Norden Open Space - Norwalk residents

Enough is enough! We need open space, not more development.

I am opposed to changes to the Norden Place open space walking path and the modification to the Conservation Easement due to environmental considerations.

How many more developments do we need around here... the roads can’t handle the current traffic as it is. Plus haven’t we destroyed the environment enough in these towns without adding more insult to injury. All these animals that use this area are going to find there ways into our neighborhoods or become road kill searching for water and food... stop the insanity!!

Stop over developing our towns!

I am a resident at the Avalon East apartment building. The reason I moved into the building was the access to the conservation land. I have two Labrador Retrievers that enjoy long walk and I myself enjoy walking daily. The path from Avalon East to Westport through this beautiful land has great appeal. I love seeing the deer grazing in the morning and birds flitting around the trees throughout the year. The marsh grasses and streams are beautiful and the land is well maintained. Very little garbage. The deer use this land frequently and you can see their trail leading through the woods and out the fenced area into the open areas. According to Connecticut's own Open Space Acquisition Strategy - The Green Plan "'The Green Plan' - Connecticut's Comprehensive Open Space Acquisition Strategy - "The State's goal is to protect 673,210 acres or 21% of Connecticut's land as open space by the year 2023. Ten percent of this open space is to be DEEP-owned as State parks, forests, and wildlife areas. The other 11% is to be owned by towns, private non-profit land conservation organizations, water companies, and the federal government. As of June 30, 2019, the Department estimated that 508,718 acres, or 75.5% of the total open space goal, has been protected through the purchase of open space by the Department and its land conservation partners. The 2016-2020 Connecticut Comprehensive Open Space Acquisition Strategy (the Green Plan) prioritizes DEEP's actions through 2020 to best achieve the State's changing open space acquisition goals. The State envisions protecting for its residents a mixed landscape having rare and common natural communities, high-quality lakes, ponds, and streams, and plentiful public outdoor recreation." We need to preserve more land, not continue to build on it. This acreage is quite small - adding another 187 units will strain the local amenities, ruin conservation land, compromise the road along Norden Place to Westport, affect that Westport ne

Norwalk NEEDS open space! A NO BRAINER.

I firmly oppose this development

I am opposed to this proposed change and modification to the Conservation Easement.

As a Norwalk resident with family living at the East Norwalk Avalon who regularly use the open space walking path there, I oppose the proposed modification to the Conservation Easement.

I firmly oppose the variance to modify the Conservation Easement.

I oppose changing the easement

I am opposed to the change, do not modify the "Conservation Easement". Westport also opposes the change.

I am opposed to any further development in and around Nordeen Place....please stop this overdevelopment of apartments

I firmly oppose this development.

I am opposed to the change to the Norden Place open space

Save our open space. Please

Please stop this!

Ridiculous that these people want to destroy our bit of nature to enable him to profit off us!

as a current member of the wilton conservation commission i have first hand experience dealing with amendments/changes to conservation easements that ultimately benefit developers to the detriment of neighbors and other town residents. these types of changes can become a slippery slope that can undo or severely limit conservation benefits purchased at town and tax payer expense. i am opposed to the change for reasons previously mentioned.

I do not support the easement proposed for this project.