Activists Not Impressed By Developer's 'Smart Growth' Claim

Officials and environmental activists are fighting plans by cranberry grower A.D. Makepeace Company to develop 3,500 to 6,000 units of housing and roughly 3 million square feet of commercial space on their land in Southeastern Massachusetts.

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September 7, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"The Makepeace proposal calls for 3,500 to 6,000 units of housing, roughly 3 million square feet of commercial, retail, and office space, a resort hotel and conference center, and four golf courses. Makepeace is touting the proposal as "smart growth" because buildings would be clustered together, leaving large areas of open space.But members of the new coalition say that building anything at all on the property is not smart environmentally, because the cranberry uplands and pine barrens are a sensitive habitat for endangered species."

Thanks to Bruce Hughes

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