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Report: Visionary of Sandywoods Says "Whole Thing Has Been a Disappointment"

Joseph Bossom said that management problems and the gutting of several programs is a sign of an idealistic dream turned sour.

A man who envisioned a bucolic if not utopian future for his farmland and helped steer the development of Sandywood Farm into a community of artists mixed with affordable housing is now saying that the whole thing hasn’t quite lived up to expectations.

Joseph Bossom said that the whole thing is a “disappointment,” in fact, and blamed the management of the nonprofit land trust and overseer, a noisy wind turbine and other factors.

The Providence Journal explored the issue in depth. Click HERE to read the story.

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