The Arlington Heights Neighborhood Association is telling homeowners that it's sent a request for proposal to 19 gas companies that it says are involved in the Barnett Shale to seek lease bids.
The RFP includes the Arlington Heights association, Crestline Area Neighborhood Association, and North Hi Mount Neighborhood Association. "Six other Westside neighborhoods were included in the RFP, making up a total of at least 3,200 acres," the Heights says in its update. It set a May 16 date as the deadline for companies to respond.
"We will get better terms by sticking together as a neighborhood group," the association says. "As soon as the May 16 deadline has passed, we will update you on the results. Please remember the gas is not going anywhere and whatever you decide will have long-term ramifications.
To be included on the neighborhoods' gas lease update list, send an email to christinapatoski@earthlink.net.
-- Scott Nishimura
(Archive photo: Arlington Heights United Methodist Church pumpkin patch)
An ad hoc group of Monticello property owners are negotiating with companies for favorable mineral-rights leases.
We are independent of any neighborhood association. But we are in frequent contact with similar efforts in Arlington Heights and Crestwood.
Join the Monticello update list by e-mailing your name and address to mitchwhitten@charter.net.
Posted by: Mitch Whitten | July 03, 2008 at 11:52 PM
The Monticello neighborhood is negotiating with gas companies through an ad hoc group of property owners. We are working independent of other neighborhoods.
Our group, acting independently of any association, is in close touch with similar efforts in Arlington Heights and Crestwood.
To join the Monticello list of property owners, email mitchwhitten@charter.net.
Posted by: Mitch Whitten | July 03, 2008 at 11:44 PM