Residents Organize And Create Master Plan For Town

Caspar, CA, has an ecologically-sensitive master plans designed by its residents.

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August 5, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

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

"For five years, this unincorporated village's 500 or so residents...have waged a sophisticated, impassioned campaign to preserve their town... Haunted by visions of an oceanfront Ramada, [they] seized control of their fate. Instead of protesting, the motley group of former strangers transformed themselves into a nonprofit organization suspiciously resembling a government. Collectively, they began designing a master plan for the town."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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