Lewis creek association: Then and now

1990-2020

In 1989, just as the Hinesburg Land Trust was getting started, its members learned that a 100-acre parcel of land with a mile of frontage on the Lewis Creek was up for sale. Andrea Morgante, a founding member of the Hinesburg Land Trust, with support from the Vermont Land Trust, submitted one of the first grant applications to the newly formed Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) asking for help to purchase the property. She made a strong case for protecting land along waterways and for taking a watershed perspective towards land-use planning and conservation, pointing out that rivers flow beyond town borders and zoning districts.

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