April Fools Day! No Fooling Here: Dan Quigley Statute 8-30g, Judge Frederick Hubbard 'Judge's Corner Column and More!

This podcast is made possible by Peter F. Alexander of Site Design Associates; the Long Island Sound Institute (LISI), the Ambassador Museum United States of America, Kevin M. J. O'Connor of Jeffrey Matthews Wealth Management, and listeners like you everywhere! In Greenwich resident Dan Quigley's piece, The Corporate Interests Behind Desegregate CT, published on March 19 in Greenwich Free Press, "The topic of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and the bevy of 8-30g proposed developments in Greenwich and other towns has clearly become an issue of focus. While adding affordable housing and TOD are laudable goals, to what extent it gets done and in whose hands it rests to determine that process is a very complex debate. This led me to do some research on the main proponent for affordable housing in our state, a group called Desegregate CT."After the article caught my attention, I contacted  who, in turn, connected me to Dan Quigley. I was curious to learn more -including plans to demolish historic homes in Greenwich's Fourth Ward Historic District -which is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. We met at Coffee for Good in the historic 1856 Solomon Mead House on the campus of the Second Congregational Church for a wide-ranging and illuminating conversation about the issue of "affordable housing" and Connecticut Statute 8-30g -a subject that has manifested itself in media headlines and lively conversation and debate. You'll hear our exchanges on the Talk of the Town segment.History is kaleidoscopic, often featuring a dazzling assortment of overlapping stories and storytellers. Greenwich, Connecticut is no exception. One of my early 20th century favorites is Judge Frederick Augustus Hubbard. Among his writings was the book Other Days in Greenwich. Hubbard's columns from The Greenwich Press were collected, edited and organized by Frank Nicholson, then published as Greenwich History: The Judge's Corner. 150 Vintage Newspaper Columns by Frederick A. Hubbard. I'll share cone of his columns about Dearfields, the Mead house that once occupied the site of the Greenwich Library which was relocated to Grove Lane in 1929 by Ralph E. Brush. Speaking of Judge Hubbard, he will be featured in our historical crimes and misdemeanors segment observing the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Greenwich Police Department.Don't forget to check out the public event offerings by the Greenwich Historical Society. Go to the events scheduled for April, May and months ahead here. Contact me at [email protected]. I’m on Facebook, too. Just look for Jeffrey Bingham Mead and send me a friend request. The show is also available on Facebook at Greenwich, A Town For All Seasons. Learn more about the show -and listen to past episodes for free- on the web at GreenwichATownForAllSeasons.blogspot.comBe sure to tune in for our next show, which is scheduled for Friday, the 8th of April 2022.