Dear Fellow Neighbor & Opponent of the Hwy 276 Proposed Concrete Crusher,
Friends of Union Valley LLC officially filed a lawsuit against the TCEQ on June 28, 2024 for issuing Dry Creek Materials an air permit to Crush Concrete in Union Valley. You can view the official filing of the lawsuit and the citation showing that the TCEQ was served on the NEWS tab. It’s a quick and interesting read so don’t miss it. We have always known this is the time we have the greatest chance to succeed! The Attorney General has a few weeks to respond on behalf of the TCEQ.
THANK YOU to many of you who have contributed generously with your time and finances – some of you have contributed more than once! We are so grateful for such a united community. Over 130 people have contributed over $62,000 in the last 7 months and we anticipate needing $38,000 more to complete this phase. No donation is too small or too large and have ranged from $20 – $3,000 each. One great idea that we heard was if all 500+ people who took the time to attend the March 21, 2024, public meeting on a dark, stormy night would now donate $100 each – that would do it! Another way to fund this phase is $38,000 divided by 130 is $292 each. A third way is if 70 new neighbors join the 130 existing contributors that would mean 200 people each donate $190 then we will meet our goal. We are happy to take pledges if you can’t do it right now, but want to plan for it in the next 30-60 days that will be so helpful. For full transparency, we have personally donated $16,000 and countless hours. If we all do a little to share the load, no one has to do it all.
The Friends of Union Valley LLC is filed with the State of Texas for the sole purpose of opposing the Highway 276 Concrete Crusher and all donations received will be used for this purpose only. The three ways to contribute are:
- Venmo: @Lisa-Washington-9
- Anyone can send a Zelle payment to Lisa Washington 972-342-6557 or
- We are happy to accept checks made payable to:
Friends of Union Valley LLC
3977 County Road 2546
Quinlan, TX 75474
We believe that we will ultimately prevail and we want as many of you as possible to have the privilege of contributing to save our community. We are working with our elected officials to help get laws changed in the January 2025 Legislative Session as well. Please pray about what you can donate to help us fund this important lawsuit to preserve life as we know it in Union Valley – God Bless You All & Many Thanks!
Founders Dan and Lisa Washington created the Friends of Union Valley LLC, an organization dedicated to to preserving our beautiful & healthy community.
The TCEQ has granted Dry Creek Materials LLC the permit to operate a concrete crushing plant. The effort is underway to fight this permit with a Motion to Overturn.
We just wanted to take a moment to say a great big THANK YOU to everyone who turned out for the meeting with TCEQ. We were absolutely blown away how many people showed up and by the fantastic, impassioned remarks that were given and thoughtful questions that were asked.
This truly has been a community effort and we are so grateful for everyone who has pitched in to help stop this. Thank you!!
Meeting photos and videos on the Media page!
PERMITS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED FOR A PERMANENT CONCRETE CRUSHING OPERATION ON HIGHWAY 276 COMMENCING OPERATION AS EARLY AS MARCH, 2024. THIS WILL SPEW TOXIC, CARCINOGENIC DUST FOR MILES, WILL IMPACT HOMES, PROPERTIES, AND SCHOOLS FAR BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, AND WILL MASSIVELY INCREASE HEAVY SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC ON HWY 276, FM 35, FM 1565 AND SURROUNDING ROADS.
We have the support of:
- Senator Angela Paxton, who has taken a position in writing to the TCEQ opposing the issuance of the air permit for the concrete crusher.
- Hunt County Commissioners Court, Quinlan and Union Valley City Councils, and both candidates for Texas House District 2 (Jill Dutton & Brent Money) have taken positions in writing to the TCEQ opposing the crusher air permit.
- The town of Poetry unanimously declared a decree supporting the denial of the concrete crusher permit.
- As of 2/18/24 over 1,075 comments have been submitted to the TCEA in opposition to the concrete crusher air permit.
Please donate also to THE FRIENDS OF UNION VALLEY to help us meet our goal to pay for the legal team who is helping our community fight this cause. Please see the NEWS page for how to donate! It’s NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE AN IMPACT!
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LESS THAN 5 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME CAN STOP THIS FOR GOOD. URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED TODAY TO STOP THIS PLANT FROM BEING APPROVED. THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE STOPPED IS IF WE ALL MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD TOGETHER.
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