Help Keep Credit River Rural

We are the Credit River Rural Alliance. Please help support our efforts to keep Credit River Rural.

The Credit River Rural Alliance (CRRA) is a grassroots organization of your neighbors who are deeply concerned about the prospects of intense, higher-density development within our rural community. We are not opposed to new development, but we would like to see future development be more in line with the developments of the past. We live here because we cherish the rural way of life, we enjoy the open spaces, wildlife, and wooded environments that surround us. We want to try to encourage the leaders of the City of Credit River to protect our rural way of life from the threats of rapid, dense urbanization.

The money we raise will help us get the word out to concerned citizens all over the community (website, signage, mailers, etc.) and hire local experts (if needed) to support our efforts to work with the City Council and Planning Commission to develop ordinances and zoning laws that will help protect our rural way of life.

The Future Land Use map, which is from the Credit River 2040 Comprehensive Plan, shows that the northern portion of Credit River is now designated as Urban Expansion Reserve (UER). In the UER, development at suburban densities of three housing units or more/acre is required throughout this beautiful rural area. With this intense development could come the loss of the farms, forests, wildlife and clean waters that make Credit River such a great place to live. Without careful planning and better laws than we currently have, this inappropriate growth could also bring traffic congestion, school overcrowding and the other issues many of us sought to escape by moving to Credit River.

We hope you will join us in calling upon the Credit River City Council to do the following:

Thus far many Credit River residents have signed the online CRRA petition in support of the City Council adopting laws, like Tree Preservation, essential to gaining the benefits of reasonable growth while preserving the rural quality of life that makes our City such a great place to live. The petition has been signed by residents throughout Credit River.

Our City Council may face tremendous pressure from the development community as they move forward with these responsible growth management measures. Fortunately, of the nearly 4,000 City voters, 40% live in the North Credit River. With you and a majority of our North Credit River neighbors, we can provide our City Council with the public support essential to enacting these crucial safeguards.

The North Credit River growth area covers about 4,000 acres (six square miles). There are about 800 existing North Credit River homes. At the minimum UER density of three units/acre, 11,200 new housing units could be developed across North Credit River. In other words, the number of housing units in North Credit River could increase by 1400%!

With those 4,800 additional housing units could come a traffic volume increase of nearly 50,000 trips/day with 2,000 more students added to our schools, and a massive increase in the amount of stormwater pollutants washed from rooftops, lawns and streets into the Credit River.

It is possible some of this growth could be accommodated without causing excessive traffic congestion, school overcrowding, river pollution, or other impacts on the unique quality of life currently enjoyed by North Credit River residents. The problem is that the City’s zoning, subdivision, and other laws lack the provisions required to ensure that growth preserves and enhances the quality of life.

So if you agree that the Credit River City Council and Planning Commission should work to develop responsible plans for future development that will preserve our rural way of life, please consider donating. Thank you!

For more information or to complete our city-wide survey, please visit our website: https://sites.google.com/view/creditriverruralalliance/