NIMBYs stopped the project. I would have told them this…

‘My firm recently won the nod through a Request for Proposal (RFP) to build a 123+ unit mixed income development for the upscale town of Dorset, VT. In the midst of negotiating a development agreement, detractors for the project made themselves known. For several months and with our help, town leadership prepared to advocate for their efforts which had to that point totaled more than eight years and cost around $600,000.00.’

‘A month prior to a second public hearing which would have featured yours truly and the SMG team to re-present the project and the principles behind our rural density concept, we received an email from the town’s consultant: ‘the award is cancelled, the town will proceed to a vote in 9 months in hopes to build 60 units of high-end single family housing. We will place the project back out to bid. This concludes our relationship.’