We, the residents of Thistle Downs and surrounding neighborhoods, opose the request to amend the existing residential zoning to allow a distillery at 5295 Asbury Road.

We demand that the City of Murfreesboro Planning Commision and City Council deny the application for the rezoning.

A distillery does not belong next to a residential community.

Our concerns are:

- environmental pollutants including whiskey fungus

- property value decline

- noise, light and smell pollution

- increased traffic, including semi trucks driving through our neighborhood causing safety hazards for our children

- fire hazard of flammable liquids

For the foregoing reasons, we urge you to vote against the proposed rezoning.