I received an e-mail today:

Mine Line Health is trying to slip through a 4 story, 140,000 s.f. giant Urgent Care on the Lloyd Farm In Caln. 

They bought 14.5 acres of the 60. 

Essentially this is a hospital without rooms or emergency facilities. 

They will have 4 surgical suites for those nice things like arm and knees, colonoscopies. legs, etc.   This is a hospital for people with insurance.  Only God knows what will happen to all the people in Coatesville or have bad or no insurance. 

I have an ever more interesting thought on what they are doing.  I have to ask if thy came in and lied through “information” meetings?  Since they only had to tell people 750 feet from the site, few came. 

Now we all know Caln Township is sleazy and I thought they might improve with retired State Senator Andy Dinniman’s former chief of staff Don Vymazal as the new manager (His email is dvymazal@calntownship.org

But alas he apparently has drunk the Kool Aid.

MAIN LINE HEALTH IS SUBMITTING A PLAN TO CHANGE THE PRESENT ZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL R-2 TO COMMERCIAL C-2TO ALLOW THEM TO CONSTRUCT AN URGENT CARE FACILITY

A 140,544 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING – 4 STORIES HIGH (65 FEET) WITH 500 CAR PARKING

THIS IS NOT A HOSPITAL – IT WILL PROVIDE NO EMERGENCY SERVICES

TAXES: Unlike YOU, as a non-profit, they can & will apply for the exemption
from County, Twp., and School Taxes. Their employees will pay taxes.

TRAFFIC: 500 MORE CARS on Lloyd & Rt 322 AND a new intersection at Manor Ave & Rock Raymond Road. PATIENTS will be going in and out of the facility all day, including rush hour 8 AM and 6 PM…except traffic is so bad some days aleady it feels like rush hour all of the time.

WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT? COME TO THE MEETING AND HAVE YOUR SAY!
SPEAK UP, RIGHT NOW BEFORE ANYTHING IS APPROVED. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE.
THEY CAN SAY NO IF YOU WANT THEM TO.

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
253 Municipal Drive, Thorndale, PA
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm