My Turn: Taking the French King out of the box
The “green entryway” looking north from Stop & Shop on the French King Highway. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/AL NORMAN
Published: 1/21/2021 6:05:33 PM
Twenty-two months ago, the Greenfield City Council voted to kill the French King Corridor Overlay Zone that had been adopted by the Town Council 25 years earlier as a “green entryway” into town. One-hundred-sixty-two acres of land were suddenly opened up to strip development like gas stations and drive-through fast-food restaurants. The corridor deletion was half of a “deal” to secure enough Council votes to pass a new library measure even though the “green entryway” zone was completely unrelated to the need for a new library.