The growing pains of a West Side development

Hello! Erin Couch here. I’m a breaking news reporter with The Enquirer. Happy Monday.

This summer, plots will be available for purchase at Trailside Village, a long-awaited mixed-use development on a former horse farm in Dent. It will feature dozens of new homes – and eventually, apartments, retail and dining – all off the Green Township Bike Trail.

Now that roads and utilities are set up, it’s only a matter of time before houses start going up, too. But it’s not just construction noise that’s got neighbors bugging out. The new neighborhood comes with more neighbors, traffic and a disruption of a quiet lifestyle they once held dear.

Read more about both sides of the argument here.

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