Mayor Adam Salina announced this week that the town is starting a process to accept assignment of a contract from the Berlin Land Trust to acquire 44 acres off Chamberlain Highway from Girl Scouts of Connecticut, Inc. for open space use.

“The property abuts existing Town owned properties including Hatchery Brook Conservation Area and Bicentennial Park and because of its strategic location we have maintained an interest in the property for a number of years,” said Mayor Adam Salina.

The town has applied for an Open Space and Watershed Acquisition Program Grant from the State of Connecticut to help fund the acquisition.

While Girl Scouts of Connecticut has not regularly used the property for many years, the organization wanted to assure that the land would be preserved as open space to conserve the property’s unique natural characteristics.

For more on this story see the July 22 edition of The Citizen.