Re: thought needed on zoning problem | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Fred H Olson (fholsontcfreenet.org) | |
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 09:24:01 -0600 (MDT) |
christine pattee, greater hartford CT cohousing C2pattee [at] aol.com is the author of the message below. It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org> -------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS -------------------- in response to your questions about conflicts between an office park and cohousing: i haven't seen the land, and have no idea idea how much space there is on the site you are considering. however, is it possible to have *both* the office park and cohousing on the site? this is a possible approach i have discussed with town planning and zoning officials for a site i've been looking at in eastern connecticut. christine pattee greater hartford CT cohousing > Date: Sat, 04 May 2002 09:52:37 -0400 > From: Jill Robinson <jillrob [at] carolina.net> > Subject: [C-L]_thought needed on zoning problem > > The Greenfield, MA cohousing project was instigated in part to preserve > an > historic farm from commercial development. There is a big movement > afoot in the town to rezone this farm from rural residential to > commercial in order to build an office park with some light industry. > Members of the > cohousing group find themselves in the position of arguing why an office > > park, which would bring tax revenues to the town, is bad while a > cohousing community, which would drain fiscal resources from the town, > is good. > > The argument being used against our proposal is that a 'subdivision' of > residential homes costs a town roughly three times more than it brings > in > in revenues. The costs are primarily for schooling the children of the > community, but also include police & fire protection, snow plowing, etc. > _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
- Re: thought needed on zoning problem, (continued)
- Re: thought needed on zoning problem Jeff Zucker, May 5 2002
- Re: thought needed on zoning problem pattymara, May 6 2002
- Re: thought needed on zoning problem Fred H Olson, May 6 2002
- Re: thought needed on zoning problem Fred H Olson, May 6 2002
- Re: thought needed on zoning problem Fred H Olson, May 7 2002
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