Here's your upscale grocery store!

For those who are curious about the new “upscale” grocery store (Weis) proposed for Sullivan Trail (Route 115) and Uhler Road, we wanted to share some information learned at last night’s Planning Commission meeting.


According to the Weis people, some of the amenities this store will offer include-

• Higher ceilings
• Better meats, cheeses and deli items than other current Weis Grocery Store (ha-ha Easton/Wilson, Whitehall, Coopersburg, etc., we’ll have better meat and cheese than you!) locations
• Milk and eggs in the front of the store so you do not have to walk to the back of the store
• Matching exterior walls on all four sides of the building

Eat your heart out Wegmans, obviously these "upscale" features will trump whatever you offer!

Kudos to the Planning Commission for voting to reject the proposed initial plan. Once the initial plan is accepted for consideration, legally the clock starts running for approval or denial. As the originally submitted plans and drawings did not match what was unveiled last night, the Planning Commission acted intelligently and with great forethought.

We also learned last night that this process can still proceed even though there is a challenge to the spot zoning change (#298) recently passed by Supervisors David Howell, Donald Miller and David Hoff.