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Lowery : Greavu Rëmarics
Blamed for Sf
o Homes
By Jim Brcede plains. "Lots of them ery says. "We're told He says just talk and
Staff Writer want to get out." there'll be an overpass, rumor of what'soingto
They apparently don't not an interchange at happen has deflated the
An increasing number
of h o me s in Maple- have much confidence in H a z e 1 w o o d. except value of most homes.
wood's Hazelwood the city council's decla- Greavu says it isn't so." "B e f o r e long our
neighborhood have "for ration of support for in- L o w e r y, who also homes will be worth-
terchange locations west serves on Maplewood's less." he predicts.
sale" signs on the front
lawns. of Hazelwood Avenue Human Relations Com
mission. suggests that
And Paul Lowery, who
Maplewood
lives in the heart of the the council hasn t faced
neighborhood at 1580 E. uptothetruth."
Grandview Ave., blames when Hwy. 36 becomes "We should know the
that indirectly ,on John upgraded to f r e e w a truth hes soon as possi-
Greavu, a Maplewood standards. a project con- not states. 'Like
city councilman. s i d e r e d likely 1 around not kid rcity
anybody. I d n it
1980. y to see our city council
Greavu, at a joint make 'a straight, forth-
meeting of councils The council first right statement."
from city Paul and backed the interchange Otherwise, he warns,
ex-
Maplewood,North St.
thatlin for English Street, far there may be a mass ex-
opinion construction enough away to suit Ha- odus from the neighbor-
his interchange at Ha- zelwood area residents. hood
ofz e an1 w o o d Avenue and But that's much too "We'd sure like to save
close to another inter- our neighborhood." he
Hwy. 36 was "inevita- change at Hwy. 61, the comments. "We feel it's
"I know it's a of a state Highway Depart- one of the best in the
hing to' hellof ment and the M e t r o Twin Cities suburbs."
"but say,"t .Greavuthe in- Council insist. He says' the neighbor-
reported,tee) has to be at So the city council hood's biggest asset is
and we'll lose c a 1 1 e d for the inter- that "it's q u i e t and
Hazelwoodat least homes." change at r a i 1 w a y peaceful."
Lowery sa s that tracks between English "But just as impor-
y Street and Hazelwood tant," he adds, "it's ra-
based on past experi- Avenue.
ence, most people in thewipeally integrated and to
neighborhood "assume "I 'm no ofethe pro- it out would be a
that Greavu knows what Greavu said the pro- tragedy."
he's talking about." posal, "but I don't think The residents, he says.
it will ever come off." are "tired" of being told
So the recent prolifera- Instead, he advised: one story one year and
tion of "for sale" signs "If everybody were hon- another the next about
should .come as no sur- est about this, they'd tell their future.
prise, according to Low- the people now that it "We have gone over
ery. looks like Hazelwood." this again and again for
"The people don't feel "That r e a 1 1 y scares at least five years." he
very secure," he ex- the homeowners," Low- recalls.