Editor, OBSERVER:

I’m writing in response to your recent editorial regarding projects near the the “Golden Goose,” as described by the author is Chautauqua Lake.

The Chautauqua Point former golf course Project, by a Buffalo Developer, will not only affect the Historic Point Chautauqua grounds laid down by Frederick L. Olmsted and in 1996 brought to acclaim on the National Register of Historic Places, but the proposed Development is bordered by the Villas and Chautauqua Lake Estates condominiums.

This development of a pared down “174 residential units among the condos, townhouses and single houses, walking trails, tennis courts,” etc. will negatively impact the three neighborhoods surrounding the former golf course with its’ village type resort living with a large portion for short term rentals, in addition with runoff and debris into the “Golden Goose.”

Chautauqua County works hard keeping Chautauqua Lake healthy, spending much time and money; why not look at the growing trend in land conservation efforts?

Opposition is not to “keep the eggs for themselves,” but the understanding that overcrowding, high density housing, Lake health, and environmental impacts must be top priority.

JOAN HICKS,

Point Chautauqua

Dewittville