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Sabin's Pasture Area Working Group
Media Accounts
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City Manager's Press Release - Zorzi Settlement
The Aja/Zorzi family, the State of Vermont Agency of Transportation ("VTrans") and the City of Montpelier have settled pending litigation concerning the City's acquisition of two parcels of land as part of the Pioneer Street Bridge construction project.
PRESS RELEASE, May 22, 2006
Local Press Accounts
- • Montpelier zoning plan runs into big roadblock, February 3, 2006
- • Many pan, few praise Montpelier draft zoning plan, January 24, 2006
- • Montpelier rezoning adds layer of review, January 22, 2006
- • Future of Sabin's pasture murky as ever, January 22, 2006
- • Stalemate continues over Sabin's, August 30, 2005
- • Logging of Sabin's Pasture spurs protest, August 17, 2005
- • Owners logging Sabin's Pasture, August 14, 2005
- • What's ahead for Sabin's Pasture?, May 15, 2005
- • Sabin's changes to go before Council, January 28, 2005
- • Planners tangled up on Sabin's Pasture, January 21, 2005
- • Interim zoning expires in May, January 13, 2005
- • City proposes changes to master plan, December 24, 2004
- • Land wars, December 9, 2004
- • Zoning committee has its own problems, December 9,
2004
- • City cuts contract with planning firm, November
19,
2004
- • Zoning hearing airs City residents concerns,
November 17,
2004
- • Montpelier may end contract to overhaul zoning ,
November 13,
2004
- • City may end deal with firm on zoning,
November 12,
2004
- • Montpelier may pare back high-cost planning contract,
November 9,
2004
- • Correction,
November 9,
2004
- • Sabin's Pasture plan limits development,
October 31,
2004
- • Montpelier Council stands by reasons for hiring
consultant,
September 21,
2004
- • Montpelier pays top dollar for planning,
September 1,
2004
- • Montpelier OKs zoning consultant,
August 26,
2004
- • Capital planners seek OK to hire consultants,
August 25,
2004
- • Montpelier struggling to set open space rules,
June 12, 2004
- • Sabin's Pasture zoning remains tough issue,
October 28, 2003
- • Next move awaited on Sabin’s Pasture,
August 12, 2003
- • 'Open space' targeted, July 17, 2003
- • Developer presents new plan for Sabin’s Pasture,
June 3, 2003
- • Sabin's Pasture targeted by competing plans, May
3, 2003
- • Sabin's Pasture petition handed in, March 19, 2003
- • Montpelier residents turn out in force for summit,
September 25, 2002
- • Capital Council agrees on zoning changes,
July 25, 2002
- • Housing dominates city council meeting,
June 28, 2002
- • Planners review new Sabin's Pasture plan,
June 4, 2002
- • Revised
Sabin's Pasture plan discussed, May 30, 2002
- • Debate
stalls over Sabin's Pasture, March 20, 2002
- • Planners rethink review process,
February 20, 2002
- • Group appeals decision on pasture process,
February 14, 2002
- • Sabin's Pasture project subject of hearing,
February 5, 2002
- • Housing plan surprises Montpelier officials,
January 15, 2002
- • Sabin's field may be site for housing,
March 6, 2001
Op-eds & Letters
Some of the
letters to the editor, editorials, and Op Ed pieces in the Times
Argus:
- • Capital Council objects to overlay district, Feburary 9,
2006
- • A Green vision for Sabin's, Feburary 7,
2006
- • Where's the balance, January 23,
2006
- • Why not EcoCity Montpelier?, September 1, 2005
- • Flavor of the day and a cup of Sabin's, August 30, 2005
- • Pasture brouhaha bodes ill for housing, August 26, 2005
- • Zoning has key public purpose, December 21,
2004
- • Sabin's Pasture comments clarified, December 16, 2004
- • Sabin's Pasture has diverse features, December 9,
2004
- • Some history on Sabin's owners, November 30,
2004
- • Time to stop 'elite force', November 23,
2004
- • Not a formula for council success, November 19,
2004
- • A reminder from property owners, November 12,
2004
- • Flawed process, unclear goals, high cost justify
reconsidering Montpelier consultant, December 9,
2004 (Op Ed)
- • Friends should buy Sabin's Pasture, October 29,
2003 (5th letter on page)
- • Ten ways to say 'no', October 21,
2003 (last letter on page)
- • Montpelier needs smart growth, October 18,
2003 (2nd letter on page)
- • We should protect grand open space, May 22, 2003
(2nd letter on page)
- • Group urges cautious growth, December 17, 2002
(4th letter on page)
- • Save the pasture?, November 28, 2002 (1st letter
on page)
- • Developing Sabin’s pasture, September 30, 2002 (7th letter
on page)
- • Letter to the Montpelier council, June 10, 2002
(3rd
letter
on page)
- • Thoughts on Sabin’s Pasture, February 28, 2002
(8th
letter
on page)
- • Sabin’s Pasture, February 26, 2002
(1st letter on page)
- • Other options, February 26, 2002
(5th letter on page)
- • Fair review needed, February 26, 2002
(8th letter on page)
- • A clarification, February 16, 2002
(1st letter on page)
- • Letter to the editor from City Manager William Fraser,
February 16, 2002
- • Friends of Sabin's Pasture, February 5, 2002 (7th
letter
on page)
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