No Affordable Housing For Police Officers, Fire Fighters, Teachers, Nurses Or EMS
Greenwich Resident Bernadette Settelmeyer Caught The Planning and Zoning Commission Trying To Pull A Fast One
THE QUOTE:
"We are looking at the history of it, the language of it," says Greenwich Town Attorney Wayne Fox
THE STORY:
Greenwich close to Cos Cob Power Plant affordable housing opinion- Greenwich Time
By Colleen Flaherty
Staff Writer
After 20 years, the town has begun to address the obligation to build affordable housing stemming from its 1989 purchase of the former Cos Cob Power Plant property.
The 24 affordable units Greenwich ultimately promised to build in exchange for the 9-acre property, which it bought from the state for just $1, have never been built, but Town Attorney Wayne Fox said he is reviewing documents related to the sale to see what, if any, obligation still exists......
.....As the commission debated park waterfront access and lighting schemes on Jan. 15, central Greenwich resident Bernadette Settelmeyer presented a letter asking what had become of the town's obligation. She asked that the Planning and Zoning Commission require the town to meet the requirement as part of the application for use of the site.....
CORECTION:
A Greenwich Roundup Reader Has Corrected Part Of This Story:
http://greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/2009/03/030709-reader-submitted-comments.html
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