Proposed
Zoning Revision Prompts Big-Box Fears
Diane Struzzi, Hartford Courant - September 20 2006
SIMSBURY -- A proposed change to the town's zoning regulations that supports
mixed-use development has spurred concern among a homeowners' organization
opposed to big-box retail developments. <<Click here to read more>>
Reality Of Big Boxes
In
“A Kinder, Dentler Big Box?” [July 23, Place Section], columnist Tom Condon
asks, “Can a big box be part of an appealing mixed-use development?” There are
two answers: a theoretical “maybe”, but a realistic “no.” <<Click here to read more>>
Highway to the Danger Zone
The battle over River
Oaks, a big-box development in
Nathan Conz, The
Monday night, there was an
elephant in the room at a special meeting of the Simsbury Zoning Commission.
That elephant was the
pending creation of River Oaks, a mixed-use, big-box development planned by Konover
Development Corporation on land off Hopmeadow Street near the Avon border.
A large,
vocal citizens group, Simsbury Homeowners Advocating Responsible Expansion
(SHARE), opposes the development and, on Monday, they joined Zoning Commission
members, a handful of other town officials and one devilishly handsome reporter
to fill a conference room. <<Click here to read more>>
The Myth Of Big Bucks And Big Box Developments
Tom Sevigny, Hartford
Courant - July 23 2006
I recently had the
pleasure of attending a SHARE (Simsbury Homeowners Advocating Responsible
Expansion) sponsored forum on River Oaks, the proposed big box development - or
should I say lifestyle center - on Route 10.
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