Known as Newmarket, the idea of the project is to create a smallvillage, with $150,000 to $300,000 homes interspersed with retailnearby, in three phases on the $12-million property, says retiringsupervisor Douglas Woolley. About 200 of the acreage would not bedeveloped. The township board agreed last month to rezone theexisting farmland and wetlands to planned unit development.
However, more than 690 residents signed petitions to force theapproval of the project to a public vote. Woolley said he's notsure when the election would be held, if at all.
"The group opposing it wants to keep this area farm land," hesays. Also, as of Monday, six new members of a seven-member boardof trustees will be seated. "Most of those new trustees electedwere against the project, so I'm not sure what will happen," saysWoolley.
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