States 4 and 5 pass plug in solar legalization!!! Congrats to Maryland and Colorado, both pending Gov signature
#1 fastest thing that can be passed to lower home energy bills within 12 moths. Countdown is on for CT to join in the action
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It’s incredible
>unarmed pleasure vessel inexplicably capable of running a blockade
What did he know?
Solar+battery storage is the future of clean energy and supply ☀️🔋
Not mentioning it on this list is insane!
“Before we start spending big on building bigger highways, we should be sure the data is not leading us astray.” 👏👏👏
Love to see this from the CBIA Foundation for Economic Growth & Opportunity’s director, Dustin Nord
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(Assuming btw that 3.4x basically means that converting a SFH to a quadplex or sixplex pencils, but not a single family to duplex)
Really cool and informative research. It seems clear to me that w/the price per square foot in lower Fairfield county, these areas would have been redeveloped into missing middle along with larger complexes in places like downtown had a market been allowed to exist.
Hmm not sure it’s fair to say I “hand waved” wetland regs…I guess I’m not fully understanding your point. There is 50% of land (in that one area you id’d, there are other parts of Grewnwich) that isn’t at high risk of flooding.
Why wouldn’t those be open to redevelopment?
It’s a really good piece! This is the type of energy (pun totally intended) we need in the caucus
Inject this into my veins 💉💉💉. A candidate for state rep talking about reducing permitting barriers for solar in the state. This is the future 👏
Great for the environment, great for the climate, and great for consumers!
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Oh for the record, I know you’re not opposed to burning! When I say building on some of these lots, though, I especially wonder about missing middle like townhomes, quadplexes, or sixplexes. The land values seem high enough that they’d pencil and would have been built if not for being illegal?
I guess I’d argue that a) maybe it’s not worth maintaining those stations, then? But b) that means that “more than half” isn’t either of those two.
Surely you think that if left to the market, those areas would have more homes than they do now?
That’s actually a great example of why there could be so many more homes. Most places there are low risk.
The best way I’d frame it: imagine no exclusionary zoning but still reasonable wetlands regs…what would Greenwich look like today if it hadn’t been frozen for 60 years?
I both agree and wonder if “holding the GA senate seat” is more important??
Exactly! ECS funds are worth 56% of what they were in 2014 adjusted for inflation.
Harder job to be a mayor or first selectman in this world!
America's cities and suburbs are disfigured by hundreds of aging, underused "office parks".
Imagine rebuilding them as walkable mixed-use neighborhoods, using Japan's zoning laws, building codes, street standards and fire vehicles. We could revive local economies & build so much affordable housing.
*whispers: the Noroton Heights TOD are fine but clearly should have been taller and had a much, much larger footprint*
The most well-situated geographic town in the state of CT w/beach access and 4 train stations to GCT totally dominated by NIMBY extremists
Functionally *zero* population growth in 60 years. The opportunity costs for the state and its residents is massive
There’s nothing that radicalizes you more re: land use than riding by Greenwich’s 4 (4!!!!—Bridgeport has 1) MetroNorth train stations and seeing nothing but 1-2 story commercial, parking, and small $1.5 million homes
Commercial fisherman with a grizzled, white beard running a marathon is some peak New England shit
LFG! 👏💪👏💪
As an owner of a leash-reactive dog…this policy 100%
I assume the pressure for my council to examine this during next year’s revaluation will be overwhelming, but we’ll see.
(And yes I understand the challenge of people who bought houses w/fixed incomes and face rising taxes—I’m in that camp!).
We’ve hit the “local government trying to artificially deflate owner-occupied residential values” phase of CTs housing and municipal finance crises
Shielding homeowners from one of the consequences of blocking so much housing…not great!
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Little Groton CT!
"The military’s orders have left Groton with a high-stakes challenge: how to resurrect a bygone era of military might in a far-flung seaside town short on workers, homes and transit.
It’s amazing said Senator Martha Marx. Except we don’t have anywhere for these people to live."
Disgusting stroad.
Drivers have killed 10 pedestrians/cyclists so far this year in Connecticut.
The most recent preventable death happened last night on Route 71 in New Britain at the intersection with Village Square Dr. by Target.
www.realhartford.org/pedestrian-m...
#CrashNotAccident #VisionZero #SafeStreetsCT
Doing a walking food tour (vegetarian friendly!!!) of Jackson Heights, Queens. Diversity Plaza is small, but you love to see any pedestrianized space!
I’d argue it’s not even really a road, and especially not necessary one. You could use Commerce Drive and Black Rock/Brewster
But totally agree, even if you argue it’s a road, it absolutely cannot be worth the insane over-engineering and costs
As you point out, there’s nothing to “study,” we know what the issue is.
(As we all know, a commission looks like action in an election year and then the governor can do or not something after)
