03-31-2021, 06:29 PM
We, and all of our neighbors, got lawyer’s letters that we abut a large proposed development. We own a quarter mile deep towards them, and it’s all wooded, 12 acres. We take our horses out there, snowshoe, walk, etc. Next door has a tiny shooting range. It’s VERY quiet and that’s a big part of why my parents chose this wooded parcel in the '60s. Thank goodness we built towards the street and not further back (many neighbors are deeper in). No development behind us. The next street is about a mile "deep", so this will go back far. There is a motel there that they want to replace with a bunch of townhouses. I feel very vulnerable in the back of the property... we are a very trusting community and while we do lock cars, the house, and stuff, if you looked a little bit in the barn or under the deck, you’d find some nice things to steal. Heck, even light pollution concerns me. It’s super dark now.
I can’t even be at the Zoom meeting (will be on a ferry). I know my neighbors will fight as hard as they can. Should we write letters, start a petition... ? I am not great at putting this into words. We have a big glut of real estate in my area anyway. There are developments (some still being built) all over the state and every type of house already up for sale. We don’t have nearly enough woods left!
We just had a forest management plan and Audubon bird management plan written. It assumes the total wooded area (combined with adjacent parcels) will remain as it is - we had no idea the acreage might be cut. We would not use it, but the wildlife uses that to judge if it’s a good place to live, if that makes sense. So, the total for them might be 100 acres all together, and this project would cut that by a lot. Of course we can’t tell others what to do with their land, but everything in the area is a 2 family (mostly on big parcels) at most. There is a new development about a mile away that was fought hard.
I can’t even be at the Zoom meeting (will be on a ferry). I know my neighbors will fight as hard as they can. Should we write letters, start a petition... ? I am not great at putting this into words. We have a big glut of real estate in my area anyway. There are developments (some still being built) all over the state and every type of house already up for sale. We don’t have nearly enough woods left!
We just had a forest management plan and Audubon bird management plan written. It assumes the total wooded area (combined with adjacent parcels) will remain as it is - we had no idea the acreage might be cut. We would not use it, but the wildlife uses that to judge if it’s a good place to live, if that makes sense. So, the total for them might be 100 acres all together, and this project would cut that by a lot. Of course we can’t tell others what to do with their land, but everything in the area is a 2 family (mostly on big parcels) at most. There is a new development about a mile away that was fought hard.