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Future View on Route 202/306
Imagine 5,000+ people living on one-third of a square mile in town homes that will have up to six (6) bedrooms each. The population density could end being higher than Newark, NJ.
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Taxes Go Higher / Home Values Lower
Demand on municipal resources, such as garbage removal, roadway repair, and rescue services, go up exponentially, while the bucolic nature of our home properties suffer irreversible harm.
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Planning Board Meeting (1/6/11) Brings Surprising Results
This evening, 1/6/11, the Town of Ramapo planning board met in a “special meeting” to make a decision regarding a number of items related to the Patrick Farm preliminary development plans. We were very pleased to see that our advocacy has had a impact on the decisions made this evening. The expectation going into the…
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Meeting for Vote Announced – Thursday 1/6/11 @ 8p.m.
Yesterday (1/3) the Town of Ramapo Planning Department quietly posted on their website their plans to hold a special meeting this Thursday night 1/6/11 at 8pm at Town Hall to decide on whether or not to give Preliminary Approval the proposed development of the Patrick Farm. Everyone should be attending.
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Press Release: Rosa hires Keniry as attorney
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Suzanne Mitchell, ROSA (Ramapo Organized for Sustainability & a Safe Aquifer) Telephone: 646-470-ROSA (7672) Email: rosa4rockland@gmail.com Organized Citizen’s Group Hires Attorney to Oppose Massive Development in Ramapo “ROSA Names Albany Law Firm to Take on Town of Ramapo Planning Board” RAMAPO, NY, December…
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Planning Board Meeting – Tuesday 12/21/10
The next Planning Board Meeting of the Town of Ramapo will be held this Tuesday 12/21/10 at 8:00 in the Council Room in Town Hall on Rt 59 across from Walmart. As of now there is still no posted agenda for tomorrow’s meeting.
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Fundraising Campaign
If you are looking for our Fund Raising Letter 12.6.10, look no further just download it, and view it, print it and/or email it for your neighbors. (This letter is in pdf format and requires the free Adobe Reader.) Or read online the images from the letter below (note: printing this version won’t look great).…
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ROSA is the Voice of Our Community
“Patrick Farm homes ripped at hearing” As reported this Tuesday in the Journal News, “Scores gathered at a public hearing before the Ramapo Planning Board on Monday (11/29), urging board members to reject a proposed 500-unit housing development on the 208-acre Patrick Farm site that borders the Village of Pomona.” In the end, after hours…
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Planning Board Meeting 11/29/10 – News Coverage
We want to thank everyone for coming out last night to the planning board meeting to oppose the approval of the developers site plan for the Patrick Farm property. Your participation was noted in the news and we celebrate this community’s involvement. We want everyone to read the news coverage and stay tuned for information…
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Patrick Farm DEIS and FEIS Documents
Tim Miller and Associates prepared the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Patrick Farm Development. These documents are extensive but actually don’t go into the level of depth necessary for a project of this magnitude on a location of such environmental concern and significance. To access these documents GO…