The developers of the Down Island Golf Club made their final chess move last night in the quest to win approval for a luxury golf and housing project in the southern woodlands, unveiling a hasty eleventh-hour plan for public play and urging the Martha's Vineyard Commission to vote on the project immediately.
The developer of the Down Island Golf Club told the Martha's Vineyard Commission last week that the members of the private luxury golf complex he hopes to build will be "rich people" who will bring no real benefit to the town of Oak Bluffs or the Island.
Commissioners Open Review of Southern Woodlands Plan
By JULIA WELLS
Battles lines were drawn last night when a Bolton developer who wants to build a massive housing project in the Southern Woodlands gave the Martha's Vineyard Commission its first glimpse of the project.
In fact a glimpse was all that was available, as developer Brian Lafferty unveiled only the barest outlines of his plan to build 320 homes on 288 acres in Oak Bluffs.
Emotions ran high throughout the final night of public testimony regarding a Chapter 40B affordable housing development that, if approved, would pl
The Martha's Vineyard Commission backed away Thursday night from a push to redraw the Vineyard Golf Club's Island membership plan.
MVC Power of Review on Housing Projects Upheld in Key Ruling by State Land Court
By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer
In a groundbreaking decision that affects every town on the Vineyard, the chief justice of the Massachusetts Land Court ruled last week that the Martha's Vineyard Commission has full power of review over low and moderate income housing projects under Chapter 40B, a section of state law commonly known as the anti-snob zoning statute.