Town Land Trust Secures 27 Acres
Register Citizen
11/08/2003
Rick D. Klimanowski, Register Citizen Staff
NEW HARTFORD - The town’s Land Trust took
advantage of a big opportunity in securing
approximately 27 acres of land that will remain
undeveloped for a long time to come if not forever.
The Land Trust purchased the developmental
rights to the acreage on Town Hill Road, Route
219 for an undisclosed amount. The property is
owned by long-time residents Terry and Marie
Moreschi, who have lived on and part-time
farmed the property for over 50 years.
According to the New Hartford Land Trust
President Ron Eigenbrod, the Moreschis’ did not
want to see it subdivided into housing lots.
"This was easy to develop acreage," he said.
"Someone easily could have put up 12 to 15
houses that easily could have added about 30
kids to the school system. Ultimately people
would have been paying the additional taxes."
The property includes over 1,000 feet of frontage
along the north side of Route 219, across from
the orchards owned by Irving Burdick. Eigenbrod
said in a written statement, the land "offers
passersby with the kind of sweeping vistas of
open fields and distant hills, quickly succumbing
to development."
"It’s prime development land on a major road," he
said. "There are houses going in all around it."
Eigenbrod and members of the Land Trust felt if
they didn’t secure this land, certainly in the future
it would have been lost to development.
The Moreschis’ kept a four-acre parcel along with
their home and barns for unrestricted use. The
entire 31-acre parcel could be sold in the future to
someone looking for a house with additional land.
While the property could be used for farming, or
grazing animals, future owners cannot put up
additional houses or structures.
The NHLT used funds previously donated by the
late Mary McCloud to purchase the development
rights through what is called a "bargain sale" by
Eigenbrod. McCloud was a long time New
Hartford resident and after she passed away,
about eight years ago, in her will she left a
substantial amount of money to the Land Trust.
The NHLT is grateful to both the Moreschis’ and
to McCloud for making this possible.
"What they did was an extremely generous act,"
Eigenbrod said.
11/08/2003
Rick D. Klimanowski, Register Citizen Staff
NEW HARTFORD - The town’s Land Trust took
advantage of a big opportunity in securing
approximately 27 acres of land that will remain
undeveloped for a long time to come if not forever.
The Land Trust purchased the developmental
rights to the acreage on Town Hill Road, Route
219 for an undisclosed amount. The property is
owned by long-time residents Terry and Marie
Moreschi, who have lived on and part-time
farmed the property for over 50 years.
According to the New Hartford Land Trust
President Ron Eigenbrod, the Moreschis’ did not
want to see it subdivided into housing lots.
"This was easy to develop acreage," he said.
"Someone easily could have put up 12 to 15
houses that easily could have added about 30
kids to the school system. Ultimately people
would have been paying the additional taxes."
The property includes over 1,000 feet of frontage
along the north side of Route 219, across from
the orchards owned by Irving Burdick. Eigenbrod
said in a written statement, the land "offers
passersby with the kind of sweeping vistas of
open fields and distant hills, quickly succumbing
to development."
"It’s prime development land on a major road," he
said. "There are houses going in all around it."
Eigenbrod and members of the Land Trust felt if
they didn’t secure this land, certainly in the future
it would have been lost to development.
The Moreschis’ kept a four-acre parcel along with
their home and barns for unrestricted use. The
entire 31-acre parcel could be sold in the future to
someone looking for a house with additional land.
While the property could be used for farming, or
grazing animals, future owners cannot put up
additional houses or structures.
The NHLT used funds previously donated by the
late Mary McCloud to purchase the development
rights through what is called a "bargain sale" by
Eigenbrod. McCloud was a long time New
Hartford resident and after she passed away,
about eight years ago, in her will she left a
substantial amount of money to the Land Trust.
The NHLT is grateful to both the Moreschis’ and
to McCloud for making this possible.
"What they did was an extremely generous act,"
Eigenbrod said.
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New Hartford Land Trust
PO Box 272
New Hartford CT 06057
newhartfordlandtrust@yahoo.com
PO Box 272
New Hartford CT 06057
newhartfordlandtrust@yahoo.com
New Hartford Land Trust
