The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â -Paul Va

By CURT CLARK

Published: Jul 15, 2011 12:00 am

The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âPaul Valery

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âDolly Parton

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

âHelen Keller

Quiet minds canât be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âRobert Louis Stevenson

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. âNatalie Goldberg

Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.Â Â âThomas Paine

Let us not look not back in anger, or forward with fear, but around in awareness.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âJames Thurber

Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it arises out of the needs of life and is dedicated to lifeâs further developments.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âLewis Mumford

Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It requires you to connect todayâs actions to tomorrowâs results. Thereâs a season for sowing a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps you know which is which.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âGary Ryan Blair

When you canât have what you want, itâs time to start wanting what you have. âKathleen A. Sutton

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You canât truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.Â Â Â Â Â Â âZig Ziglar

If youâre interested in âbalancingâ work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â âDonald Trump

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony.Â Â Â Â âThomas Merton

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You are correct, Bruce. I know how hard these plans are to put together, but I still believe that we can have more definitive and measurable goals. I know there are a number of units coming online, and the community truly needs them. If only we can move the development of affordable housing to more of a partnership between the community and the developers than the adversarial tug-of-war it seems to be now, that would be good progress.

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Here is the plan Newtown signed on to. https://westcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Final-Newtown-Affordable-Housing-Annex_2022.pdf

I agree, but we need to make sure they are pedestrian activated. The ones on Glover were supposed to be by order of the Police Commission, but the ones installed by Public Works were the cheaper flashing light. A couple of extra dollars are worth the lives it can save.

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We have been doing the planning work. The State of Connecticut mandates every municipality to develop an affordable housing plan under C.G.S. §8-30j by June 1, 2022, to specify how they “intend to increase the number of affordable housing developments in the municipality.” In lieu of all eighteen municipalities in the Western Connecticut Region duplicating efforts to research, document and analyze affordable housing, the Council of Governments decided to work collectively by splitting the work into two parts: Regional Toolbox Specific, Policy Driven Municipal Annexes.

Great Idea. We used a similar process when Pat Llodra wanted input on Fairfield Hills. very useful.

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The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â -Paul Va

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