A massive church development is proposed for 28-32 Greensboro Rd. If allowed, this will undoubtedly change the character of the neighborhood, and the entire town of Hanover forever! The Zoning Board originally ruled against this proposal, but recently caved to a threatened lawsuit and reversed their decision.
The immediate effect of this development will be to change the character of Greensboro Rd, greatly increase the risk of flood damage in our area, and threaten the environmentally sensitive Mink Brook watershed. The long term ripple effect will be that our Zoning Ordinance will be rendered toothless and useless, and no area in town will be exempt from massive developments of this type. Eventually, the entire Greensboro Rd corridor from Rt 120 to the Great Hollow Rd will be swallowed up by commercial developments.
A group of neighbors and interested folks from around town have banded together to fight this disastrous proposal. We’ve launched this site as an easy way to collect and disseminate information about the plans.
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
The Red area represents the current size of buildings and driveways on the site. The Blue area represents what is proposed – 21,000 + SF building and 113 space lighted parking lot – almost one acre of pavement!
Greensboro Road Neighborhood Info 
we feel that this unintended use of a residential neighbor hood is oppressive to thus of us who live in the area. A quiet street turned into a non residential use is against the spirit of the zoning act and should be prevented no other church in Hanover or Etna has taken such freedoms in the name of religious oppression Stop this travesty.
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This section of Greensboro Road, by no means, is a quiet neighborhood. You have roughly 5 businesses in this current area.
Hanover DPW is in your backyard and the possibility of a new Dartmouth College Biomass facility is a high possibility. The traffic,that is currently traveling daily, on this road are commuters from route 4 on the enfield end and travelers from 120 to great hollow road. The CRC proposal should be the least of your concerns.
The three or four buildings currently on this sight are eye sores to your neighborhood! The proposed Church will greatly enhance this end of Greensboro Road. Christ Redeemer Church has been an enormous asset to the Hanover community for 20 years!
This is NOT a threat to your neighborhood!
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Since you refer to it as “your” neighborhood and not “our” neighborhood, I assume you don’t live in the neighborhood? I’d respectfully suggest that the folks who live in the neighborhood are in the best position to judge what’s a threat and what isn’t, and the residents are overwhelmingly opposed to the project.
To judge the character of the area, I’d invite you to please come visit some evening or weekend. I’d be happy to give you a tour. These are the times that residents enjoy our peaceful neighborhood, and exactly the times that are threatened by the increased activity of the church. You can reach me thru the “Contact” form on the blog if you’d like.
As for the buildings you call “eyesores” – CRC has owned the property for several years now. The have had plenty of time and opportunity to improve them. We’ve heard lots of talk about how CRC wants to be good neighbors, but we’ve yet to see anything that would actually make us believe they care one bit about those of us that live here. I think your pejorative comments about the character of our neighborhood are very telling. If this represents how the church leadership feels about the Greensboro Rd area, then it’s no wonder that they treat us as disrespectfully as they have. If CRC truly want to be good neighbors, I’d suggest they start by listening respectfully to our concerns and making some effort to address them. And, while they’re at it, put their money where their mouth is and at least maintain the buildings they don’t plan to tear down.
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Thank you for your invite, but I am familiar with your neighborhood and need no tour. No disrespect to the neighborhood with which you live in, my feeling is that the future development of this particular area is inevitable. I am also familiar with the Church which purchased the property on Greensboro Road. I invite you, if you haven’t already, to take an active interest in learning about the individuals who would like to become your neighbor and what they have meant to the Town of Hanover. My feeling is you would be pleasantly surprised that these folks are much like you and want nothing but the best for their Town.
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Development of this area most certainly isn’t inevitable. That’s why we have zoning laws, so that intensive development occurs where it fits, and residential neighborhoods stay residential.
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