<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: courier new,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>I have no position on the development one way or the other, though I am glad to see that our neighborhood is watching things closely. But as a matter of policy, I do wish that Providence would require that at least some portion of new developments include affordable housing. I assume that isn't happening in this particular case.<div><br></div><div>m</div><div>203 Rochambeau Avenue<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Mark Santow<br>Associate Professor and Chair, History<br>University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth<br><br>Blog: <a href="http://www.chantsdemocratic.blogspot.com/">http://www.chantsdemocratic.blogspot.com/</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/alinskylives">http://www.twitter.com/alinskylives</a></font><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">"<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; text-align: left; ">Dogma is the enemy of human freedom...The human spirit glows from that small inner doubt of whether we are right, while those who believe with complete certainty that they possess the right are dark inside and darken the world with cruelty, pain, and injustice."</span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; text-align: left; "><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 17px; text-align: left; "><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1971</font></span></div><span name="x"></span><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Robert Garzillo" <rgarzill@risd.edu><br><b>To: </b>"Jeffrey Cavanaugh" <jeff@cavanaugh.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"Summit Neighborhood" <Summit@sna.providence.ri.us><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, November 10, 2014 8:23:33 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Summit] Answer to questions: Rochambeau/Blackstone Estate Subdivision<br><br><div dir="ltr">No, the gatehouse is separate and not included in the development plans. There is another large building on the property, behind the house you see from Rochambeau that was originally Mr. Brigham's art studio. William Brigham taught metalsmithing at RISD.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Jeffrey Cavanaugh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff@cavanaugh.org" target="_blank">jeff@cavanaugh.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">So I assume the main house and the gate house (which is already a separate lot) make 11 and 12?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Ellen Darling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ellendarling@gmail.com" target="_blank">ellendarling@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Dear Neighbors, </span><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">To answer your questions: <br><div><br></div><div>The community is not against development-- we are simply pushing for <u>appropriate </u>development of the estate that is consistent with the nature of the area-- i.e. larger lots and keeping the stone wall built in 1849. <div><br></div><div><b>Also, to clarify:</b> The estate is being dismantled into 12 lots. 10 of the 12 lots would be 6,000 sq feet each. The new law that goes into effect next month mandates that 7,500 sq feet be the minimum lot size. By filing their petition now, the owners effectively circumvent the new law. </div><div><br></div><div>Also-- <u>this new law was written especially</u> to reflect the historical nature of this neighborhood. </div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks for your support on this, Summit! </div><div><br></div><div>Warmly, Ellen Darling, on behalf of the Blackstone Neighborhood Organization</div></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="https://www.change.org/p/paul-wackrow-preserve-our-community-support-our-neighborhood" target="_blank">https://www.change.org/p/paul-wackrow-preserve-our-community-support-our-neighborhood</a><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Finally, if you do not wish to sign an online petition, but DO want your name added to the list of concerned neighbors, please email me backchannel at <a href="mailto:ellendarling@gmail.com" target="_blank">ellendarling@gmail.com</a> with your name and address and I will add you to the paper petition being delivered to PPS tomorrow. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">*** <b>Also, there is a community meeting on this issue tomorrow at 6:30pm at the Central Church on Angell St.</b></div></div>
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