That, say town officials and others who support the purchase of the 270-acre Brox Corporation property, is the choice posed by Article 3 on this year's town warrant. According to Town Planner Bill Parker, house lots would put a substantial tax burden on Milford property owners. The 270-acre property is mostly woodlands, wetlands, and unreclaimed gravel excavations, located off Perry and Whitten roads and adjacent to the site of the new elementary school scheduled to open in September of 2001.
Builders are clamoring for lots.
A few people at the town deliberative meeting last month spoke against the purchase and tried to cut the warrant article funding to zero, saying the land still will be there when townspeople are better able to afford the purchase. Selectman Robert Courage, however, said everyone he has talked to likes the idea of buying the property. The land has a lot of potential for the town. Just the gravel and sand material left on the property is equal to about a million dollars, said Courage, who is also Milford's retired DPW director. It's a win-win situation.