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'tp��y of MggyAFF <br />av <br />iwc in+u <br />F <br />J <br />fC (II E� <br />��rdMuw MF5 <br />16 Great Neck RoadNorth <br />wlashyee, -Massachusetts oz649 <br />There is a workshop being held tomorrow for the HPP on Zoom. There was a nice population <br />of people that represented the dichotomy of Mashpee residents at the in person session. <br />There were many happy and stably housed residents but also many unstably housed residents <br />who recognize incredible assets here and don't want to leave. There was some interesting <br />discussion and he was thankful to see some new faces. He noted there were about 35 people <br />there. He has uploaded all documents regarding the HPP onto the Planning Department's <br />page, it is under community engagement with links for the HPP. The virtual workshop is being <br />held tomorrow evening at 5:OOP.M. <br />PUBLIC COMMENT <br />Wendy Williams- She feels very strongly about the issues going on at Willowbend. She is a <br />35 year Mashpee resident. She has been a lifelong investigative reporter with prizewinning <br />work, she is proud of her accomplishments and would be happy to talk about that with anyone. <br />She has been highly successful in investigative science and has debated Bobby Kennedy Jr., <br />John Stuart, and Jason Jones. She has written for the two top science journals with reviews <br />from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post. Many local people ask <br />her, if you have lived here for 35 years and no one knew, why emerge now? She is working on <br />her next book, The Last Great Wildlife Show. How did we get into this mess? What do we do to <br />solve the problem? We are stuck in a hot spot of environmental degradation if ever there was <br />one. The past 3 years she has been watching the town very closely. She does not like what <br />she is seeing. This town has been railroaded ever since the pilgrims purgatoried the <br />Wampanoag people. She is here to speak about Willowbend and their recent arrogant and <br />horrifying proposal to build 14 luxury units on 5 acres of our shore line in wetland areas, when <br />low and middle income people are struggling to pay for a sewer and deal with the mess of <br />developers. People in this town are struggling to find a starter home, we don't need any more <br />luxury houses. It is so expensive to build right now and even more to clean our deteriorated <br />waters. There is deep history at Willowbend, this is not the Willowbend of 1986. This land has <br />a sad history of deep financial problems and failures, and this project was a no good terrible <br />idea from the start. Golf course, condos, big dreams and small brains, a private community <br />concept with snob appeal and limited membership. The project landed back in the hands of the <br />bank. The bank owns it today. The land has been plagued from the start and it never was the <br />financial success. It was sold at auction and new owners tried to join the exclusive Osterville <br />club to create something better in Mashpee. Southworth began running the project, looking for <br />high end buyers. Joe Deitch invested, a big PR hype to the highest level, with his book <br />Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life. Southworth was being forced out against his will, but still <br />lives in Willowbend. This company has been trying to milk every penny out of that business <br />before its offloaded. What an outrageous request, building 14 nonsense houses on 5 acres of <br />land, including wetlands. Tax payers be damned! Then, they advertise these properties for <br />sale before they had permission to break ground. The July 31st letter looks like a threat. <br />Mashpee is tired of being overrun, this development won't do what it once had hoped, and they <br />10 <br />