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Greenwich P&Z Creates Parking Map in Time for Housing Growth Legislation Deadline

Additional wording that went into the final draft of CT’s housing growth bill last October allows towns to establish mitigation districts where off-street parking can be required for residential developments with 16 or fewer units. Specifically, towns can create two mitigation districts – they can be contiguous – each not exceeding 4% of the town’s parcels. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich RMA July 2 Speaker: Aaron Woodin on Recognizing and Avoiding Scams

There are a variety of ways to get scammed, and the conduits are everyday, familiar objects which we all use – the computer, and the phone. In this informative presentation, which will reflect the latest trends, computer consultant Aaron Woodin will discuss some of the most common “con games” by which people are fleeced so they can be detected and avoided. Continue Reading →

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RMA Speaker, Isabel Lopes: The Canarsie Tunnel Project, A Critical link in the New York City Transit System

This week’s RMA speaker, Isabel Lopes, became involved in the Canarsie Tunnel project when a revised repair plan became needed to accommodate directions from Governor Andrew Cuomo to avert the originally planned 15-month shutdown of the tunnel. Her presentation will give an overview of the major modifications to the tunnel, with a focus on the repair of the tunnel bench walls by means of structural fiber-reinforced polymer panels. The revised final design of the modifications to the tunnel successfully allowed construction to take place over intermittent tunnel closures on nights and weekends only. Continue Reading →

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“Check Your Unconscious Biases about Veterans” – Female Colonel USAF Commander

“As a woman who has served 27 years in the Air Force, I am often mistaken for the civilian spouse of my military husband. Unconscious biases – we assume that men are service members.” – USAF Commander, Col Amanda Evans Continue Reading →

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