Showing posts with label Middlebury CT Neighborhood Page. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middlebury CT Neighborhood Page. Show all posts
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Sunday, January 15, 2023
Board of Selectmen Meeting is this Tuesday, Jan 17 at 4pm in the Town Hall’s conference room
Timex Property Development:
The next Board of Selectmen Meeting is this Tuesday, Jan 17 at 4pm in the Town Hall’s conference room (not in the Shepardson Center). We need people there.
If you can’t make the meeting, please send an email by end of day tomorrow, January 16th to all the Selectmen. Your email subject should say something like “For inclusion into the public record for the 1/17/23 Middlebury BOS meeting.”
Feel free to share your feelings about lack of availability for town meetings in general (not televised or on zoom, no mic, not enough seating, standing outside, no parking, etc) and that this project would tank property values, affect our school system, and ruin the semi-rural, small town feel of Middlebury.
Plus it puts our children at Long Meadow Elementary School and Pomperaug High School in harm’s way (100s of truck trips per day, increased air pollution for asthmatics, etc.)
Here’s the email addresses:
Ed St. John - firstselectman@middlebury-ct.org
Elaine Strobel - estrobel@middlebury-ct.org
Sunday, January 8, 2023
Zoning Amendments - Help on Next Steps!
Zoning Amendments - Help on Next Steps!
- Email Region 15 Board of Education and attend Jan 9 BoE Meeting at
7:30pm in the PHS Media Center (Tomorrow): "As Middlebury residents and
representatives to the region, please represent the collective community
to oppose LI200 Zoning changes and the building of a large Distribution
Facility close to our schools. The proposed use is incompatible with
the current use of the zone" (Region15BOE@Region15.org)
- Mark calendars for the next Zoning Meeting on Feb 2nd
----> Email Curt Bosco to ask for a larger venue with a mic to allow all voices to be heard (cbosco@middlebury-ct.org)
- Call / email Ed St John: "Middlebury is a semi-rural small town, and
there is no place for a distribution facility of this size at the
proposed location. The proposed use is incompatible with the current use
of the zone" (firstselectman@middlebury-ct.org 203-758-2439)
- Message me directly if you would like to take a larger role supporting the cause
- Talk to your friends and neighbors to get the word out
- Stay tuned for more information!
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Amazing job, Middlebury!
Amazing job, Middlebury! Police had to manage traffic, and we ran out of parking spots!
The Zoning Hearing is still Open (good thing) - it means we need to mobilize again on February 2nd to make sure all voices are heard!
The Town had over 90 opposition forms submitted prior to the meeting, and needed a cardboard box to contain them all at the meeting!
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Jan 5th Middlebury Planning & Zoning Hearing
For tomorrow’s Middlebury Planning & Zoning hearing for Distibution Facility zoning amendments, there are 6-7 planned speakers to kick things off, and ask that individuals please speak after.
The public Planning & Zoning hearing is Thursday Jan 5 @ 7:00 at the Shepardson Center. It has been moved to the larger auditorium to accommodate the expected number of people.
It is important to be physically present even if you choose not to speak.
Thursday, December 29, 2022
“Middlebury CT Neighborhood Page” Facebook Group Poll
“Middlebury CT Neighborhood Page” Group
347 Votes, 90% Not in Favor of amending the zoning code
46 Comments
Here is a sampling of some of the comments
·
Wondering why anyone would vote in favor of this
and if they actually live here in Middlebury.
·
I am in favor of this type of development in a
proper location, industrial park!!! Brings tax revenue with very low impact on
school and other community services taxing authorities. I would not be in favor
of the location currently proposed as I understand it to be.
o
Response: hopefully it will be stopped at the
proposed location and directed to a more suitable local
·
Recently it takes like 20 min to get through the
light in Middlebury. When there’s an accident on 84 it takes double. Imagine
what traffic would be like with all of the big trucks?! No thanks. I’ll gladly
pay our taxes
o
Response: Or they’ll be passing Pomperaug. That
intersection is a disaster. Increased traffic on either side isn’t beneficial
to anyone who lives here
·
For a town that won’t approve a drive through on
a business, why would we allow this much of a disturbance to local
traffic/life? I can’t imagine one positive outcome that this will bring to
town.
·
A BIG NO, less taxes at the cost of
kid’s/neighborhood safety is not worth [it]
·
Btw..where would such a building or complex even
go..??? Is there an industrial park I am not aware of
o
Response: the Timex headquarters property on
Christian Road. It would sit between Avalon Farms and Benson Woods. Sadly not
in an industrial park where something of this scale belongs but between two
residential neighborhoods.
§ Response: just don't
see that location supporting a complex like that..traffic, road width for
trucks etc..
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