Questions for the Planning Board
The Planning Board is working on a proposed Senior Housing amendment to bring to vote at Town Meeting in March 2020. (The current language is at the bottom of this …
Questions for the Planning Board Read MoreSenior Housing Limited to Lyme Common District
The Lyme Planning Board is working on a Senior Housing amendment for vote at Town Meeting in March 2020. The Board has stated strongly that the development of Senior Housing …
Senior Housing Limited to Lyme Common District Read MoreWhat are your plans?
Back in October, I was fortunate enough to run into Mike Kiess from Vital Communities at the NHHFA Housing and the Economy Conference. Mike suggested that I could ask people …
What are your plans? Read MoreSenior Housing at Planning Board-10 October 2019
At its upcoming 10 October 2019 meeting, the Planning Board will discuss proposed Senior Housing language. The draft language was distributed to Board members yesterday, and is appended below. I …
Senior Housing at Planning Board-10 October 2019 Read More55 is too young for me
At the last meeting, the Planning Board discussed potential changes to the Ordinance to permit some form of senior housing in Lyme. The first proposal was to use the Federal HOPA …
55 is too young for me Read MoreProposals for Senior Housing
The Planning Board is considering changes to the Lyme Zoning Ordinance to permit the development of Senior Housing. I propose to use the existing Planned Development language to permit a broad …
Proposals for Senior Housing Read MoreCan ‘Planned Developments’ Help Lyme’s Housing Problem?
In an earlier note, I detailed some of the characteristics that make senior housing attractive. This housing could include a combination of: Clustered homes and apartments with neighbors nearby for …
Can ‘Planned Developments’ Help Lyme’s Housing Problem? Read More‘President of Seiko’ Strategy for Receiving Good Service
A long time ago, my watch wouldn’t keep time. It’s a Seiko Kinetic with a dark green face. I like it a lot: it’s a mechanical (analog) watch, but it’s …
‘President of Seiko’ Strategy for Receiving Good Service Read MoreCoffee Shop Bloat Test
We all have heard the perennial complaint, “the network is sooo slow.” A primary reason is the inelegantly-named bufferbloat – caused by a bad router that queues up too much …
Coffee Shop Bloat Test Read MoreUS Robotics Acoustic Coupler
Ahhh… the memories… Back in the day (around 1978), I had one of these beauties. All you had to do was place the telephone handset into those cups (really! [1]), …
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