We know questions are circulating around Middlebury regarding both the Southford Park project and the Metro Realty apartment complex.
Our goal has always been to educate and empower Middlebury residents to be the decision-makers for our town's future.
To achieve this goal, residents require accurate information about these projects, and town meetings/hearings must be accessible to all.
We have posted the Metro Realty apartment presentation on our Google Drive for anyone wishing to access it. See the link in the comments section.
Metro Realty Management Corp./124 Kelly Road – Application for a Zone Text Change to add Section 28 Planned Rental Housing Development Overlay District to the Regulations (Application #23-67Z)
P&Z Public Hearing is scheduled for December 7, 2023 Shepardson Community Center
Middlebury’s Zoning regulations do not currently permit this type of project, so this public hearing is your chance to be part of the conversation on whether or not this kind of development is right for Middlebury.
Be advised that the MSTA received confirmation from a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request this past week that the Town of Middlebury has been working on a re-write of our Zoning Regulations since before COVID, and approximately $40,000 may have been spent on this process. The first mention of this re-write was during the Town’s Attorney’s 9/7/23 analysis of why a Moratorium would be good for Middlebury, and there has been no public input into the re-write or disclosure of what is being revised and why.
How can anyone have an honest conversation about what’s good for Middlebury if there has been no public input to an on-going revision process? How can we consider new regulation changes (for Southford Park or Metro Realty) without a full understanding of what has already been proposed to be changed? The greatest danger to Middlebury’s future is the fact that residents have been and are being denied the right to determine it.
Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mEBJ1NRmgrFQpkr-9jJgV1p_hDmecLwY/view?usp=sharing
