b'C H A P T E R T E NJanuarys output was typical. By January 18, a letter from George Olmsted went to all FCW members. If you care about the future of Chatham, he wrote, you must read this letter and enclosure. His conclusion: Managing growth and development to assure protection of our natural resources is one of the most critical challenges in the newProposed Zoning Bylaw Changes -Fact Sheetmillennium. Two otherTown Meeting, May 14, 2001member mailings wereThese proposals address growing concerns, expressed throughout the community, of potential harm to Chatham from rapid growth.Over-development could harm programmed for Marchthe towns village character and its natural resources.and April. A full-scale rewrite of the zoning bylawan(* implementation of theComprehensive Long Range Plan will take years to accomplish.The following That sameproposals that address sections of the bylaw concerning population density month of January, Jimand natural resources must take place now.Blankenship and theArticle 23 - Conservancy Buffer Zone Overlay DistrictProvides author produced lists ofadditional zoning requirements for Inland Conservancy Districts by creating a 50-foot wide zoning buffer around all Inland Conservancy succinct, umbrellaDistrictsby prohibiting filling and grading within this buffer zone without special themes, e.g., Chatham: permits from the Zoning Board of AppealsWe Care! Of theArticle 24 -Criteria for Increases in Nonconformity.Expands guidelinesauthors sixteen entries,A draft fact sheet generated by the FCW communicanone made the cut. Ontions team.This one circulated just before the May January 13, the2001 Town Meeting at which the FCW-developed committee held a work Zoning Bylaw revisions would come up for a vote.shop, leading to Dr. Butlersdrawing up a Work Breakdown, an astute matrix showing who was doing what to implement the campaign; it was to be reviewed at a January 24 recap session, then run before the full board in February.From then on, FCW went public repeatedly, advocating support of the remaining four Bylaw revisions. For the undecided or dubious, the committee spread out thirteen Frequently Asked Questions, with answers. At no point did FCW deal in windy puffery. Rather, the FCW team said Vote Yes!and heres exactly why you should.On the third night of Town Meeting, that information saturation paid off: the four FCW-sponsored amendments passed by substantial margins. Within days, a leaflet was floating through the town. And the winner is .Chatham! it stated. Approval was important, but equally so, the body copy declared, had been a truly collaborative effort by ahappy mix of people and groups in the community. Concluded the flyer, TFLANKS TO ALL!Privately, the FCW board understandably felt that the crescendo of applause should be primarily for the tireless efforts of Debby Ecker and John Geiger, but also for the hod carriers of the communications subcommittee.179'