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Image of small pond at Hale Reservation by Alvin Kho from Flickr.
On Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., Hale Task Force is holding a public meeting via Zoom to gather community input about Hale Education's proposal of a conservation restriction on 550 acres of land in Westwood.
The proposal, if adopted, would protect Hale's land in Westwood from future commercial or residential development at a price tag of $10 million. A representative from Hale Education and a member of Westwood's Hale Task Force will be presenting information.
A conservation restriction is a permanent restriction on land to preserve it in its natural, scenic, open, agricultural or forest condition, while permitting public recreational use. It would prohibit or limit construction and other activities, such as development, that are detrimental to the purpose of the conservation restriction.
To join the meeting, click here. Or go to Zoom, click "Join a Meeting" and enter Meeting ID 834 2717 6713 and passcode 745884.
Alternatively, join by telephone by dialing, toll-free: 888-475-4499 or 833-548-0276 or 833-548-0282 or 877-853-5257. Additional dial-in numbers to for calling based on your current location are: +1 929-205-6099 or +1 301-715-8592 or +1 312-626-6799 or +1 669-900-6833 or +1 253-215-8782 or +1 346-248-7799.
Hale Task Force
Online event, MA
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The cost of $27,000 could have been avoided if the tax payers were notified about the idea of taking the WLT to court and it was discussed at a regular town meeting. Especially when a town takes the unusual step of taking its own land trust to court.
Patchy rain nearby, with a high of 36 and low of 33 degrees. Light drizzle in the morning, mist in the afternoon, clear in the evening, mist overnight.
The Select Board will never admit they were wrong, and thus, will press forward. And based on Town Council's very bad advice.
But what are friends for?
Circle the wagons...
Curious to learn if WEAC (or WWLT for that matter) compared / contrasted the environmental impacts of farming part of Clapboardtree Meadow against the environmental impacts of housing built on Bean Farm land when the farm ceases operations?