planning commission says no to WCU

Last night, the borough's planning commission voted to recomend that Borough Council deny the current land development application for a garage that would be used for WCU, on the corner of West Nields and South New Streets, on a parking lot the university currently owns.

Commission members said the garage should go elsewhere, such as behind Sykes Student Union, or on Matlack Street, near the current garage and parking lot. That land, WCU officals said, is in West Goshen, but commission members said that isn't their problem.

WCU is hoping to build this garage for a recreation center it wants to build near the Lawrence Dining Center, on "D Lot." University officials also said the garage will be necessary because as new dorms are constructed, parking on campus will be lost, so the garage would make up for that loss.

It'll be interesting to see if Borough Council will agree with its commission, or allow the plans to move forward as presented.