Governor, DEM Director to Announce Open Space Grants
$4.3 million in grants will be awarded on Wednesday.
Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Department of Environmental Management Director Janet Coit will award 15 grants totaling $4.3 million to communities, land trusts, and conservation organizations that will protect 900 acres of open space and farmland throughout the state.
A number of state and municipal officials and representatives of land trusts and non-profit organizations will attend the 2 p.m. grant announcement ceremony in the Governor’s State Room today.
Stephanie Lane
10:20 am on Sunday, November 13, 2011
Last Thursday, November 3 at 1:30p, I was met by the Coventry Engineer and Town Manager about the fiasco they've created and continue to create with our taxpayer dollars. They used an Open Spaces Grant to desscimate the right of way adjacent to my property on Lake Tiogue. So much so that by 6pm I had to phone 911 to make it a matter of public record. After a deluge of rain, their nice drainage project had succeeded in completely flooding the end of my property (and a portion of the neighbor's) into a mini Lake completely with a waterfall and all. It completely destroyed our beach with erosion. I wonder if the DEM knows about their "guesswork engineering" project, as I was informed by my visitors that "No one knows about this. We got a Grant." Well, I would like as many people as possible to know about it to have this resolved in a professional manner. I'm getting the run around, and really didn't want to get my attorney involved, but now I must.
Stephanie Lane
11:42 am on Sunday, November 13, 2011
I meant to say last Thursday, November 10th...