Shelton Conservation Commission
Advance Press Release to Planned Meeting
Friday October 27, 2006 10AM
The Shelton Conservation Commission has received several requests for comment on the upcoming referendum regarding appropriating and expending monies for the purchase of development rights to the property known as Jones Family Farms (Homestead Acres).
The Commission is desirous that this complicated issue be clearly communicated to the public in advance of the vote. Doing so will allow a better understanding of the program which has brought it to this stage, and which will be used in the future for similar attempts at preservation of privately owned lands from development. Such preservation provides a balance to land use in our community, helping to preserve a quality of life that draws businesses and residents to Shelton.
Itinerary:
10:00 Meet at Jones Family Farms (Pumpkin Seed Hill) on Beardsley Road. This provides the best vista view of the Homestead Acres for which the referendum question applies, and of the Shelton Family Farm, for which the development rights were recently purchased by the City of Shelton under the City’s Farm and Forest Protection Program (FFPP).
10:20 Self drive to Lake Emerson along Rte110 on the border of Shelton/Monroe. This fronts the Shelton Family Farm property and a member of the Shelton family will meet us there to make comment on their past participation in the City’s FFPP.
10:30 Self drive to Jones Family Farms, main farmyard. Transfer to a multi-passenger farm vehicle for farm trail ride to acreage covered by Homestead Acres parcel seeking preservation.
11:00 Return to main farmyard.
Contact:
Thomas Harbinson – Chairman Shelton Conservation Commission
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Attendees (not all confirmed):
Thomas Harbinson – Chairman Shelton Conservation Commission
Mark Lauretti – Mayor of Shelton
Terry Jones – Jones Family Farms
Guy Beardsley - Beardsley Organic Farm
Shelton family representative – Shelton Family Farms.
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