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A Vermonter’s View

In the 1950’s when I was growing up, the Valley was made up of farms, homes, and apartment houses that were rented to live in.

My grandfather had an 87 acre farm. When the government said he had to have a bulk tank, and this-and-that, he went out of farming, as almost all the dairy farms did.

My grandfather died soon after, and most of the land was sold because it wasn’t making money to pay for it. The person who bought the land in the early ‘70’s wanted to put a store on some of the property near 100B, but he, like everyone else, was told the land was zoned residential and agricultural. For years that has kept the beauty, the peace and quiet of the Valley, the same for thirty years.

If you look at Williston, Vermont, one person wanted to put a business there and the zoning made room for one building. I remember the farms and open land. WOW, look at what the land looks like now from that one business.

To my understanding, (Moretown) zoning allows for a quarry in a residential and agricultural zone if it meets certain conditions. I don’t see how a project like the proposed quarry would meet any of these conditions, with the size they’re talking about and amount of excavation planned.

It’s a shame to spoil what we have, just so a few can be a little richer. You can be rich in other ways, by the beauty and peacefulness of the land, enjoying the wildlife, clean air, and the beautiful Mad River.

I don’t think anyone who lives near the (proposed) quarry wants the noise, the land changed, the wildlife gone, or the Mad River dirty. What about the effect on their wells? We don’t need the pollution or the heavy traffic on the roads.

Mark Austin
Moretown
Updated: 7/3/08

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