Cohousing-L Mailing List: [Fwd: Brattleboro Reformer - Rockingham housing plan draws concern of neighbors]

[Stuart Joseph (stuart]

We had our first meeting with the Rockingham Zoning Board.

Here is an article about our presentation before the Zoning Board.

We were able to answer some the concerns voiced by the attendees, but 
not all of them, either because we weren't supposed to  actually answer 
the folks directly or they didn't apply to this stage of the project.

We are not building on the ridge line as the article says but if folks think we are, it 
probably will raise a lot of comments.

Veda invited anyone that wanted to meet us or see the property to come 
to the Apr. 14 meeting.

I handed out a number of business cards and told the group that if they 
had any questions, to contact us or visit the web site.

The Board decided to visit the site, with Kathy (our engineer) as tour guide, to help 
them make their decision. The visit is scheduled for Apr. 7 @ 12:00 PM. 
If the weather is iffy or the trails impassable, the visit would be 
postponed until Apr. 28.

The application process was continued to the April meeting of the Zoning 
Board to allow time for the site visit. If the visit doesn't happen 
until the end of April, it will be continued to the May meeting.

Kathy did a great job in her presentation and answering questions from 
those attending.

Our lawyer, Ray Massucco, was also there and he was able to answer some concerns from a legal 
standpoint. I believe it also helped because he knew the folks and he 
lent credibility to our project.

Here's the link to the article- unfortunately, the online version doesn't have my 
picture like the newspaper does. <grin>

http://www.reformer.com/ci_5492781



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Stuart Joseph, 802-463-1954
Project Director
Caer Coburn, a traditional village based upon  and intentional communities
Rockingham, Vermont, USA
http://www.caercoburn.org