Unfortunately the developer has applied for and the town has issued an excavation permit for the 20 Central Street site of the proposed hotel. The strategy feels somewhat akin to the London Blitz of 1940-1941. The developer might think materially damaging the current vista by blasting and excavation will break the will of citizens concerned with the equitable application of the Rockport Land Use Ordinance, or that money spent will influence the Zoning Board of Appeals review of the Planning Board’s erroneous approval of the hotel site plan.
Your support for the Friends of Rockport is clearly needed now, more than ever. We need the developer and the town to know that this blasting and excavation work will not break the will of the people, and that the ZBA will not be bullied by sheer ‘we’ve already started, don’t stop us now’ logic.