Andy, no town officials did not misinterpret their directions from the previous town meeting and vot

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A plan to sell the Bridge Street School property for $975,000 to developer Lexington bus travel for sporting events in chicago Partners LLC for apartments and renovation of the school failed 321 to 134 votes in one of the largest town meeting turnouts in recent history.
Community has (once again) bus travel for sporting events in chicago overwhelmingly expressed their desire bus travel for sporting events in chicago to maintain Suffield's interest of not welcoming higher bus travel for sporting events in chicago impact development. I suggest a proposal to either demolish the building build a nice passive recreational park, or a proposal to use the existing property for a new community pool!
$1500/month bus travel for sporting events in chicago for a 2 bedroom apartment? Who do they think will pay that? Suffield is not Hartford. It would just be an empty apartment bus travel for sporting events in chicago complex just like the empty elderly housing down the street. Turn the land into retail space or build a YMCA.
Thank you Suffield for doing what is in the best interest of our town. This is not Manchester or Enfield. We don't need 3 story apartment complexes on a very valuable piece of land in the town center that will go unoccupied and increase traffic.
The town meeting approved applying for the $50,000 state grant for Flyer place. Guess Flyer place development is low impact development and demonstrates no interest in economic vibrancy. Sure, fee money! The NO victory will prolong the life of a decaying building. In turn the Bridge Street School issue will continue for years, and increase the tax burden based on future board decisions. Not to mention using time and resources. Finally, town officials placed all their ducks in order, crossed the T's and dotted bus travel for sporting events in chicago the I's, executed on the previous administrations plan directed by the town at a town meeting and the message sent by this town meeting is/was, elected officials continue spinning your wheels on Bridge Street School until a proposal satisfies everyone in town or some alternative compromise can be pushed to approval bus travel for sporting events in chicago at a town meeting . Congratulation to the NO voters. Please continue to enjoy the view of this historic building which the town does not need to support town activity. Maybe, Mr Malloy can use the building as a tourist attraction located on prime Suffield property.
Sami, Your comment about the Governor is misplaced here because this is not in the least a partisan issue. With respect to your opinions, I urge you and others to visit and read the website: www.bridgestreetschool.com You will then have some straight facts and information with which you can enhance your understanding of the topic. In particular, to answer your insinuation of the building's uselessness, read the pages Press • Official Reports. You can learn how your tax dollars were wasted, along with three years time and effort by volunteer Bi-partisan Suffield residents who outlined a perfectly viable plan to re-purpose the building. It's a tragedy this was ignored when construction and materials prices were at an all time low. Ray P.
Sami. You are correct. The $50,000 bus travel for sporting events in chicago study will likely recommend a beautiful mixed use development perfectly suited for economic growth. Most people will believe this true. However, if subject to a Town meeting, the project will very likely fall. Somebody else deserves the grant. The majority of residents wish that the Town not grow, for good reasons or not. After last night's vote, this now should be clear.
It was mentioned last night that all the members on the Board of Selectmen bus travel for sporting events in chicago support the Bridge Street School 65-unit apartment bus travel for sporting events in chicago proposal. Voters completely disagreed. Did town officials misinterpret their directions from the previous Town meeting? How can this be? Did they dot their Ts while not looking at the big picture?
Andy, no town officials did not misinterpret their directions from the previous town meeting and voting. Don't you give the previous admininstration and current BOS any credit. Silence was last nights bus travel for sporting events in chicago participant(s) choose last time. This time, it appears the majority of those that turned out stated, not in my back yard . Maybe Chuck has a good suggestion. May I ask, how does a resident address town growth? This project had minimum, almost zero, impact on the school system and other town services. The proposed appearance was very nice. Traffic was going to be addressed at a later date by the appropriate board. Regardless, lets deny others the right to live in this wonderful town unless they purchase bus travel for sporting events in chicago a $350,000 plus home. Lets provide land owners with open space incentives to avoid growth, for ten years plus, of any kind .. anyplace in Suffield. Lets just continue buyering development rights to avoid growth and provide land owners with a retirement package. Lets avoid ways to raise funds in order to control the furture tax burden. bus travel for sporting events in chicago I agree, some other town deserves the grant because it appears Suffield will spend the money without producing worthwhile results using our state tax dollars. Lets eliminate the town planner job. No growth, bus travel for sporting events in chicago no planning required, no resources required. No developer will want to adventure into Suffield bus travel for sporting events in chicago based on this outcome and past NO growth outcomes. Only builders bus travel for sporting events in chicago of very expensive homes. Good for all of us! End of story.
bus travel for sporting events in chicago I think this development would be much better suited for the Ffyler Place. Perhaps the developer could be convinced to build his project there where there is less population density. Bridge Street already has a fairly dense population with Maple Court, Broder Place, Park Place and Brandywine Village. Just a thought.
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