The Garbage Gazette
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| COMMUNITY BASED RECYCLING
1. Remember your first bicycle? One of our smaller recyclers received his … WITH HELMET … at the KRC recently. His face was alight with pure joy. Recycling has such long-term goals: saving resources for future generations, but this was instant and refreshing. The bike was provided by Mr Riordan, a KRC member and backyard, bicycle mechanic. Whenever he has time, he plans to restore more. 2. A young man from Brewster is interested in your old computer. He dismantles them, takes the parts he needs and then returns the metallic and plastic parts. We understand that IBM will soon accept outdated computers! 3. Recently when we asked for rugs to cover our sandy floor… we were inundated. So lets see how far we can push our luck. Now that the books have been returned to the free area, its obvious that we could use more shelving. Got any old book cases you want to recycle? OUR NEW FLOOR Our building is 30 by 60. The new floor is 4 to 6 inches deep. It rests on an impermeable membrane and is reinforced by a heavy iron mesh. The work was done by Jim Dolan of Brewster and cost us $6,000. We next plan to put in electricity and then a baler. The re-enforced parts of the floor will support the baler and also columns to support a loft where we can store material to be baled. |
THE COMMUNITY CENTER Our town currently pays $85,000 a year in rent. It owns two buildings on Route 52: the library and the town hall. If we were to sell them, add the rent money and state aid, the average family could finance a new town center for $54 a year. The center would include: a town hall and new library for $2 million each & a new police station for $1.4 million. The State will add $1 million for infrastructure costs and Senator Leibell's staff has completed all planning and is ready to assist in all stages of development. There are several reasons why the town must act quickly on this proposal. One: when the county gave this land to the town, it added a reverter clause. If nothing is done this year, the land goes back to the County. Two: state grants are very competitive. If this proposal runs into needless delay, the one million dollars, and the Senator's staff, may simply move on to other worthwhile projects. There is a petition circulating in Kent which would delay and endanger the project. If you have signed it or asked to do so, please do us a favor. Visit the Town's present ad building. Take a look at the drawings of the new buildings. Talk to Supervisor |
Jim Baker 225-7901
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