[Summit] Auction To Benefit Opposition To Clarke's Variances

[Carol Cancro]

Do you really need $ to oppose a variance?  I thought you just had to show 
up with your posse at the relevant meeting of the Zoning Board of Review.  A 
little over six years ago, a bunch of neighbors did this and successfully 
opposed a variance for legal conversion of a two-family property on our 
street which had for many years illegally housed three different groups of 
tenants.

That same meeting featured a clearly well-financed request for a variance 
from The Music School, which wanted to move into the old Katherine Gibbs 
property (now luxury condos) on the corner of Butler Avenue and South Angell 
Street.  Many neighbors turned out to oppose that variance as well, and to 
my knowledge, didn't spend a dime.

Despite the dog-and-pony show presented by The Music School (complete with 
lawyers and architectural renderings), the Zoning Board of Review quite 
appropriately saw the school as a giant traffic generator, which would be 
completely inappropriate for the neighborhood.  The Music School has since 
found alternate digs in East Providence...

Carol C.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse C. Polhemus" <rynemonn at yahoo.com>
To: <summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:39 PM
Subject: [Summit] Auction To Benefit Opposition To Clarke's Variances


>I won a gift certificate for three carpet cleanings from Griggs & Brown at 
>the Summit Music Festival, and as much as my carpets need it, I'd rather 
>see it do some good.  I'm auctioning it off to the highest bidder, and all 
>proceeds will go to Kath Connolly, whose Preserve Providence's Hope Street 
>group is leading the opposition to the variances being requested by Brewed 
>Awakenings at the Clarke's Florist site.
>
> Good luck to everyone interested -- let's raise some money for a very 
> important cause.
>
>
> - Jesse
>
> RULES
>
> 1) Bidding starts at $5, and all bids must be in $5 amounts.
>
> 2) Bidding will end at midnight on Sunday, August 29.
>
> 3) Bids should be submitted to my personal e-mail address to avoid 
> cluttering, but I'll also accept bids submitted to the list.
>
> 4) I'll respond to bids as quickly as I can to let you know whether you're 
> the high bidder or not.  If you're not, I'll let you know the value of the 
> current highest bid.
>
>
>
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