The Dorney Park Road property was slated for development of a Korea/VietnamVeterans Memorial, which is now located on property owned by Lehigh CarbonCommunity College. Jane R. Ervin, county executive says the Dorney Park Roadparcel "is prime property. I expect a great deal of commercial interest inthis land."
The much larger property is known as Seem Seed Farm. The county will onlyaccept proposals that will maintain it as open space or for agricultural orrecreational use. "We're committed to farmland and open space preservation,"Ervin says. "To do anything else with this large, rural property would notfit into that commitment."
Proposals for both parcels will be subject to approval by the townships inwhich the land is located. Any money generated from the sale or lease of theparcels will be used to offset the county's Green Future Fund.
The financial benefits of selling or leasing the land go beyond the revenuefrom a sale or lease, Ervin says. "It will get the two tracts of land backon the tax rolls. Jobs would be created through the development of the DorneyPark Road tract, and the county would no longer have the expense ofmaintaining the properties," she points out.
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