Monthly Archives: November 2005

Trust Joins Preservation Effort

Post published:November 30, 2005

http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-ethelw5nov30,0,4776513.story Trust Joins Preservation Effort November 30 2005 SIMSBURY -- Although the Trust for Public Land signed an agreement with Simsbury officials to help preserve 450 acres of woodland owned by the Ethel Walker School that is proposed for development, there is still no assurance that the land will be saved. The arrangement is the first of many steps that must take place to prevent the school from building a large luxury-home subdivision. Plans call for construction of more than 120 houses on 165 acres of the property, which is zoned residential. Homes would be built on 1- and…

courant.com: Preservation Group To Help Town

Post published:November 22, 2005

http://www.courant.com/news/local/fv/hc-simland1121.artnov22,0,5043004.story Preservation Group To Help Town Goal Is Saving Ethel Walker School Woodland From Development By KATIE MELONECourant Staff Writer November 22 2005 SIMSBURY -- A national land preservation group has signed an agreement with the town to help preserve 450 acres of woodland that the Ethel Walker School has discussed developing into a luxury subdivision. The move by the Trust for Public Land, which has an office in New Haven, came about a month after the board of selectmen authorized the first selectman to enter into the agreement with the nonprofit to try to buy the land or…

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