"Economic Development and natural resource protection are incompatible." This was a comment I heard at a recent meeting. Although our public policies have often pitted these two critical issues against each other, I strongly believe that this statement does not have to be true.
Lebanon has an opportunity to identify a new approach that achieves both - thriving economic enterprise and strong natural resource protections. To me, this is the definition of Sustainable Development, and I hope we will be able to have thoughtful discussions about this over the coming year, particularly in relation to how our zoning rules do or don't support this concept...
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