Come on where are all the protests about invading the life of the amish, invading Fishing Creek, let's hear it all of you southern end protesters,you protested loud enough for the other shopping center no matter how big you move in from out of the area and then try to take the lives of people who have lived here forever.Maybe we get tired of driving to Lancaster everytime we want to buy clothing or anything else for that matter.Maybe you have money to burn for gas. I forget how many "amish "people will be invaded.Do you think they will not shop there? Oh yes when shopping comes I will be watching for you just to make sure you aren't going in any of the doord to do some shopping

Well when one does come in i don't want to hear people like you pissing and moaning about how your taxes now have to go up because you need a full time police force to take care of all the crime that has sprung up because of the shopping center. Because we all know how much you Southern end people hate taxes. You know being all Republican and all. It will be a worse version of Kendig Square.

It's sad that online chat comments inevitably deteriorate into name-calling of other chatters. Particularly annoying is this political partisan insult garbage. It helps NO ONE.

Addressing the subjects at hand, (1) there are definitely Southern-enders who would like to have the opportunity to buy some non-essentials without driving 30 minutes. (2) Shopping areas automatically equal crime? I think "LancNewbie" might want to re-evaluate her statement. I don't know of any evidence that would back up this wild assumption. Even if this WERE the case: how about a solution of making the shopping hub pay any overage in crime-prevention expendatures? Can you think of other solutions?

No dis-respect intended to the Southern End as I grew up there... but this "shopping center" will not be the beacon of high-class shopping... no "Fountain Shoppes" here. You're going to be talking stores like Wal-Mart/KMart... Dollar Tree... McDonalds... Subway... as was mentioned -- a Kendig Square mirror. Of course there will be an increase in crime... maybe not huge, but new stores = theft. New shopping center = place to "hang out" after dark... a parking lot to park in... it happens. This will require additional "eyes" at the cost of someone... Tenants of a shopping center are typically not expected to pay for anything beyond standard secuirty... standard secruity (i.e. Kendig Square) doesn't do much beyond ride their little golf carts around and carry walkie-talkies... regardless... what do you really need that you can't get within a 10-15 minutes drive of where you live, and if you need it that bad and don't want to drive - move?? (don't you dare say you can't afford to live in any other part of the county... life is much cheaper down south becuase of that!) Do we really need another shopping center? May it be the southern end or up-town... let's give it a rest and occupy some of the much vacant space already available in the county. Yes the southern end is lacking in retail - but that's what makes the southern end so special. You cross through Willow Street and you'll have a hard time finding homes with acreage, space, room to grow. That's fine if you want to start selling off the available land down there... once you start there's no going back... look at what's happening everywhere else.

I'm in the Southern End and I love it down here. I like the farmland and open spaces and don't want to see it gone but I'm also not going to get all fanatical and crazy if a shopping center eventually happens. I'm opposed to any type of new shopping center anywhere in the county however if one would eventually go in I will probably shop there b/c it is closer than running to Parkesburg for Wal-Mart (you couldn't pay me to go in to the Lancaster ones). Quite frankly I can get most of what I need as it is within 5 minutes from home. If there is something else I need that I can't get close to home I'm content to drive farther for it. I'd rather live where traffic isn't crazy and and people aren't on top of each other than live somewhere more developed. That's why I bought my house where I did.