Let's Learn to Play Nice - We'll All Benefit

From: Vincent Piselli
Conservation Commission
ECC - Open Space Management committee leader

Dear ECC members,

You may have already seen the post, however I will continue to remind everyone. On Wed., June 20th, @ 7:30 @ Parsons C...

The Conservation Commission will host 2 ( and possibly a 3rd) guest speakers. These are directors of the Trust for Public Land, New England - a non - profit consulting group. They will come prepared to share with us success stories that they have had mentoring various cities throughout New England in organizing themselves in productive ways that result in restoring, improving and maintaining their parks.

A key element to all of this will be discussions on funding this work. The TPL park restoration program has been accomplished successfully many times and continues to grow.

We will be given an opportunity to accept help from TPL to help us get on track in Milford.

I think we should accept it enthusiastically. I don't see any reason why Milford's nature lovers shouldn't learn to play nice, get our shared goals accomplished and build on success.

Milford has incredible resources at it's finger tips -- both natural and community. Isn't it time we met outside the sandbox, agreed to stop to throwing stuff at each other and promised to work together to build beautiful castles?

I'm ready - I hope you are.

Vin.

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posted by Vincent Piselli @ 3:28 AM 0 Comments Links to this post  

What You Can Do To Make Milford More Sustainable

The information below were some thoughts Alan Brewster (who spoke at the May 17th ECC meeting) had about how the ECC could work to make Milford more sustainable.

1. Get Milford to accept more materials for recycling
2. Modify zoning for smart growth--higher density, mixed use linked to public transit
3. Improve public transit--frequency, more routes, connections to Metro-North
4. Improve conditions for bicycle riders
5. Improve energy efficiency in all public facilities
6. Invest in renewable energy sources
7. Advocate for better public transit
8. Advocate for other green house gas reduction programs--e.g., carbon tax, better car mileage (CAFE) standards
9. Plant more trees

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posted by Chris R, Milford ECC @ 10:49 AM 1 Comments Links to this post