BB,
I'm confused. Let's say a farmer in Marlboro wants to monetize his
apple orchard to cover his estate taxes for his children. How does
selling it to a developer to build 5,000 sq ft McMansions benefit a
younger family trying to buy their first home?
One of my childhood friends is a farmer's daughter down in Vineland.
He's forced to sell his 140 acre homestead to developers building an
age-restricted community. I told him about the Monmouth County Open
Space program. He would love to keep it open space, even at a
discount, but Cumberland County has no such program and he doesn't
want a distress sale of the farm after he's gone.
I'd love to see an end to towns selling their COAH credits, and remove
age-restricted developments from qualifying for those credits. That
would do more to providing affordable housing than limiting the Open
Spaces program.
Good luck in your pursuit! It would be nice to have another honest guy
in county government.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
> I've been juxtaposing the issue of affordable homes, particularly
> for young families, against the issue of open space legislation.
>
> Right now open space initiatives have no natural predator. If one
> is on the ballot, everybody, Dems, Rupubs, Greens, etc. are all for
> it.
>
> Colts Neck just perserved 800 acres. Howell 250 with 1000 more
> coming. Marlboro, etc. also. The County is currently trying to
> preserve 20,000 acres!
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