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PRIORITY ISSUES Many issues that are important to Colchester and its future are addressed in the Plan. However, the following recommendations are considered the most significant: CONSERVATION Reference • Protect natural resources Chapter 5 - Natural Resources • Preserve water quality Chapter 5 - Natural Resources • Preserve open space Chapter 6 - Open Space DEVELOPMENT • Manage residential growth by: • adopting a buildable land regulation, • adopting a residential density regulation, and • promoting open space development patterns • Encourage appropriate economic development in accordance with the Plan • Acquire sites for schools, recreation facilities, and other community facility needs Chapter 9 - Housing & Residential Areas Chapter 10 - Business & Economic Development Chapter 11 - Community Facilities & Services INFRASTRUCTURE • Develop additional public water supply sources Chapter 13 - Utilities 6
CONDITIONS & TRENDS 3 HISTORY OF COLCHESTER The landscape of the area we know as Colchester was formed over millions of years by massive geological forces and processes. While human settlement is believed to have occurred within the past 10,000 years, written history is only available for the past 350 years or so. No permanent Native American settlements are known to have been located in what is now Colchester. However, temporary or seasonal settlements may have occurred in the area and trails connecting settlements near the Thames River (east) to those near the Connecticut River (west) may have passed through the area. A Golden Hill Paugussett reservation is now located in southeastern Colchester. Colchester Facts Colchester was named in 1699. The name is believed to come from the ancestral home in England of the County Magistrate. Colchester celebrated its 300th anniversary in 1998 with a variety of events. Settlement of Colchester While European settlement of Connecticut began about 1630, trading disagreements and skirmishes between Dutch and English settlers and the Mohegan or Pequot natives made many areas unsafe for settlement until after the Pequot War in 1637. It was not until 1662 that Jeremiah Adams, a Hartford innkeeper, became the first settler known to locate in the Colchester area. Adams obtained permission from Mohegan leaders to winter cattle along the Salmon River and the General Court of Connecticut later formalized the agreement. Other settlers followed and, in 1698, the General Court granted plantation rights to a group of Hartford County investors. The area was to be bounded by Lyme on the south, Middletown and Haddam on the west, Norwich on the east, and Glastonbury and Lebanon on the north. The area was formally named Colchester in 1699 and was designated as part of New London County. The original proprietors quickly set out lots and encouraged settlers, especially those with needed skills, to move to the area. Availability of large tracts of land attracted people from more populated areas such as Hartford and Wethersfield. 7
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Page 3 and 4: 2001 Colchester Plan of Conservatio
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Page 7: Colchester Street Map
Page 10 and 11: Statutory Reference Section 8-23 of
Page 12 and 13: The Planning Process WHERE WE ARE W
Page 16 and 17: Congregational Church As population
Page 18 and 19: Reasons For Moving To Colchester At
Page 20 and 21: Migration Statistics Year Household
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Page 28 and 29: Sampling & Variation The sample siz
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Page 32 and 33: Telephone Survey What Makes Colches
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Page 38 and 39: Natural Diversity Database The Conn
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ASSESSMENT Issues related to reside
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Density Definition Residential dens
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Encourage Housing Diversity 11. Con
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Employment Trends Employment 1960 9
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Development Types Village Business
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Education Facilities Colchester has
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TRANSPORTATION 1 OVERVIEW The trans
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17 CONCLUSION The Plan of Conservat
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