Washington DC Strip Clubs: Kentucky organization submits proposal for halfway house near Martinsburg
Written on November 10, 2009 – 11:37 pm | by ginger
Browns letter indicated no federal RRC services were being provided currently in the Martinsburg area.
We acknowledge that communities and neighborhoods may be concerned about a RRC operating in their midst, Brown said in the letter.
However, we have found that RRCs are good neighbors and are able to integrate themselves into the communities where they are located.
In a protest letter to the bureau, Hagerstown Police Chief Arthur Smith wrote the city already is coping with prison-related crime. A halfway house downtown also could hurt the revitalization progress and could be seen as dumping prisoners from outside the area, he wrote.
The proposed use of the Martinsburg property, which is behind a strip club and a credit union along W.Va. 9, is allowable under county planning and development rules, which do not include a zoning ordinance, according to Planning Department Director Stefanie Allemong.