Response to Ross' 3 big mis-representations:

"High Cost" :
the cost of setting up the plan is a few thousand dollars--as Bill said, much of that we can seek outside help for. The main problem to the opposition, is having to change their old habits. This model is not exclusively modular homes and chopping up farmland. It is also NOT the most expensive kind of housing to the taxpayer.

"Snarls of Traffic" :
the effect on traffic would be to cut traffic, and taxes, as many new residences will be in the town center, and walkable distances from services they need. There will also be new retail and apartments above retail for young people, both of which will help our tax situation, since they add money to the town coffers without the high cost of adding children to the school. NOT enacting this project WILL increase traffic as more houses are built in the farm areas, housing more families with children, and thus more car trips, multiple times per day. Those families in the town center can do much more walking, and young adults and grandparents will increase the mix of kinds of residents in the town.

"Large subdivisions, here and there":
That is exactly what we have the zoning for NOW in Red Hook. This plan would prevent that. The 'large number of houses' is simply the plan for where the houses should go over the course of perhaps the next thirty years. Many of them can be built one at a time, as needed for people who wish to live in those homes, not speculative building, all looking exactly the same. The whole idea is NOT large subdivisions, it is homes in a traditional village setting.