Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: JP COHOUSING GOES 3 FOR 3!

[Casey Morrigan (cjmorr]

Good job!  Great to hear a success story.  (We barely squeaked past a fairly
progressive city council ourselves.)  Now can y'all run over to Stowbridge
and help out around there.

Casey Morrigan
Sebastopol, California

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org
> [mailto:cohousing-l-admin [at] cohousing.org]On Behalf Of Diane Simpson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:56 PM
> To: Cohousing-L
> Subject: [C-L]_JP COHOUSING GOES 3 FOR 3!
>
>
>
> Hi out there in coho-land!
> We went sailing through the ZBA [Zoning Board of Appeals] today with
> unanimous approval in front of a packed room at Boston city
> hall.  This
> was the final step in the approvals process after the JP Neighborhood
> Council and Boston Redevelopment Authority Board.  Councillors
> Hennigan, Tobin, Arroyo, and Turner testified in our favor as did
> representatives of councillors Murphy and Flaherty. Celia Grant from
> State Senator Wilkerson's office spoke in favor of us and so
> did State
> Representative Liz Malia. Alison Rogers from the Mayor's office also
> spoke in favor. Charlie Connors,  president of the Brookside
> Neighborhood Association also spoke up for us. When the chair
> asked if
> anyone wanted to speak in opposition, the room was silent. They had
> never seen anything like this--it was truly amazing! Thank you very
> much, all our supporters out there--we could not have done it without
> you.
>
> Sincerely,
> --Diane Simpson(:^]
>
> JP COHOUSING  617-524-6614
> P.O. BOX 420 BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS
> HTTP://WWW.JPCOHOUSING.ORG
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