Oh, my! Greensboro has finally become Washington, D.C!. What a shame. I used to live in a simple community of mostly farmers. Not anymore. Now we have zoom meetings and signs and lawyers.
I believe the current problems may have started about five plus years ago when the town held a series of meetings to determine its future. (By the way, only certain people attended those: not too many working class, but quite a few vacation class.) We came up with a gigantic wish list: more trails, more parking, more housing, more sunshine, a more pristine lake. That list got narrowed down.
One wish was for more housing . . . Be careful what you wish for . . . that wish might come true! We want things but maybe not in our backyard! Everything has consequences.
I’m still undecided about the housing issue, but simply put, I would love to see some young working class people move into town . . . preferably farmers and skiers!
Several things have been said about the proposed housing project. The building began as a school. . . I went to seventh grade there until it was no longer a high school. It is a very solid building; it has not been “neglected.” I was on a former select board. The voters did not ask for major upgrades and I for one don’t want to do that without a solid plan.
Some people have said we need this space. For what? We have the elementary school, Fellowship Hall, the library and the great Highland Center for the Arts for meeting venues. I hate to let go of a town building for fear of needing it, but a future school is looking bleaker. We could spend a million dollars on this building in a heartbeat but for what? Maybe it’s time to let it go.
This project has several problems: septic, parking and NIMBY! I have a hard time supporting any project that will bring more vacation people into Greensboro but more regular working people would be great.
Lack of septic for a proposed town hall project brings me to the septic project. It’s not happening now. I do think both villages and the lake would benefit from a real municipal septic [system], but that was not what was planned. I’ve understood numbers: anywhere from $60,000 to $250,000 per household to have that septic plan: maybe accurate: maybe not. At those numbers, why not let everyone install their own mound system for $25,000 or less? Don’t spend the grant money just because it’s free . . . it’s not.
All through these two projects our town government has been abused. I think information could have been handled better by the select board. I discovered these things by accident this summer even though they have been in the planning stages for years. Maybe that was my fault, my head was stuck in the sand, but accurate information needs to be more prevalent.
Keep in mind, the current select board wasn’t here when these projects began. I really don’t know why they would want to continue given the abuse they’ve taken.
Maybe some of the naysayers should volunteer rather than complain.
On second thought, don’t.
I’m not sure I want you running our town.
We have a great town clerk who helps guide the select board in their management of town business. She doesn’t deserve the grief she has received.
Finally, it’s okay to disagree.
Run for office if you feel that strongly, but signs and lawyers? There is such a thing as constructive criticism and so far I don’t think we’re hearing any.
