Community Glade Valley Government 

Residents Start Petition Against Rutter’s in Walkersville

A group of Walkersville residents began a petition against Rutter’s plans for a convenience store with gasoline and high-speed diesel pumps in Walkersville. Rutter’s presented plans earlier in the year, and has appeared several times since winter in front of the Walkersville Planning Commission. During its last public hearing, the Planning Commission expressed serious concerns about the concept plan presented by Rutter’s. A large crowd attended the meeting and voiced opposition to the plans. The Planning Commission approved the plan with modifications that would not allow trucks using Sandstone Drive…

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Glade Valley Government 

Rutters Plan Draws Crowd

Rutter’s presented its concept plan for approval to the Walkersville Planning Commission Tuesday, June 27, 2017. The company with a nineteen locationsĀ in Pennsylvania proposed a gas station and convenience store on a property next to the new Circle K at Sandstone Drive and Woodsboro Pike. This would be their only store in Maryland. Most people know the property for its abandoned Exxon gas station at the intersection of Glade Boulevard and Woodsboro Pike. A large crowd gathered for the Planning Commission’s Public Hearing to oppose the plan. The residents of…

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