Once again, the importance of LOCAL CONTROL and what is going on right here in your town was highlighted when some of our GSF warriors traveled to help the residents of Rindge.
From the Ledger-Transcript:
“RINDGE — A group of approximately 200 Rindge residents met at the Rindge Recreation Building on Tuesday night to hear Save Our Town Director Larry Cleveland, State Rep. Jack Flanagan of Brookline and State Rep. John Burt of Goffstown speak about their concerns with accepting N.H. Housing Finance Authority and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants.
Cleveland began the non-town-sponsored meeting by sharing with the audience what he found out in January: The town of Rindge had plans to change the zoning regulations for the area at the intersection of Routes 119 and 202, and the town would be using $24,800 in grant money from the NHHFA and associated with HUD to help with these zoning regulation changes. The suggestions for these new regulations were outlined in the Rindge Charrette, a compilation of ideas created over a two-day intensive and open-to-the-public session in January 2012 with help from the Plan NH non-profit.”
And therein lies the problem. Non-profits, NGOs, and other special interests from out of state seem to be driving the discussions about whether towns should change their zoning laws to satisfy the demands of HUD which seeks to redistribute the wealth through zoning.
“A number of people showed up to the charrette last January and helped with the conceptual design of West Rindge Village,” Pini said. “After that, the Planning Board adopted the design as part of the Master Plan.” She added, “However, we currently don’t have zoning regulations that allow for that design.” ”
Indeed, HUD expects zoning to be changed just as it did in Westchester NY. And that non-profit who “helped” of course was none other than Plan NH who ran the Delphi Session.
The words Granite State Future were not mentioned in the article, but thank goodness the people of Rindge woke up just in time.