Cohousing-L Mailing List: New Ecovillage Zoning in London Grove Township, PA

[Thomas Lofft (tlofft]

Congratulations to all the Three Groves team who worked on bringing this to 
reality.
This sounds like you brought all the appropriate design principles of Smart 
Growth Clustering to bear in your proposal.
 
I agree with Ann Zabaldo.  This is another quantum leap in Planning Legislation 
and I'd also like to have a reference to the specific text to share with others 
across the country.
 
Tom Lofft
Liberty Village, MD
 
 

Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:37:19 -0400
From: Janet Pelletier <janet.h.pelletier [at] gmail.com>
Subject: [C-L]_ New Ecovillage Zoning in London Grove Township, PA
To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
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It is with great pleasure that Three Groves Ecovillage announces the passage
of an Ecovillage Zoning Amendment in London Grove Township, Pennsylvania.
This amendment rewards green construction with higher building density,
allows lower parking requirements, and allows a Common House. We are
delighted that this Amendment applies not only to our 7.5 acres of land, but
to any land zoned Rural Residential in the township.
 
Now the fun begins! We will be working on finances, finding more members,
and doing the architectural design. We hope to break ground by the end of
2011, with first phase move-in in 2012.
 
--Janet Pelletier
 
Three Groves Ecovillage
West Grove, PA
Building a Green Community Together.
www.threegrovesecovillage.org

Thanks for writing.
Tom