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“CTDOT treat trees like obstacles to be removed rather than assets to be maintained – assets which provide noise abatement as well as reduce flooding, sequester carbon dioxide, reduce cross winds (particularly important for vans and trucks), and moderate heat among many important benefits that these wooded roadside corridors provide.” – Cheryl Dunson, President, Greenwich Tree Conservancy Continue Reading →
The idea of an affordable housing trust fund had been proposed to the RTM in 1988, but it was tabled. A year later the state affordable housing statute, 8-30g, was approved. Continue Reading →
Last week, the bill on everyone’s mind was SB1024. Over 340 people signed up to speak at a CGA Planning & Development Committee hearing on March 15, which focused on SB1024, aka “Desegregate CT bill.” The legislation would require all Connecticut towns to change zoning to allow more multi-family housing based on the premise that it would lead to more affordable housing. This week the bill that is top of mind is SB1068, also called the “mansion tax.” A public hearing on Monday drew 67 people to testify. Continue Reading →
In Greenwich, where a .1 or .2 acre lot located downtown with a “tear down house” fetches well over $1 million, some argued the result of 1024 would be a proliferation of expensive condos or rental apartments. It might not create affordable units, but instead erode what little remains of downtown’s middle class housing stock. Continue Reading →
During a press conference on Wednesday, the CEO of Yale New Haven Health System, Marna Borgstrom, said the high mark for Covid-19 hospitalizations was four months ago during the second wave of Covid-19. On December 8, 2020 the system had 447 Covid-positive patients. As of Wednesday, the system was down to 165 patients, with 44 in ICU and fewer than half of them on ventilators. That breaks down as 97 at Yale New Haven Hospital, 43 at Bridgeport, 11 at L+M, 11 at Greenwich Hospital, 2 at Westerly. Nearly 10,000 people have been discharged after being admitted with Covid-19. Continue Reading →
These proposed bills not only ignore the economic reality of home pricing in high opportunity towns, but their adoption will suffocate efforts in affluent communities to create actual affordable units via private sector development.” – Danielle Dobin, Westport P&Z chair Continue Reading →
Wednesday was an unseasonably mild day, perfect for a groundbreaking ceremony for the upgrades at Greenwich High School’s Cardinal Stadium. Continue Reading →
“Unfortunately, over 100 individual residents supporting the study wasn’t enough to clear the hurdle imposed by First Selectman Camillo when he deleted this valuable Conservation Commission project from his proposed budget due to competing demands, such as decorative barriers on Greenwich Avenue and a re-design of Roger Sherman Baldwin Park.” – Jill Oberlander Continue Reading →
During testimony on a RTM SOMR to restore police officers to direct traffic on Greenwich Ave, residents pointed to New Yorkers speeding and disobeying traffic rules, as well as a resurgence in skateboarding on the Avenue. Continue Reading →
DPW Commissioner Amy Siebert said that the tipping fee sunset clause for Oct 31, 2021 failed to align with the DPW fiscal year. “The Devil’s in the details of implementation,” she said. Continue Reading →