Middletown = future SUPER CITY ??

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   Probably like everyone here at MUSA I am very curious about the "Renaissance East" project and I've wondered,like everybody else,why council and others have ignored,overlooked,abandoned whatever you want to call it, the downtown area. And with the latest planning commission meeting (video that wasteful posted) concerning the zoning changes and ludicrous rules for the Renaissance area I stumbled across something this morning that confirmed,somewhat,what I've been saying about downtown. 

With Middeltown "moving" to the east side it is being hailed as a "Future Super City". (Perhaps this is old news but I'm just finding out) I won't mention the website where I found this information because I don't know who posted it or whats behind it. But apparently the golden plan is to move Middeltown in it's entirety to the east side. I've sarcastically joked on here about moving downtown to the east but never realized that was the plan in actuality, or at least it appears that way. (maybe everyone else knew it and I'm just slow)

With the zoning changes and the pressure being put on existing business out that way, what better way to drive out property owners and end up with the property to fulfill the plan ? Plus, why did it take this long to get the post office to do the zip code survey ? Then you still have 2 future interstate interchanges coming at Manchester and Greentree. (apparently these are still on the drawing board) 

But it does answer the question of why the present downtown is in such shambles. Why pour money into downtown when the whole downtown will be relocated. And I have no idea who coined Middletown as the "future super city" or why. The slow/high speed rail station plans for the present downtown apparently is going to the east side next to I-75 if the rail follows the interstate. 

So as we all try to guess what the cities up to take this with a grain of salt. It may be nothing, you may know it already and ruled it out, but don't shoot the messenger. 