Robert Gemma of MetroWest Engineering has returned to evaluate the latest stormwater management plan from Sovereign Builders for their View Avenue proposal. He continues to find areas of concern. Download Mr. Gemma’s review (PDF) or read it below. The View Avenue proposal will be considered at tonight’s Conservation Commission meeting. The public is encouraged to […]
The View Avenue Proposal from Sovereign Builders returns to Northampton’s Conservation Commission tomorrow at 5:30pm. An updated Stormwater Drainage Report was filed on September 20. We urge the public to attend online via Zoom. Northampton Conservation Commission 5:30 PM, Thursday, September 26, 2024 On-line meeting This meeting will be held using remote participation. Please follow this link to […]
After reviewing the Sovereign Builders’ proposal for View Avenue and hearing comments from the public, Northampton’s Conservation Commission voted to continue the hearing to its September 26 meeting. Robert Gemma, president of MetroWest Engineering and a stormwater expert retained by concerned Northampton residents, observed that he and the public have had only a few days […]
The View Avenue Proposal from Sovereign Builders goes before Northampton’s Conservation Commission tomorrow at 5:45pm. We urge the public to attend online via Zoom. An independent stormwater review recently commissioned by neighbors was critical of Sovereign Builders’ plans and assumptions. Northampton Conservation Commission 5:30 PM, Thursday, September 12, 2024 On-line meeting This meeting will be […]
Please enjoy this recording of the September 5 edition of Occupy the Airwaves on WXOJ – Valley Free Radio. Stephen Linsky and Emikan Sudan interviewed Adam Cohen, webmaster of NorthAssoc.org, and Kent Johnson, a local data analyst and tree advocate. The participants discussed the Sovereign Builders proposal for 12 homes off of View Avenue, and […]
The Northampton Conservation Commission has released its agenda for August 29. It was expected to hear the View Avenue proposal from Sovereign Builders, but the company has requested a continuation until September 12 at 5:45pm. The company may be reacting to an independent stormwater review of the proposal recently submitted by Northampton neighbors.
Jacqueline McCreanor of North Street has marshaled the resources of Northampton neighbors to get an independent stormwater review of the Sovereign Builders proposal for View Avenue. Here is the report (PDF) prepared by MetroWest Engineering and submitted today to Northampton’s Conservation Commission. The View Avenue proposal’s Stormwater Management and Maintenance Plan, as well as the […]
To compensate for development in and around wetlands, developers are sometimes encouraged or required to create new ones. GOOD reports, however, that these restored wetlands are inferior: …ecologists have found that restored wetlands are not as ecologically valuable as the originals—a new analysis of 621 wetland sites shows that, on average, restored wetlands regained only […]
Here is a YouTube video of “An Illustrated Talk on The Natural History of Our Meadows”, a presentation by naturalist Laurie L. Sanders, author of Rediscovering Northampton: The Natural History of City-Owned Conservation Areas. This presentation was part of the 11/16/11 annual meeting of the Meadow City Conservancy Coalition. This recording was made by Adam […]
Yesterday’s Springfield Republican reports on work by geologists at the University of Massachusetts: The study was authored by David F. Boutt, a hydrogeologist and assistant professor, and Kaitlyn M. Weider, a graduate student in geology… “More precipitation is falling as rain and less as snow with average annual precipitation displaying a gradual increase of 5 […]