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Danbury Mayoral Candidate Wants City To Buy Land Parcel: Report
The mayoral candidate wants to buy a 74-acre stretch of wooded hills to keep it off the development market.
DANBURY, CT — In an effort to keep a 74-acre parcel off the development market, mayoral candidate Al Almeida said the city should purchase the wooded parcel, reports the News Times. Almeida hopes the city will preserve the land of open space, and the property is valued at $2.2 million.
Mayor Mark Boughton said the city has been at the negotiation table with the property's developer Cotswold of Danbury several times, and the price has been "exorbitant" each time. (For more news on the mayoral election, subscribe to Danbury Patch. In addition, you can like us on Facebook below.)
Cotswold already agreed to convey 54 acres to the city as open space. The space is located northeast of Danbury High School.
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The Democrat Almeida will challenge the city's longest term mayor Boughton in November.
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