Environmental%20Issues

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Environmental Issues

• Interviews

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When Did You Move Here?

• Theda Hornug 1974
• Corry Crump 1974
• Pat Calderwood 1975
• Larry Troy 1987
• Sue Benoit 1972

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Has the population grown, spread out, or changed
in the past 20 years?

• T.H Yes
• C.C It has grown and changed. Younger people
  have moved here looking for a way to start their
  lives.
• P.CL.T It has grown immensely
• S.B It has changed greatly, too fast for me.

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How has the communitys green and gray
infrastructure changed over the past 20 years?

• TH It has been developed on (subdivisions). The
  gray areas have influenced in the department of
  the Commuter Rail. It was already here, but it
  brought in a lot of people to live here so they
  could move from Mansfield to Boston with no
  problem.
• CCThe green infrastructure is mostly the same,
  except for the taking over of more advanced
  buildings, and the older ones are still in
  perfect use for other purposes. For example, the
  Jordan/Jackson replaced Roland Green and the Town
  Hall which were once functioning schools. The
  gray infrastructure is that 495, 95 and 140 were
  not here. StopShop, the Industrial Park, the
  YMCA, and the Library weren't here. West Street
  was also a small street. The police station was
  the same. Recreation has changed, and the look of
  the town changed dramatically. The highways were
  once houses and open land. Mansfield bought the
  houses and land and made it into the highways.
  Once the highways were made, many people started
  coming into Mansfield. They eventually made the
  Industrial Park, which brought in a lot of people
  for jobs.

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Infrastructure CONT.

• PC They've built much more recreation. In 2003
  we obtained a new Shaws and in 2004, we will get
  a Home Depot and a mall.
• LT The town has taken better care of its parks
  and has grown in the "gray areas" as the
  population grew.

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How have these changes affected your lives?

• TH They haven't affected us that much because we
  are in a local business.
• PC It made life easier and more accessible. I am
  from the city and even though I can't walk to
  places, I can still drive in town to places that
  I would need to go. More people commute, there's
  a lot more city people here.
• LT I like the town so I haven't thought of
  moving even though my job is about an hour away
  from the town