AB InBev will not continue to operate it at annual loss, indefinitely. They’re far more likely to a) shut it down, b) charge more for admission (than just charging for parking), and/or c) rebrand it to be more Budweiser and less animals and history. As for the Zoo and their edifice complex – no, just no. There are far greater needs for our limited tax dollars. When will our focus on increasing sales taxes become unsustainable? When they reach 12%? 15%? 20%?!
How about a fifth option (and one I never thought that I’d say) – make it a park! The County (or the State) could acquire it and turn it into something like Queeny Park, Francis Park or O’Fallon Park. Take down the fences, open it up for unstructured public use and use the current infrastructure to generate some revenues through concession agreements. (And with the number of existing, nearby, ballfields, hopefuly there would be minimal pressure to build more.)
FYI your 3rd choice isn’t an option. Do a little research on what municipality Grant’s Farm lies in and what it’s zoning laws and ordinances are. Also look up what part lies in a flood plain. Not going to have to worry about any commercial or residential development here!
FYI the answers are presented in random order — your third might be someone else’s first. The develop the site answer was added just to see if anyone would think that would be a good option. Very little of the acreage is in a flood plain.
That’s not what I’m talking about. Where’s proof of the alleged blueprints Trudy Valentine claims to have seen? Anyone can make any claim, it takes evidence to be taken seriously. I expected better from you, I didn’t think you bought into fear mongering.
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AB InBev will not continue to operate it at annual loss, indefinitely. They’re far more likely to a) shut it down, b) charge more for admission (than just charging for parking), and/or c) rebrand it to be more Budweiser and less animals and history. As for the Zoo and their edifice complex – no, just no. There are far greater needs for our limited tax dollars. When will our focus on increasing sales taxes become unsustainable? When they reach 12%? 15%? 20%?!
How about a fifth option (and one I never thought that I’d say) – make it a park! The County (or the State) could acquire it and turn it into something like Queeny Park, Francis Park or O’Fallon Park. Take down the fences, open it up for unstructured public use and use the current infrastructure to generate some revenues through concession agreements. (And with the number of existing, nearby, ballfields, hopefuly there would be minimal pressure to build more.)
FYI your 3rd choice isn’t an option. Do a little research on what municipality Grant’s Farm lies in and what it’s zoning laws and ordinances are. Also look up what part lies in a flood plain. Not going to have to worry about any commercial or residential development here!
FYI the answers are presented in random order — your third might be someone else’s first. The develop the site answer was added just to see if anyone would think that would be a good option. Very little of the acreage is in a flood plain.
St. Louis County records lists the land use of the 214 acres as code 110 — single family.
Grantwood Village has the land zoned as “animal preserve”, but municipalities rezone land all the time. http://www.grantwoodvillage.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Grantwood-Village-Dist-Map.pdf
Check out today’s P-D story ‘Grant’s Farm could end up as subdivision, Busch siblings say’ http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/grant-s-farm-could-end-up-as-subdivision-busch-siblings/article_c0e27196-4cf1-58c5-a2bf-decad704f746.html
They “say” is heresay. Where’s proof? This is the show me state right?
Municipalities change zoning all the time, where’s your proof that’s impossible in this case?
That’s not what I’m talking about. Where’s proof of the alleged blueprints Trudy Valentine claims to have seen? Anyone can make any claim, it takes evidence to be taken seriously. I expected better from you, I didn’t think you bought into fear mongering.
I saw development as an option prior to her claim. Two hundred acres of prime real estate will face pressures to be subdivided.
For decades the Busch family has protected it, but they want out.