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At a
Glance - Background,
general facts and contact information
Water
- Description of the town's valuable natural resource.
Details of Charlestown's drinking water source and surface
water are included. There is also a short list of threats
to water quality and current plans and regulations in
this section.
Land
Use - Highlights the predominant uses of the land,
focusing on the interaction between developed, undeveloped,
and open space. Open space is a particularly hot topic
as the planning and conservation commissions are currently
in the process of prioritizing new parcels for acquisition.
Also included in this section is a brief description
of the plans and regulations restricting land uses.
Growth
- Discusses the commercial, residential, and demographic
growth trends and their implications for future growth
and as well as the environmental health of the town.
Included is a summery of the forthright steps the town
has taken to implementing growth management strategies.
Questions or comments on this site?
Email: Kerrie
O'Donnell or Vanessa
Li.
All photographic images of Charlestown
are courtesy of Justin
Huxol.
All GIs maps are made from Rhode
Island Geographic System (RIGIS).
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