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Month: February 2019

Planning Board — Meeting Notes

Posted on February 9, 2019

Loreen and Steven Francazio have asked that their notes presented at the February 7, 2019 Planning Board meeting be posted to the blog.

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Future Impact of the Plaza and Neighbors

Posted on February 8, 2019

Vision is defined as … the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom. Vision is an important skill and characteristic that can help us with self-reflection as well as personal and professional development. To increase the ability for success … or reduce possibility for failure. Gaining all the information available…

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New homes without cars? Or additional traffic?

Posted on February 4, 2019

If you build 20 homes on a street, should you expect that at least 20 additional cars will be traveling on your road after the homes are occupied. Considering the current Sand Trace development proposal, you may be surprised at the traffic data from the first study presented in October. Then, an additional independent (of…

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What Can I Do as a Neighbor?

Posted on February 3, 2019

As a resident of the neighborhood and Town, you can make your voice heard. Employees, leaders as well as appointed and elected officials of the Town need to be accountable. The purpose of this Blog is to promote and publicize information about ALL town issues. How can you impact the current Sand Trace proposal?

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A Leap of Zoning? Or a Leap of Faith?

Posted on February 3, 2019

Is the proposed development of the Sand Trace property a leap of zoning? To change a property parcel from Zoning X to Y? Or is it another leap of faith in our town leaders? The promise of specific outcomes? Or the lack of depth of transparency for all of the issues and unintended consequences that…

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A future vision of our neighborhood

Posted on February 1, 2019

Think back to when you were deciding where to live. Where to buy property. Where to live with your children. Why did you buy property in the Connors Farm, Mann School Road, Williams Road and Log Road area? Look at the picture above. The scattered red pins (outside of the circle) denote the current homes…

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