The Ashley Borough Municipal Building hosted a contentious town hall on Wednesday night, which saw verbal sparring between residents and potential developers of the former Ashley Railroad Yard.
The town hall saw its fair share of derailments and off-topic discussions, but the gathering’s main objective was Laflin-based company Valley Distributing & Storage’s request to change the former Ashley Railroad Yard from a residential zone to an industrial zone. Carol Kuep, the president of Valley Distributing, and Brent Berger, a representative from Quad Three Group Engineering, were on hand to explain the development plans, should the zoning change be approved.
Valley Distributing’s previous zoning change request was denied by the board, but this new attempt comes with an Industrial Sites Reuse Program (ISRP) grant and a more defined plan for the land…