Celebrate Local Wilderness
Public meeting on development near Turkey Mountain tonight
“We would like time to talk with the public while Simon Properties (the project developer) is present and field questions,” Biby said in a statement from the group. “But at this time, the public is only being presented with one side.”
Meetings Held Over Controversial Turkey Mountain Mall Project
District Two City Councilor, Jeannie Cue, hosted a meeting for those who live closest to the urban wilderness.
Residents heard from city and corporate representatives about the project and got to voice their questions and concerns.
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As peaceful as the surroundings of Turkey Mountain can make you feel, mention the idea of plans for a nearby mall, and for many, that tranquility goes out the window.
“I would rather not, just to keep it like, the way it is,” said one woman.
“I think its a good idea, I just don’t think here,” said another.
Turkey Mountain and traffic at heart of west Tulsans’ concerns about proposed outlet mall
Several people in the audience, including Kaye Price, challenged Reynolds’ assertion. Price said she has seen renderings that show that the retaining wall on the east side of the mall would be visible from a ledge on Turkey Mountain.
“What you see now (in Reynolds’ rendering) is a little bit of trees,” Price said. “But from the top of the ridge your view is a 50-foot retaining wall. That is also what the children” at a YMCA camp would see.