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P&Z Watch: Few Fans for 40-Unit “Assisted Housing” Development Behind Bank of America

“I think it’s clear and you would agree that the loan the trust is committed to giving this project is financial assistance?” Bob Barolak asked. “With respect I think it’s hogwash,” Mr. Cohen said, characterizing the $100,000 as not significant assistance on a project of the size proposed. Continue Reading →

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RTM Votes Not to Direct Fire Dept Fees to Affordable Housing Trust Despite Stern Warnings of Possible State Mandates

Advocates for a portion of Fire Dept review fees going to the town’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund noted that Greenwich is not in compliance with the state requirement towns have 10% of their housing be affordable. They said the town was on borrowed time before mandates are handed down from Hartford. Continue Reading →

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On Street Parking in Greenwich: The Last Frontier

What’s the saying? “Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.” – Mark Twain.
The same could be said for on-street parking, an increasingly scarce resource in Greenwich, especially with 8-30g affordable housing developments that typically include just one parking spot per unit. Continue Reading →

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At Special In-Person D9 Meeting, Residents Voice Concerns about 8-30g to Developer, Brent Carrier

“Currently we’re looking at 25%, or 55 of the apartments being affordable housing. It’s not low income housing – it’s 80% of Area Median Income (AMI). The base one-bedroom apartment will start at $2,600 per month.” – Brent Carrier Continue Reading →

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P&Z Watch: Church-Sherwood 8-30g Attorneys Say “Not Unreasonable Destruction” of Historic Assets

“To hear people say they’re building this building in the spirit of how the neighborhood originally started, to me is a bunch of bunk because the building looks like a fortress.” – Dean Gamanos, resident of the Fourth Ward Continue Reading →

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