Another big parcel for sale

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by bigdog

I suspect most of these McMansions to be built, will be people who are not 'year-round' folks, just a place to visit with the kids and grand-kids during the summer months. Their other home being in Florida (Naples, Jupiter, Palm Beach) and the likes, the rest of the year.

If this is the case these new property owners will not add to the school system with their kids being seasonal, that would be a plus. Also, the taxes these new folks will help the tax base for the town, the down-side, it may affect property values upwards, which would be a bad thing for others with waterfront properties in town.

Yes, but a wonderful piece of property would be lost to the many for the sake of the (very, very, very, very) few.

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[Mr. V]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Yes, but a wonderful piece of property would be lost to the many for the sake of the (very, very, very, very) few.

"The many?"

It was privately owned before and will remain so; if you really want to acquire property"for the "many," lobby your local politicians to develop more parks.

[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Yes, but a wonderful piece of property would be lost to the many for the sake of the (very, very, very, very) few.

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Is the public allowed to access it now? It looks gated.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

Is the public allowed to access it now? It looks gated.

I was referring to the (tens/hundreds of) thousands of campers and leaders that would no longer have the opportunity to experience summer camp vs. the few families that would own the homes.

Once a camp like that is gone, it's GONE.

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[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

I was referring to the (tens/hundreds of) thousands of campers and leaders that would no longer have the opportunity to experience summer camp vs. the few families that would own the homes.

Once a camp like that is gone, it's GONE.

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True.
But it seems that no one wants to lease it, and the Arlington Girl Scouts don't see a future with them opening it back up.

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

True.
But it seems that no one wants to lease it, and the Arlington Girl Scouts don't see a future with them opening it back up.

You seem to be injecting a charitable trust with economic goals.

Lease? Maybe I missed something, but generating income did not appear to be a goal of the grantor.

A future? Are you asserting that there are not plenty of kids who could have a wonderful time here?

Sadly, the Girl Scouts are treating their camp as a business. That kind of thinking is great in all sorts of situations, but does not apply to the trust

[John Mercier]

From the LDS article... " The deed, recorded in 1962, permits the sale of the property if the Arlington, Massachusetts, Girl Scouts, or their successor, or no other organization wishes to “hire the camp grounds for camping purposes, and if no other organization can be found to utilize the site for camping purposes...”

The deed also states that, in the event of a sale, the trustees “shall invest the proceeds of such sale” into investments, and use the proceeds from those investments for “camperships or scholarships for girls of Arlington” who are members of the local Girl Scouts organization. "

Hire - Lease

The lawyers seem to be playing around that phrasing of the deed.