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2013 Year End News
Dear Supporters, Happy holidays and please take a few minutes and get caught up on ROSA’s advocacy to stop the ill-conceived Partrick Farm Develoment. 1. Lawsuits against the Town of Ramapo: There are many lawsuits and complicated procedural issues that ROSA is actively engaged in. As promised, ROSA is dedicated to continuing the legal battle both in…
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Running Wild Movie Event
Sorry about the bad link. We posted this page to help forward you to where you need to go. This is the page for the event info. This is the page to buy tickets.
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Why is fundraising movie screening Saturday at 6:oo?
Many of you have reached out asking why we chose a 6pm screening time on Saturday October 5th for Running Wild with ROSA? Here are the main reasons we chose this date and time to screen the film. “Running Wild” is premiering nationally on Friday October 4th and the cast and crew will be in…
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“Running Wild” with ROSA – Film Screening & VIP Event
This special screening of Director Suzanne Mitchell’s new film Running Wild:The Life of Dayton O. Hyde at the Lafayette Theatre is sponsored by Rivertown Film Society to benefit ROSA 4 Rockland More than 20 years ago, ROSA’s founder Suzanne Mitchell was directing a television segment for a People Magazine special spotlighting fascinating people when she met conservationist cowboy Dayton…
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Meet ROSA – Open House Tuesday 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Last Sunday (June 9) ROSA had a table at the REACH Foundation Fun Run at the Torne Valley Sports Complex. At this wonderful gathering we were thanked profusely by many of the attendees who saw us there while others still had never heard of ROSA, or even the Patrick Farm. We realized that we really…
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ROSA Asks Planning Board to Rescind Final Approvals
Last Friday, May 31, ROSA’s attorney – Dan Richmond of Zarin & Steinmetz – delivered a request to the Town of Ramapo Planning Board outlining the definitive proof that the planning board made their decisions based on bad information and that they have the responsibility to correct their decision and findings. 2013-05-30 ROSA Lawyer letter…
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Planning Board Meeting and Public Hearing to Approve Final Subdivision
WHAT Public Hearing on Application for Final Subdivision Approval for 88 lots (two lots are MR-8 for 314 Market Rate Townhouses and 72 Workforce Flats AND Patrick Farm Volunteer Housing – 24) WHEN Wednesday January 20, 2013 – 8:00 pm WHERE Ramapo Town Hall – 237 Route 59, Suffern NY We don’t even have a…
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Public Hearing is Open to Written Comments thru Jan 30 5:00pm
The Journal News did a great post Public Hearing article that summarizes the meeting held on January 16, 2013. The public hearing is still open to written comments until 5:00 pm on Wednesday January 30th. Overall the key message that ROSA and various speakers raised was the astonishing lack of time to prepare responses for…
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Planning Board Meeting & Public Hearing Wed 01/16/13 to Approve Final Site Plans
WHAT Public Hearing on Application for Final Site Plans for Patrick Farm Condominiums – 314 Market Rate Townhouses and 72 Workforce Flats AND Patrick Farm Volunteer Housing – 24 WHEN Wednesday January 16, 2013 – 8:00 pm WHERE Ramapo Town Hall – 237 Route 59, Suffern NY The public notices are here: 2013-01-07 Notice of Public…
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Condominium and Volunteer Housing Site Plan, Elevations and Floor Plans
On December 27, 2011 the planning board approved the Site Plans for the Condominiums for the Patrick Farm before the town’s own CDRC board (internal reviewers including engineers, planners and building department personnel) had ever even reviewed what the buildings would look like. Judge Walsh agreed with ROSA’s argument that this was a violation of…