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The Uplands Alternative Group is made up of town meeting members, individuals, and representatives from local environmental groups. Click here for a list of the officers and board of directors. (We are not affiliated with the Uplands Advisory Committee, a town-appointed committee; however, we esteem and support that committee's activities and goals.)
We believe that ownership of the Uplands, as a special and irreplaceable resource, should be transferred to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the former MDC, to become a part of the Alewife Reservation. (In this way, the Uplands will remain in its present natural state and preserve its utility as a watershed for flood waters and to protect the beauty of the silver maple forest, wetlands, and large resident wildlife and plant populations.)
Belmont needs you to participate in the 40B process! We encourage you to express your concerns to the ZBA by attending the meetings and writing to the ZBA as informed citizens.
YOU CAN HELP. NEW AND EXCITING!! CHECK THIS OUT!! Support the House and Senate bills that request a transportation study of the Rte. 2 corridor in Arlington, Belmont, and Cambridge
On this website, we provide you with letters from many town departments and individuals. You can put together your own letter using parts of any of them. If you need help putting together a letter, contact us. We are master letter writers, even if we say so ourselves.
May 31st (7:30 PM in the Town Hall Annex) will be environment and wastewater. Inform yourself about the topic, show up, and ask your questions. Get your concerns out in the public eye and insist on detailed answers. Even if another person asks the same question you meant to ask, clarify the answer. The developer's consultants may try to minimize the problems, discount your concerns. Don't let them! Remember, there's a lot to lose here and much to be gained, including protection of this natural site and keeping taxes within a normal range.
We need your help! Please send your financial contributions (make check made out to Uplands Alternative Group) to Barbara Passero, Outreach Coordinator, Uplands Alternative Group, 31 Grant Ave., Belmont, MA 02478. We are not a formal non-profit organization, so your contribution will not be tax deductible. However, we have expenses such as maintaining this website, printing and distributing flyers and newsletters, holding community meetings, etc.