In case you failed to get the drift in recent years, the Sterling Planning Board, two of whose members are developers; the Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), whose members are appointed by the Select Board; and the Select Board, all work for real estate developers and builders, NOT the property-taxpaying-abutters and neighbors affected adversely by their pro-developer decisions.
So take a drive along Redemption Rock Trail/Route 140 both easterly and westerly of its intersection with Dana Hill Road and check out the existing homes whose owners and other occupants will be affected adversely if the callous, inconsiderate, and uncaring effort by the Sterling Planning Board hacks, prompted by Realtor Karen Packard, to re-zone “Performance Zone 1” to “Commercial,” succeeds. If that area is re-zoned to “Commercial” you can bet that traffic, congestion, and noise will increase there, harming the nearby homeowners and driving down their property values. By the way, Ms. Packard built her new real estate office in “Performance Zone 1” and her husband owns the Sterling Greenery nearby. Can you say “CRONYISM AT WORK” ???
At the 2021 Sterling Annual Town Meeting the Planning Board hacks sponsored Warrant Article 39 to re-zone “Performance Zone 1” to “Commercial”– https://www.sterling-ma.gov/advanced-search?keywords=2021+Annual+Town+Meeting+warrant
The voters present shot it down.
The Sterling Planning Board hacks re-treaded that failed Warrant Article as this year’s Annual Town Meeting Warrant Article 29– https://www.sterling-ma.gov/home/files/annual-town-meeting-warrant-articles
CHECK OUT THE VARIOUS BOARDS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL! OF COURSE THEY DO! THEY DON’T GIVE A RAT’S PATOOTIE ABOUT THE NEARBY HOMEOWNERS.
SO. PEOPLE, COME OUT EN MASSE TO THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND STAND UP FOR THE HOMEOWNERS IN QUESTION BY VOTING DOWN ARTICLE 29.
See you there!
J.G.
STERLING, MASSACHUSETTS, OVERWATCH 
Are you going to get up at the podium and speak and explain this to everyone because I don’t know how many people read this blog or understand whats going on
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I’ll be there. I’ll wait to see if anyone else speaks about this. In the meantime, if you are a member of the Sterling Community Facebook Page, or know someone who is. feel free to put the the link to this Blog post there.
All the Best–
J.G.
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I’ll be there. I’ll wait to see if anyone else speaks about this. In the meantime, if you are a member of the Sterling Community Facebook Page, or know someone who is. feel free to put the the link to this Blog post there.
All the Best–
J.G.
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