THE FUTURE OF CONNELLY MILL PARK IS IN JEOPARDY!!!
SAVE THE PARK! STOP THE SAFARI!!
Request Safari at the Quarry and the MOU be terminated immediately and restore the Connelly Mill Park to public development funding initiatives.
Local Community Under Siege: County Executive Overrides Residents’ Concerns
The fate of the long-awaited Connelly Mill Park hangs in the balance due to the County Executive’s unilateral decision. Donated in 2019, the property was envisioned as a park space after extensive public input. Stakeholders like the Wicomico’s Natural Resource Conservation Advisory Committee, Department of Recreation Parks & Tourism, local non-profits, residents, and nearby neighborhoods actively participated in shaping the park’s future. Now, their voices are silenced, leaving them wondering if the County Executive’s decision respects the community’s vision and the years of invested effort.
READ THE REAL FACTS!!
FACT #1: Connelly Mill Park is a STUNNING 234-acre Natural Oasis slated to become a Public Park in upcoming years. It has now been taken from “Public Purpose” and was signed over in September 2023, by County Executive Julie Giordano, for use by private entity Live Wire Media and Events. The owner Brad Hoffman has a 90% profit stake in the venture called “Safari at the Quarry, The Ultimate Off-Road Park Experience”. The contract she signed, called the “MOU” (Memorandum of Understanding) allows mostly unrestricted use of the property for Live Wire Media to conduct Off-Road 4 Wheel Drive events for Jeeps, Quads, Open Wheeling, Broncos, etc. Use would be limited to those with a 4×4 vehicle and the financial ability to pay the entrance fees from $95-$160. The Public Park development for the use of ALL CITIZENS has thereby BEEN TERMINATED.
FACT #2: The land was DONATED to Wicomico County in 2019 with endorsement by the Wicomico County Natural Resource Conservation Advisory Committee (“NRCAC”) and input from neighboring residents of Shadow Hills with the intended use to be excavation for fill dirt for the County landfill, and development as a “low impact park.”
Won’t happen, as you can see via taxes and fees always going up and never down. Money always wins out over everything. Everything!
Side note: That is why they have to build new schools every other year or every three years because they are too stupid to design a school that can be added on to easily when they get to capacity, or how they only design a school for lets say 2,000 kids while the school already has 1,995 kids. And somehow with all of these new schools, kids are getting more stupid.
Karens….
We all warned you about Queen Julie and her evil ways…finally even the MAGATARDS have figured out the Jig is up……love watching one woman destroy to this county and now people are trying to fix the problems….throw the bitch out…
Good – Ihope they ruin it forever.
Connelly Mill is not a “STUNNING 234 acre natural oasis” as FACT #1 states.
It’s a barrow pit, just like many others in Wicomico that were inadvertently created to finish Rt 50 and build a half by-pass around Salisbury. It’s a barrow pit !!!
sure it is, pretty unique place with more elevation than anywhere nearby
The previous owner did not “donate” it out of the kindness of their heart. It served its purpose and now it’s contaminated. The water there isn’t pretty blue because it’s a tropical oasis, it’s because of the runoff in it.
I see Sheriff Mikey is endorsing Shadow Hills and not siding with the executive! Hmmmmmmmmm
https://www.saveconnellymillpark.com/2024-04-02-sheriff-mike-lewis-voices-his-opposition-to-safari-at-the-quarry