‘Attic of Dreams’
Boys’ lacrosse
Shelburne memoirist gives book talk
Team holds off late comeback by opponent
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Shelburne’s farming community voices concern over zoning regulation proposals
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farmers have set down their farming implements and instead taken up attending planning commission With Shelburne in the thick of meetings. After hearing requests from regulatory reform, members of Shelburne’s farming community community members last year to — some of whom have called the undertake the massive zoning projtown home for more than 100 years ect with the help of a consultant, the — are concerned over what some town hired PlaceSense to lead the proposed changes could do to their way with regulatory reform. Since then, the bylaw rewrite has been land and property values. underway with Situated in a second draft the middle of the “Protect us who are of the proposed bustling Route changes on the 7 corridor, Shelhelping the town.” way, town planburne is less than ning and zoning 10 miles from — Sylvia Maille director Aaron the state’s most DeNamur said. populated cities, But initial proposals have Burlington and South Burlington. During a drive down Route 7, the caused a stir among some landinitial views of Shelburne don’t owners who say that the proposals look much different than a small devalue their property and cause suburban community tucked in an undue burden to their farming between a bustling highway packed operations. The crux of the concern with drive-thrus, new development centers on a proposal to change from 5-acre zoning in certain parts and commercial businesses. But, on the other side of town, of the rural district to 10-acre hidden among the nearly $800,000 zoning. Like much of the state, Shelmedian-priced homes is a community of generational farmers whose burne is toeing the line trying to families have been maintaining protect the town’s natural resources hundreds of acres of Shelburne while also encouraging the develland, some for over a century. Now, as the town begins to discuss changSee FARMING on page 10 es in its rural zoning districts, the LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITER
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