Dear Colleagues and Neighbors,
I am writing to you in regard to the hundreds of acres of mostly contiguous open space land within Bellingham, Franklin and Medway that are part of the US Army Corps of Engineers Natural Valley Storage Area. I have had the opportunity to meet most of you at some point in the last 10 months so you will be aware of my effort to gather support for improved public access to this land. In the course of this period I have met with Metacomet Land Trust, the Conversation Commission of Bellingham, and the Open Space Committee of Medway as well as talking with several officials in Franklin.
In September Representative Jeff Roy (D-Franklin) and Representative Kevin J. Kuros (R- Uxbridge) joined me for a morning of driving and walking around the property. Both men expressed surprise at the extent of the property and indicated a willingness to seek “seed” funding, perhaps for an engineering study, to look at how public access could be improved.
In hopes of building some momentum together, I have reserved a meeting room at the King Street fire station in Franklin to discuss how those of us in each of our three communities can better work together toward this goal while also working effectively with US and Massachusetts officials involved in management of the property.
Specifically, I would like to include on the agenda:
- Developing an inventory of existing or potential public access points...
- Sharing experience/insights about working across communities and state/federal jurisdictions
- Clarifying potential “next steps” toward making the “Charles River Meadowlands” an integral part of the open space picture across our three towns.
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| Mine Brook flows into the Natural Valley Storage Area |
The meeting will be held on Thursday, Jan 28, 2016 from 6:30- 8:30 PM
LOCATION:
- John Durand Memorial Fire Station
- Station #2
- 600 King Street
- Franklin, Massachusetts
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