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The North Street Neighborhood Association (NSNA) is a community organization devoted to maintaining the quality of life in the North Street area of Northampton, Massachusetts. Our current priority is to preserve the size and quality of the woods between North Street and the bike trail, one of the few substantial stands of trees remaining in downtown Northampton. See pictures of our woods on Flickr.
These woods surround and buffer wetlands and Millyard Brook. A distinctive and beautiful feature of our neighborhood, the trees cool the air, moderate sound from I-91 and King Street, smell great, absorb water, and provide a habitat for deer and small animals of all kinds. Learn more about the many benefits of urban forests and wetlands.
Kohl Construction of Hadley has proposed to build 20 condo units with new roads and parking spaces on 5.59 acres of land that includes a substantial portion of these woods. See Kohl's latest proposal. The density and layout of these units are out of character with the surrounding neighborhood, and we are concerned it would pave over large amounts of scarce downtown greenspace, increase the risk of local flooding, and increase the parking and traffic loads on an already busy North Street and the side streets that lead from it.
The development is presently on hold pending the resolution of a lawsuit in Land Court regarding matters of title and rights-of-way.
Here are key articles relating to the proposed development:
Kohl Condo Proposal: Final Conditions and Covenants
Video: Conservation Commission Meeting of 9/10/09; Kohl Condos Approved
Special Permit As Issued to Kohl Construction for North Street Condos
Our Ad in the May 6 Gazette: "How to Avoid Classic Infill Design Mistakes"
State Offers Funds to Help Conserve North Street Woods
Northampton Residents Sue Developer Douglas Kohl to Resolve Questions of Title and Rights-of-Way
Tropical Storm Floyd Flood Damage Report (1999)
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