Sandy Kooper

I have lived here for 15 years and I absolutely love this neighborhood because it was so quiet. I'm a renter but I feel a part of the neighborhood. It's a great neighborhood. I am a student at the Botanic Gardens and I use nature to chill because I have a stressful job. It is important to me to come outside and let everything go by working in the garden. I walked out my door the day the wind turbine was on and I felt like my sanctuary was over, my peace and quiet was gone, my home gone. I was pretty devastated. I have always been an environmentalist and I thought sure, I understand it, I am all for it. Then I heard it and it was all over. It makes no sense to take away the essence of a beautiful, quiet neighborhood. I tried working in my garden for 6 or 7 hours one Saturday like I usually do. I thought to myself I'll just consider it white noise. Well, after a few hours it was white-knuckled noise. The longer I tried to be outside, the more agitated and aggravated I became and that's not the way its supposed to be. I was clenching my jaws and didn't even realize it. It was a constant, almost subliminal noise. I tried not to pay attention to it but then I just didn't come out anymore. I stayed inside but I can't sit in my art studio because I can hear it there. It gets under your skin. It's background noise like you've never heard. I feed the birds too and they stopped coming around. Now that it's turned off, the birds have returned. But the bats have not. I read that wind turbines really affect bats. I hope it never goes on again. I hope they realize they have to move it. I am very disappointed the Village supported it.

Sandy's Garden Sanctuary
Aldridge Electric's Office is in the background