Hi,
The statement below is not correct.
"...addition of 8,000 new homes over the next 20 years, while addressing a top priority of the plan: preserving the character and environmental values of the natural landscape ..."
Housing developments rate a nine (9) on the WSL Natural Landscape Abutter Threat Scale (NLATS) while acres with natural forces in control (the natural landscape) rate a zero (0).
Development always harms the natural landscape.
Top say say development is in any way environmentally friendly, harmonious with or blends well with is to lie.
Richard H. Stafursky
Pres., WSLF
Conway, MA (Massachusetts), United States (USA)
WSL (World Species List Forest)
http://wslfconwaymausa.blogspot.com/
The Natural Landscape
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_landscap...
Richard lives in Brattleboro, VT (Vermont), United States (USA)
"addition of 8,000 new homes over the next 20 years, while addressing a top priority of the plan: preserving the character and environmental values of the natural landscape"