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Posted: June 29, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
John Kiker 860-868-1439SUMMER FAIR ON THE WASHINGTON GREEN
ANNOUNCES RAINY DAY TAG SALE ON JULY 24, 2009, 9:00 AM-4:00 PMWashington, Connecticut – April 15, 2010 – Despite repeated downpours of rain and steady humidity, the Washington Green Fair was held as scheduled on Saturday, July 10th. But due to the reduced crowds, the Fair was not able to sell all the donations it had received -- and raise the target amount of money for the upkeep of the Green as well as to help with the construction of a planned handicap access to the Worship Hall.
The church is holding a Rain Day Tag Sale on July 24th from 9 AM-4PM. All activities will take place in the Church Parish Hall on the Green. There are many items remaining from the Tag Sale, Gift Boutique, Silent Auction and the Ladies apparel booth. There is also a good deal of fine, used furniture remaining.
As in years past, proceeds from the Green Fair will go to maintaining the Washington Green, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the historic Meeting House. The Fair also supports valuable services the First Congregational Church of Washington provides to the area community such as affordable housing; various support groups and a non-sectarian nursery school. Regarding the handicap access, plans have been approved by the members of the church and will now go to the appropriate town commissions for approvals.
More information: Church office 860-868-0569
Posted: June 29, 2010
WASHINGTON ROADS
Congratulations go out to the Conservation Commission in Washington, which proudly sent out a release announcing that portions of two state roads in the lovely New Preston section of town have been officially designated as scenic by the state Department of Transportation (DOT).
The scenic status, which was requested in 2008 and approved by DOT Commissioner Joseph F. Marie earlier this month, applies to a 2.8-mile section of Route 202, between Rabbit Hill Road and Route 45, and to a 0.5-mile segment of Route 45, between Route 202 and West Shore Road.
While the honor for the roadways is nice, the importance of the designation lies elsewhere. As the Conservation Commission notes, the designation requires that the scenic qualities of the roadscape be considered when the DOT maintains or improves the roads. Based on state statutes, the DOT must provide public notice of planned alterations to scenic roads, and those alterations get reviewed by the DOT’s Scenic Road Advisory Committee, which determines whether the modifications would affect a road’s scenic qualities.
If the committee concludes that proposed improvements would have significant impacts, the project is referred back to its designer, along with recommendations for avoiding, mitigating, or minimizing the adverse impacts, the Conservation Commission noted. The recommendations can be overridden, but only by the DOT commissioner.
The state law, combined with the new designation for parts of these vital and beautiful roads, provides a layer of protection that is necessary and quite welcome. At the end of its release, the Conservation Commission points out that with the new designations along Routes 202 and 45, the state has 296.17 miles of scenic roads. The label, and even the protections scenic status affords, may not be universally viewed as significant, but the impact of having lovely vistas and wonderful corridors to travel is as meaningful as it is to difficult to quantify.
Just as wonderful, and likely quantifiable, is the amount of work done by the Conservation Commission. The effort was outstanding and should serve as a model for land-use panels in other Litchfield County communities. Why shouldn’t our region make a concerted effort to have the most state scenic roads of any county in Connecticut and keep adding pretty miles to the roster?
The Litchfield County Times
Editorial, Monday, June 28, 2010
Reprinted with permission
Posted: June 24, 2010
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