Why Do I Need to Update My Blueprints with Any Final Design Changes?

“The tradesmen on the job don’t have access to the builder’s chain of hundreds of emails discussing design decisions, nor the dozens of verbal conversations. It’s not uncommon for a design phase to be up to one year long – imagine sifting through all those emails to find the one that overrides the blueprints.” – Scott Simonsen, Old World Craftsmen Continue Reading →

RMA Presents Author Mark Clifford, “The Troublemaker, How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident & China’s Most Feared Critic”

After the protest and the massacre in 1989 at Tiananmen Square, Jimmy Lai started a newspaper to advocate for democracy in Hong Kong. A draconian new security law came into effect in Hong Kong in mid-2020, effectively making human rights advocacy and free speech a crime. He has been held in solitary confinement since 2020. Mark Clifford tells his story. Continue Reading →

League of Women Voters of Greenwich Launches New Student Committee

The committee is open to students in grades 7-12, who live or attend school in Greenwich. The committee will meet monthly, switching between Zoom and in-person, depending on the agenda. Additional volunteering opportunities and League events will be available. Meetings will span one hour, and so with the limited duration, commitment and participation is expected.  Continue Reading →

Martial Arts Studio Approved at Bank Building on South Water Street in Byram

Last week’s P&Z approval of an application for martial arts studio at 30 South Water Street represented something of a compromise from a previous request to change the zone from Water-Based (WB) to LBR-2. The martial arts studio, a “group fitness use,” was considered a less non-conforming use than a bank, and therefore less detrimental to the neighborhood. Continue Reading →