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February 7, 2022
Dear Neighbors,
We are asking for your help.
Up until now, we have stopped B. Metcalf Asphalt Paving from building an asphalt plant in East Canaan. They have gone quiet. But they haven’t gone away. Neither have we.
To continue our mission to stop the asphalt plant, we have changed our name from STAPEC, LLC to the Blackberry River Valley Protection Alliance, Inc. We are now an IRS approved 501(c)(3) entity, formed specifically to protect our air, land, water, and quality of life in the Blackberry River Valley and its environs. Asphalt plants pose a threat to both public health and property values.
Asphalt manufacturing generates fumes linked to cancer and respiratory ailments. Pollutants include benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde. The presence of asphalt plants in residential zones drives down property values. No surprise.
When B. Metcalf Asphalt Paving returns to resume their legal battle with us, we will be ready. We have local funding in place and we have lawyers on retainer. When the time comes, we will ask you to sign petitions, to show up at Town Hall meetings, and to speak your mind.
Our goal is simple: to make sure that no one ever builds an asphalt processing plant in our community.
You can help us now by joining the Blackberry Alliance. You can sign up online at: www.protectourvalley.org. We are asking for your participation in our fight to protect this beautiful Valley.
Sincerely,
Dolores Perotti President, Board of Directors
Robin A. Markey Treasurer
Diana S. Paruta Secretary
Robert N. Anderson
Lynn Fowler
Dorothy J. Kelley
Mary N. Perotti
Bernard Re, Jr
Dear Neighbors,
We are asking for your help.
Up until now, we have stopped B. Metcalf Asphalt Paving from building an asphalt plant in East Canaan. They have gone quiet. But they haven’t gone away. Neither have we.
To continue our mission to stop the asphalt plant, we have changed our name from STAPEC, LLC to the Blackberry River Valley Protection Alliance, Inc. We are now an IRS approved 501(c)(3) entity, formed specifically to protect our air, land, water, and quality of life in the Blackberry River Valley and its environs. Asphalt plants pose a threat to both public health and property values.
Asphalt manufacturing generates fumes linked to cancer and respiratory ailments. Pollutants include benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde. The presence of asphalt plants in residential zones drives down property values. No surprise.
When B. Metcalf Asphalt Paving returns to resume their legal battle with us, we will be ready. We have local funding in place and we have lawyers on retainer. When the time comes, we will ask you to sign petitions, to show up at Town Hall meetings, and to speak your mind.
Our goal is simple: to make sure that no one ever builds an asphalt processing plant in our community.
You can help us now by joining the Blackberry Alliance. You can sign up online at: www.protectourvalley.org. We are asking for your participation in our fight to protect this beautiful Valley.
Sincerely,
Dolores Perotti President, Board of Directors
Robin A. Markey Treasurer
Diana S. Paruta Secretary
Robert N. Anderson
Lynn Fowler
Dorothy J. Kelley
Mary N. Perotti
Bernard Re, Jr
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