It is often suggested that we are against all development because we advocate for responsible development.
So if you are against drunk driving, does that make you anti-roads?
We wanted to share our experience of what a responsible developer looks like:
In March 2017, we received a complaint about pollution in Shades Creek, an impaired tributary of the Cahaba River. We dropped what we were doing and went out to investigate. We tracked the mud back to a construction site, but couldn't find EXACTLY where it was coming from because the creek runs under parking lots. We contacted the developer, Hoar Construction, LLC, and asked them to investigate. They didn't ignore our calls. Much to our surprise, they had already investigated. They quickly put us in touch with the project manager, who had also noticed the problem, and documented it. He provided photos they had taken to offer proof that it had not come from their site. They had immediately stopped work and investigated, not in response to a complaint, but PROACTIVELY, as part of their obligation to protect the environment. We couldn't have been more pleased. We continued to work backward and found the problem, an innocent mistake that was corrected. We didn't "shame" anyone, we didn't point fingers. They took responsibility and we simply asked that they do better, which they did.
We only tell this story to offer proof that protecting the environment and being successful are not mutually exclusive and we appreciate Hoar Construction, LLC doing what is right when nobody was looking!
