Why I’m Fighting a High-End Housing Development in Philmont (Three Parts)

Why I’m Fighting a High-End Housing Development in Philmont, Part 1 (IMBY 02/06/23)

“I think most of us know this feeling, and most of us have rationalized it away to progress, to population growth, to a single-family house being a cornerstone of the American Dream. But underneath, I think most of us experience the dissonance of watching the landscape that nourishes us disappear. I’m not talking about wilderness, exactly—I’m talking about ways of existing on land that don’t neutralize and obliterate it.”

Why I’m Fighting a High-End Housing Development in Philmont, Part 2 (IMBY 02/07/23)

“The Joshua Essig Nature Trail winds through a wooded hillside in between the old Harlem Valley Rail line and High Falls Conservation Area. Eagles and osprey hunt here; wood ducks and an endangered bat species have been known to nest. A developer wants 16 expensive houses instead.”

Why I’m Fighting a High-End Housing Development in Philmont, Part 3 (IMBY 02/08/23)

“As a member of Summit Lake Conservation Group, I sued to reverse the approval of a development above Summit Lake. And we won. But the fight continues.”