Chester Accepts Ownership of 13 Acres of New Development for Open Space

Chester Supervisor Brandon Holdridge has announced that the Chester Town Board has accepted a subdivision from the developer of the Oak Woods project, located on Camp Monroe Rd and adjacent to Lakes Rd and the Lake Hill Farms neighborhood. The developer will be constructing four homes whereas the town will take ownership of around 13 acres of land in the back of the property with access to Camp Monroe Rd.

It may be hard to tell by this map, but the land we saved is the shaded gray area on the left side of this picture with a stretch of land extending to Camp Monroe Rd towards the top right.

This is in line with our current and future Comprehensive Plan, which advocates for the preservation of land through the use of conservation subdivisions. I want to thank the residents who advocated for this to happen, especially Tracy Schuh of the The Preservation Collective, Inc.. This specific plot of land was one of the first things we spoke about when I was running for the Town Board in 2021.

I'm incredibly proud we were able to preserve some land in Chester, even before we got the Community Preservation Fund up and running. I'm hopeful this is the beginning of a long track record of land preservation for years to come!

Brandon Holdridge

Town of Chester

Supervisor