NEW UPDATE SEPT 20,2025

Jessica Wolf jwolfds@gmail.com

is reaching out to gather emails from this petition to appeal to the town and decision maker regarding the development of this beautiful land. I have included her email above. She is also looking to have discussions about how to proceed as a unified team. 
Please email her ASAP with "99 Hawley Lane petition supporter" as time is of the essence.  

Thank you! 

UPDATE: not good. The judge Dale Radcliffe has, after 3 years of appeals by  Mountain Development, ruled in their favor. Now it moves to our zoning commission. We must activate to insist on another public hearing for zoning, and contact our representatives immediately . Next council forum is in early August. Fight back for the sake of our town and our environment! 
Link to article  

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/stratford-129-unit-apartment-complex-20761289.php

2022:
There is a proposal to develop the land along Hawley Lane behind the Big Y into a 129 unit apartment complex. This is currently green space, much of it wetlands home to peepers, turtles, deer, bobcat and countless birds just to name a few. It is full of trees and plants that sequester carbon, produce oxygen and provide home to many species of wildlife.  The development would not only destroy wildlife, but also flood the space with bright artificial lighting which is bad for migrating birds and nocturnal pollinators.
 Traffic in the area is barely tolerable and more multiplex housing will congest the streets even more. Please sell this land to a Land Trust instead of developing it.