Art Berry
Selectmen Approve $150,000 Allocation for Land Trust Purchase of Valley Road Home
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The NewCanaanite.com Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Carriage Barn Arts Center. The Board of Selectmen last week approved a request from the Conservation Commission to disburse $150,000 toward the New Canaan Land Trust’s purchase of a historic home, located next to the Grupes Reservoir on Valley Road. The Board of Finance and Town Council also must approve the $150,000 allocation for the Land Trust’s purchase of 1124 Valley Road, officials said at the June 20 selectmen meeting. The money will be paid out of the town’s Land Acquisition Fund. The property is currently owned by the Norwalk First Taxing District, and had been slated to be demolished.
The First Taxing District has agreed to sell the house and adjacent property for a total of $500,000, according to Art Berry, treasurer of the New Canaan Land Trust.