'The Fight Has Not Been in Vain:' Spring Creek Litigants React

David Jaindl attended but did not speak at the Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners' meeting Thursday.

But after he left the meeting both he and Robert Rust, the attorney for the six people who objected to Jaindl's Spring Creek Development plan, gave their thoughts on the almost three-year litigation.

A settlement was signed by Jaindl and the objectors Thursday after the group of six decided they could not come up with

One of the objectors, Constance Moyer, said after the meeting that her group's "fight has not been in vain. Although we were not able to get rid of the warehouses in Mr. Jaindl's plan, much has changed during these years of conflict. So many people were upset by the first plan presented that we had to try to stop it. In the interim, Mr. Jaindl had time to rethink his plan and present a more 'community friendly' plan...."

"We fought as long as we could," Moyer said.

The Board of Commissioners will vote on whether to accept the terms of the settlement at its next meeting at 7 p.m. April 4 at the Lower Macungie Township Building.

The plan must also be approved in Lehigh County Court before it becomes official.