Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: NIMBY-ism & Opposition to Cohousing

[Pablo Halpern (phalpern]

> From: Mabes [at] aol.com
> 
> were thinking that the transfer of all development rights would protect th
> rest of the land from future development pressure, however, we would consi
> other, more permanent forms of protection.  Does anyone have any suggestio
> in this regard?

This sounds like a good place for a land trust. You divide the land into a 
large farm parcel and a smaller cohousing parcel. You put the farm land into 
a trust, with trusties from the surrounding community. The charter of the 
trust would be to preserve the land for farming and/or open space in 
perpituity (or 99 years, or whatever). Of course, you have to transfer the 
development rights to the cohousing parcel first.

- Pablo

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Pablo Halpern              (508) 435-5274         phalpern [at] world.std.com

New View Neighborhood Development, Acton, MA, U.S.A.
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