{"id":346539,"date":"2025-02-05T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/?p=346539"},"modified":"2025-05-03T23:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T03:34:30","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/op-ed\/letter-to-the-editor\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Development on Paris Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

I strongly oppose the proposed development off Altamont Road (Greenville Journal, Jan. 31, 2025 edition<\/em><\/a>). This project is not yet a done deal, and I urge you to reconsider its impact before it \u201crises on the north shoulder of Paris Mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a resident living directly across from the site, I know this development will harm my home, quality of life, and the broader community. Construction alone will bring constant noise, dust, and congestion to a road not suited for commercial travel. Have officials considered how this will impact families and children who live here? What happens when hotel traffic, wedding parties, and rooftop bar noise disrupt our nights?<\/p>\n

Beyond the intrusion on residents, this land \u2013 zoned as environmentally sensitive \u2013 is home to deer, foxes, bears, and countless species that will be displaced. The runoff alone could threaten well water and property values.<\/p>\n

Would you want a hotel looming over your backyard? Paris Mountain is part of Greenville\u2019s identity, and we must protect it from commercial overreach. Travelers Rest must reject short-sighted development and preserve what makes this area special.<\/p>\n

Tara Rowland
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The author says, “as a resident living directly across from the site, I know this development will harm my home, quality of life, and the broader community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":346627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,35673,2,9072],"tags":[],"powerkit_post_featured":[],"ppma_author":[23968],"class_list":["post-346539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-community","category-letter-to-the-editor","category-news","category-op-ed","cat-3-id","cat-35673-id","cat-2-id","cat-9072-id"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","yoast_head":"\nLetter to the editor: Development on Paris Mountain - GREENVILLE JOURNAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I strongly oppose the proposed development off Altamont Road (Greenville Journal, Jan. 31, 2025 edition).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/op-ed\/letter-to-the-editor\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Letter to the editor: Development on Paris Mountain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I strongly oppose the proposed development off Altamont Road (Greenville Journal, Jan. 31, 2025 edition).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/op-ed\/letter-to-the-editor\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GREENVILLE JOURNAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-05T21:00:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-04T03:34:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/paris-mountain-hotel-Site-Rendering-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/op-ed\\\/letter-to-the-editor\\\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/op-ed\\\/letter-to-the-editor\\\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7d0d6718ae361123907e63fcb9a7c753\"},\"headline\":\"Letter to the editor: Development on Paris Mountain\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-05T21:00:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-04T03:34:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/op-ed\\\/letter-to-the-editor\\\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":191,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/op-ed\\\/letter-to-the-editor\\\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/paris-mountain-hotel-Site-Rendering-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Community\",\"Letter to the editor\",\"News\",\"Op-Ed\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/op-ed\\\/letter-to-the-editor\\\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/greenvillejournal.com\\\/op-ed\\\/letter-to-the-editor\\\/letter-to-the-editor-development-on-paris-mountain\\\/\",\"name\":\"Letter to the editor: Development on Paris Mountain - 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