A developer is requesting that a 7-acre area in Hampden Township be rezoned to build three commercial properties near the Wertzville Road exit of Interstate 81, but residents of several nearby communities are opposed.

Good Hope Ventures is planning to build The Hampden Shoppes at Good Hope , which would include a convenience store with gas pumps and two 11,000-square-foot restaurant/retail facilities at the corner of Wertzville Road and Good Hope Road near a Turkey Hill convenience store and the Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center.

The developer is requesting that eight parcels at the southwest corner of Good Hope Road and Wertzville Road be rezoned from the residential country zoning district to the commercial general zoning district.

The parcels are located at 2045, 2053, 205

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