Clearly, the recently submitted subdivisions do not represent the family’s vision of the farm.  They do not follow the land use plan we had developed for preservation of the farm.  Submission of those plans was made necessary by the proposed passage of a zoning ordinance that would devalue the farm 75 to 80 percent and force us to sell off much larger parcels, impacting virtually all of the farming operation, to satisfy the remainder of the indebtedness.  We submitted the plans as a last resort to preserve value and to seek the leverage to eventually develop in clusters and villages, as initially proposed.  This was the prudent course for us to take under the law

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