An introduction:
Commentary in The Hartford Courant: With a Little Help from "1000
Friends"
The 1000 Friends movement
originated in Oregon in 1975. At the time Oregon was faced with
population growth that was threatening its open space.
. . . Today 1000 Friends and similar organizations exist in
states throughout the country, and now Connecticut [has one,
too]. The time is right. Here in the Nutmeg State, two major
land-use studies have recently been published. One study was
based on economic development and transportation. The other
analyzed the abandonment of our cities and the rapid growth
of the outer suburbs and rural areas.
Board of
Trustees
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Officers |
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Susan Merrow, Co-Chair -
Environmental Lobbyist
Richard Maine, Co-Chair - Former Managing
Partner, Madison Harbor Capital
Mark Boughton, Mayor, City of Danbury, Vice
Chair
Eunice S. Groark, Esq, Former Lieutenant
Governor, Vice Chair
Patricia Wallace - Director of Elderly Services,
City of New Haven, Secretary
Leo Canty, Vice President, American Federation
of Teachers, Treasurer
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Board Members |
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Joseph C. Barber - Citizen Smart Growth
Champion, Hartford
Mark Boughton - Mayor, City of Danbury
Leo Canty - Vice President, American Federation
of Teachers
William Cibes - Chancellor Emeritus, CT State
University System
Jefferson B. Davis - Principal, J.B. Davis
Assoc.
John DeStefano, Jr. - Mayor, City of New Haven
James J. Finley, Jr.- Executive Director, CT
Conference of Municipalities
Norman Garrick - Director, Center for
Transportation and Urban Planning
Michelle Halloran Gilman—Chief of Staff,
Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz
Toni Gold -
Principal, UrbanEdge Associates
Eunice S. Groark - Former Lieutenant Governor
Dara Kovel - CT Director, Jonathan Rose
Companies
Matthew Nemerson - President & CEO, Connecticut
Technology Council
Robert Orr - Principal, Robert Orr Associates
Dr. Robert Painter – Citizen Smart Growth
Champion, Hartford
Althea Marshall Richardson— Chief Executive
Officer, Empower New Haven
Howard G. Rifkin—Deputy Treasurer, State of
Connecticut
Peter Rosazza - Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of
Hartford
Cornell Wright - Principal, Parker Wright Group
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Staff |
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Heidi E. Green,
President, hegreen<AT>1000friends-ct.org
Telephone: (860) 523-0003 |
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