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WESTPORT JOURNAL ARTICLE on 8-30g town meeting on 2/27, 7:00 PM westport library
"Westport Journal" article (https://is.gd/W8MGjv) As Westport’s four-year moratorium to the state’s affordable housing law, widely known by its statutory number, 8-30g, expires next month, a “community conversation” about its impact is planned Feb. 27, 7:00 PM, at the Westport Library. Panelists will be: state Rep. Jonathan Steinberg, D-Westport; Town Attorney Ira Bloom; Planning and Zoning Commission Chairwoman Danielle Dobin, and Evonne Klien, chief executive officer of the Connecticut Center to End Homelessness. The program, organized by the Representative Town Meeting, will be moderated by RTM Moderator Jeff Wieser.
SOS IN THE NEWS - CT INSIDER ARTICLE, 2/7/2023
"CT Insider" article (https://is.gd/glYrWU) on Save Old Saugatuck's appeal taking our case from the CT State Superior Court to the CT State Appellate Court. Attorney Green will have the opportunity to present the compelling reasons that legally support retaining a single family neighborhood on Hiawatha Lane Extension and simultaneously would protect every other home in our community of Old Saugatuck. This initial appeal is just the first step in the appeal process... and we will continue to take this as far as possible. We have come so far with your support.
SOS IN THE NEWS - "06880" blog, 1/29/2023
Thank you Dan Woog for your coverage of our efforts to Save The Old Saugatuck community.
"Summit Saugatuck — the 187-unit development on Hiawatha Lane Extension, near I-95 Exit 17 — has plowed ahead.
Last summer, what seemed to be the final steps for construction occurred. The last tenants left their homes, and heavy equipment moved in.
For 2 decades, neighbors have fought the proposal. Yesterday, after countless setbacks, Carolanne Curry — one of the most dogged opponents — sent this message..."
Read the article on Dan's blog "06880" HERE.
A new year is upon us!
SOS IN THE NEWS - CT POST - DEC 14, 2022
Residents opposing an affordable housing project on Hiawatha Lane are seeking more than $23,000 ahead of the project's next court appearance this week to allow the legal challenge to continue.
CT Post article HERE.
A tense neighborhood meeting...
AUGUST 8 2022
The familiar awareness that “material wealth” for many means their automatic claim to intelligence, while at the same time they do not necessarily accept that the individuals who are “struggling from payday to payday” posses an equal claim to intelligence.
This assumption was quite apparent this past Saturday, August 6th, when a new set of faces from Summit Saugatuck LLC, met with residents to discuss “construction plans” for the 157 apartment units proposed to go up in their backyard.
Summit shouldn’t have been surprised at the reception from the residents; they shouldn’t have been so condescending, and they shouldn’t have insulted the genuine collective intelligence of the residents with dismissive remarks and telling everyone that the project is going forward.
How’s that for a new definition of "working together"?
Check out this Westport Journal article covering the event HERE.
In the meantime, we continue with our legal efforts to amend and/or hault this out-of proportion monstrosity, and as always, we appreciate your support.
Our neighborhood is a community - not a commodity!
Your continued support is appreciated. Contribute online via PayPal, debit or credit card HERE, or send a check to the address, shown at the bottom of this page.
MAP A
Phase one (Map A) of the total plan is shown by the yellow spaces. Phase two of the total plan is shown by the blue spaces. Phase 3 is shown by the white spaces, which indicates the final phase of replace and rebuild Old Saugatuck. That adds up to 100% “redevelopment” for all of the entire Old Saugatuck community of homes.
MAP B
See the rough outline drawn of Charney’s three phases of proposed development to replace and rebuild Old Saugatuck. Note village 1 (Same as yellow in Map A), village 2 (Same as blue in Map A), and village 3 (Same as white in Map A).
Where do you live?
ILLUSTRATION C
Finally, view Illustration C, provided by the developer and which serves as confirmation and affirmation of how Felix Charney intends to completely restructure and redefined Old Saugatuck into a collection of high-end market units sited on a piece of vulnerable land, filled with wetlands, watercourses, flooding and conservation easements.
GET INVOLVED
Our resistance continues ~ Save Old Saugatuck was formed in 2003 to stop Felix Charney, of Summit Saugatuck LLC, from destroying an historic Westport, CT neighborhood. His development plans will encompass every one of these streets: Ferry Lane West, Hiawatha Lane, Indian Hill Road, Davenport Ave., Heritage Court, Dr. Gillette Circle, Hiawatha Lane Extension, and West End Avenue.
Charney is trying to convince the Westport Conservation Commission that land on Hiawatha Lane Extension is suitable for 187 units of rental housing, and that there is no problem with water, existing wetlands and watercourses in this area, when in fact, it is totally unsuitable for any plan that calls for a combined total of five, three, and four-story buildings.
This area has long been recognized as an area of wetlands, that is frequently saturated with water, and historically has severely limited building permitted.
We are encouraging friends, neighbors and concerned citizens to please share pictures of the flooding that already steadily occurs with the overflow of waterways going through the Hiawatha Lane Extension area.... or any other items you feel relevant... and all are invited to share their present stories and remembrances of this area when it was considered “swampland.
If you have any questions or want to know how you can lend further support or help, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Let’s achieve one more victory for ourselves in our 15-year fight to Save Old Saugatuck.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Carolanne Curry
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29 Hiawatha Lane Extension,
Westport, CT. 06880
203-227-3573
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YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Help Save the Historic Saugatuck Community of Westport, CT.
Your contribution today helps to make a difference.