This is the new De Moulas Market Basket Site Plan.

Where is the boathouse? Voice your opinion ... Go to the new South Coast forums

"More economic development has been done by 'historic preservationists', in New Bedford, than what Matt (Morrissey) and the Mayor have accomplished together." - Peggi Medeiros
Hear Peggi Medeiros's whole April 11, 2009 interview on WBSM.

Why not develop a Market on the First Floor (Fanueil Hall) ,Offices, Galleries, professional space on the second, Art condos and other suites on the 3rd and a ballroom convention area on the 4th. An anchor store could be placed on the North side. The display sign could be animated and would advertise The anchor and everything in the Mill and around Town. New windows could be reduced in size and be placed with in the original brick frame work surronded by solar cells; good High R factor insulation could be place behing the solar panels to decrease the current heat loss.		TONIGHT: Re-Union NBHS '90 Riverside Ballroom 4 th Floor Welcome to Gateway New Bedford at Fairhaven Mills Level One: Visitor's Center Home Emporium $5 & $10 Expresso Express Green Greenery Solar & Wind HQ Bookworm Wired & Wireless Antique Boutique Level Two: IMax: Now Playing: Planet of the Lost World nbArtCoop A DeoDado Galleries SouthCoast Filmworks: CASTING CALL: The Catalpa 555.555.5555 Hillary's Fine Cuisine "Fine as Kind" Pub A Hard Bird's Roost Level Three: Nue Beige RIET SOCO Law SOCO Medical SOCO Insurance I.B.F.W nbArtCoop B Level Four: Riverside Ballroom Host your event in our Panoramic location Club East -extreme chic! New Bedford Hotel Rooms and Suites FM Management Downtown: At the Z: Othello's Revenge Wings Court: First Fridays presents: South Coast Idol
'60s Atlantic Mills Christmas Ads (largest retail market in New Bedford was housed in FM).

New Plan		Old Plan

Do you see a substantial difference? Who do you think the tenant is going to be?
(HD spent a fortune on engineering permits, etc. that Dickinson is planning to use to expedite their process. Any chance of a quid pro quo there? Is HD waiting in the wings?)

The Alternative was (could be):

"We were always going to save the mill." - L. Duane Jackson.

Below taken from a Letter to City Council against demolition by me (edited slightly for clarity here) based on a converstion between Jackson and myself.

Jackson said that the worst case scenario was (if they went no further) that they were going to make the first floor retail and the upper floors office space and residential.

In a conversation that I had with Jackson (post designation in which he said Lang and Morrisey kept changing the deal) when I mentioned that a suggestion of lack of funding was being bandied about, he was very surprised and even angered to hear that his group may have been being impugned as not being able to capitalize the project and he said that I could put the following into the public domain:

1. They ([UIAI] Jackson/Samuels) agreed to increase the deposit from $50k to $100k at the city’s request (which was beyond the requisite of the RFP).
2. They [UIAI] had put $40k on the Meldon building for a 30 day option with an agreement for an added $80k (TTL 120k).
3. Before the designation the Lang adminsitration then asked [UIAI] for another $200k (nonrefundable) deposit and they [UIAI] said no. (Enough was enough).

They had $50k + $40k already out and additionally to putting out a far more comprehensive proposal which in time and effort is 70k including $39k in architectural fees.

They had spent the money (around $100k) in contrast to Dickinson who had then put out $10k for the city land (refundable) and $15k for the adjacent lot. They wanted the designation first because they were going to be spending more money (on the project) and they felt that the way that the situation kept being re-traded they lost faith that they could trust the city to hold up their end.

They had put in $100k to loose the deal! A deal they offered twice ($1,000,000)as much to the city for.

"We were always going to save the mill." - L. Duane Jackson.

Poster advertised as Public (!?) Meeting but was only sent to an exclusive email list. Did you see it in the paper or hear it on WBSM?

Peggi Medeiros1 - (4 Meg ) Dartmouth Heritage Preservation Trust - formerly of W.H.A.L.E. (Low quality audio: use Headphones )

P Medeiros/ Jane Gonsalves- Ward 5 Councilor (1.5 Meg ) (Low quality audio: use Headphones )

Chuck Dade - (4 Meg ) (Low quality audio: use Headphones )

  Entire Meeting's Audio - (60 Meg) (Low quality audio: use Headphones

Legal Notices:

RFPs:    Fairhaven Mills Sawyer
            Hicks Logan

Fairhaven Mills RFP Addendum 4- Q & A Schedule clarification.

Fairhaven Mills RFP Addendum 3 -- Page1 | Page 2 | Page 3 -- Including Mill razing questions.

Fairhaven Mills RFP Addendum 2- Extension of Proposal Due date to February 16, 2007.

IG Response Letter - April 25, 2006

Planning Board tables decision Mar 15 2006 - mp3 | 2.6 Meg

Conservation Committee order of conditions 12/12/2005

Public Notice of Environmental Review --150 k --- Review for the
20 day comment period for the public to voice concerns to the Sec. of the Environment

MEPA Environmental Notification Form 8-24-05 - 25 k | MEPA

DECISION ON THE JOINT REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE NEW BEDFORD/FAIRHAVEN HARBOR PLAN PURSUANT TO 301 CMR 23.00