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“The onus is not on the neighbors or the commission to bail Mr. Franco out of his poorly researched investment or to maximize his returns on his ill conceived projects.” – Susan Meyers Continue Reading →
Chris Franco has submitted plans to town hall for “Brookridge Crossing,” an adaptive reuse project at 5 Brookridge that would restore the historic house, re-purpose it and preserve it in perpetuity. He also has plans to plant mature specimen trees. Continue Reading →
Over the past year ‘5 Brookridge’ has become shorthand for the 86-unit, 5 story residential development proposed to P&Z under the state affordable housing statute 8-30g. Continue Reading →
The property is beyond the town sewers. There is no certainty they will be able to connect to the municipal sanitary sewer line. Continue Reading →
The applicant hopes to demolish a circa 1900 single family home and redevelop the property with a 5-story, 112,350 square ft of gross floor area building. Continue Reading →
Residents were upset at the clear cutting of the 1.7 acre property before an application was submitted.
Land use attorney Mario Coppola said he’d been hired by 82 residents opposed to the project and their numbers were growing. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Tree Warden, Dr. Greg Kramer has scheduled a public hearing via Zoom on the fate of a Norway Maple tree posted for removal at 5 Brookridge Drive, which happens to be the site of a recent tree clearing. Continue Reading →