08/25 - Time: 5:30 PM

Meadows Plan Public Forum

It took two years and eight major public forums to create a Land Use Plan for the 4, 000 acres, mostly flood plain, called the Meadows that borders the Connecticut River in Northampton.

Now, three years later the Ad Hoc Committee on Best Practices hopes to bring many of the original participants farmers, residents, business owners, city staff and elected officials together for the first time since the plan was accepted.

The purpose is to record the story of what most consider a difficult but largely successful public process told by the people who made it happen. The forum, scheduled for August 25 at JFK Middle School, will include Marilyn Richards who was then Ward 3 Councilor , Councilor Bob Reckman, who was then Ward 3 Neighborhood Association President, Gerald Budgar organizer of the Meadows Coalition and Carolyn Misch the city’s senior planner as well as Director of Planning Wayne Feiden.

The Committee hopes to attract a number of the estimated 300 residents who were actively involved. “We want to record as many voices as possible” explains Lisa DePiano co-chair of the Commission, “ why people acted; what they did; and how they felt about the process”.

The Committee is researching models for best government practices and will make recommendations to the City Council later in the year. More information is available at: http://www.northamptonma.gov.

Location: JFK Middle School Community Room (wheelchair accessible)

Directions

100 Bridge Road
Florence, MA 01062

Contact Information

Alex Ghiselin
(413) 586-1849