Yearly Archives: 2007

courant.com/news/local/fv/hc-simwood0907.artsep07,0,6794101.story Courant.com `A Win-Win For Everyone Involved' Event, Open To The Public, Is Scheduled To Celebrate Town's Purchase Of 330 Acres At Ethel Walker School By LORETTA WALDMAN Courant Staff Writer September 7, 2007 SIMSBURY A hilltop at Ethel Walker School will be the site of an event Sept. 23 celebrating the town's purchase of a 330-acre portion of school property known as the Ethel Walker Woods. Although the deal closed in June, the celebration will mark a fundraising effort that brought in the millions of dollars that were needed to make it happen. "We are absolutely thrilled that…

http://www.courant.com/news/local/fv/hc-simwood0327.artmar27,0,1157995.story Groups Meet Fundraising Goal Donations Pour In To Provide $2.7 Million Toward Purchase Of Ethel Walker Woods By LORETTA WALDMAN Courant Staff Writer March 27 2007 SIMSBURY --A frenzied final month of fundraising that included a mass mailing and a flurry of donations from residents of neighboring towns has helped two groups raise $2.7 million in private funding needed to purchase the Ethel Walker Woods. Melissa Spear is a project manager for one of the groups, the Trust for Public Land. Spear, who announced the official end to the campaign earlier in the day, told selectmen Monday night…

http://www.courant.com/news/local/fv/hc-5brf0306_2.artmar06,0,6025912.story eBay Benefit Auction March 6 2007 AREAWIDE ---- Keep The Woods, a Simsbury-based grass-roots group, is sponsoring an eBay auction in support of its effort to preserve Ethel Walker Woods, 424-acres of open space featuring trails and wildlife atop a drinking water aquifer. The group will pick up, photograph, list the item on eBay and ship it to the new owner. All handling costs will be covered by Keep The Woods and all proceeds from the auction will go toward the purchase of the land by the town. To donate an item or contact the group for more…

http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-keepthewoods0226.artfeb25,0,2068666.story?page=1 Leading Town Into The Woods Activists Beating Odds In Simsbury Land Deal By LORETTA WALDMAN Courant Staff Writer February 25 2007 SIMSBURY --A wet snow is falling at dusk as a mismatched assortment of residents trickle into the Maple Tree Inn, and take their seats around a crooked line of tables in a banquet room next to the bar.They don't look particularly mighty, in their well-worn corduroy pants, rumpled sweaters, duck boots and clogs. Nor is it clear what they have in common: a retired real estate broker, retired Presbyterian minister, a registered dietitian, a college professor and…

http://www.courant.com/news/local/fv/hc-simland0201.artfeb01,0,2032906.story Strides In Fundraising For Land Deal By LORETTA WALDMAN Courant Staff Writer February 1 2007 SIMSBURY --Two conservation groups say they have raised more than half of the $2.75 million they pledged toward the purchase price for 424 acres of open space owned by and adjacent to Ethel Walker School. Roughly $60,000 of the $1.5 million raised was generated at a fundraiser held Saturday at Tower Ridge Country Club, at which both groups - the Trust for Public Land and Keep the Woods - were recognized for their efforts. The groups' fundraising is a key part of a…