives appeared at the county's General Purpose Authority.   Wilson Borough owns a small triangular piece shown on the tax map you see above as 1C-1. It is 0.35 acres located along the eastern side of 25th Street and is actually the beginning of a bike path that extends from the Palmer Bike path and hooks up with the Tatamy Trail. Skyline wants to take it over and move the giant Dixie Cup that currently sits on top of the factory to this triangle. But Skyline wants this deal to go through the county. It wants the Borough to convey to the county or General Purpose Authority, then have the county or General Purpose Authority convey to Skyline.

Why?

Under the Borough Code, Wilson Borough can convey land to another municipality or municipal authority. But if it desires to convey to a private party, it must do so by auction. 

This provision in the Borough Code is obviously intended to prevent sweetheart deals between a municipality and for-profit developers. But isn't that exactly what is happening? 

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 13, 2024 at 2:11 AM

    Let them auction it. This is the weirdest deal you have ever covered. It stinks more than one of our many landfills.

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  2. AnonymousMay 13, 2024 at 7:26 AM

    This project has overwhelming public support.

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  3. AnonymousMay 13, 2024 at 7:57 AM

    They need it for the dog park.

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  4. AnonymousMay 13, 2024 at 11:30 AM

    Regarding County Council, I'd like to see you write a blog post regarding Kelly Keegan and Jeff Warren's quest to end "period poverty." https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/2024/05/in-northampton-co-and-statewide-we-must-improve-access-to-feminine-hygiene-products-opinion.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1vsbfFzReYa463gt0KIoFbE1XvyrKG-73qYYkN9DEL__SY0BIUNQXL_90_aem_AYIwJRC9p1ja0hCqTswGhOQJqy6N-BmcxZRY8NDuLKLcrL4B4HlAfqpa1yIl-gtRxHbZD1hMBpERnA_UeQF0qT7q

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  5. AnonymousMay 13, 2024 at 12:14 PM

    This is so sleazy!

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  6. Bernie O'HareMay 13, 2024 at 12:22 PM

    "Regarding County Council, I'd like to see you write a blog post regarding Kelly Keegan and Jeff Warren's quest to end "period poverty." https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/2024/05/in-northampton-co-and-statewide-we-must-improve-access-to-feminine-hygiene-products-opinion.html?"

    This is OT. But as members of County Council, they can urge that these products be placed in county-owned restrooms. I'd add that, of all the issues out there, this is far from the top of my list. It's why Dems get labeled as elitist.

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  7. AnonymousMay 14, 2024 at 8:46 AM

    Thank you for your response to the comment regarding the opinion piece written by Keegan and Warren.

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