Easton Courier, By Kate Ramunni
Aspetuck Land Trust will use a recently awarded state grant to expand its Poindexter Preserve and is hoping to also purchase an adjacent lot that will in effect double the size of the preserve.
Gov. Ned Lamont announced on July 15 that the state will provide $14.3 million to a number of municipalities that will preserve a total of 2,270 acres of land statewide. Those grants include $182,250 to the land trust that will be used to purchase 3.57 acres at 398 Judd Road.
Pointdexter Preserve. Image courtesy of the Aspetuck Land Trust In addition to that property, the land trust recently won a tax foreclosure auction for land next to that piece. But it won’t be able to take possession of that land for six months because by law, the current owner has that time to come up with the money owed to retain ownership of the property. If the owner doesn’t pay the owed taxes in that time, ownership of the land will transfer to the land trust.
“The grant will allow us to have a better parking area for the public and provide an opportunity to expand the meadow habitat at the existing Poindexter Preserve,” said Land Trust President David Brant.