Abby L. Watson
@abbylwatson.bsky.social
Climate futurist, energy systems nerd, recovering policy wonk.
www.groundwiregroup.com
www.groundwiregroup.com
Nothing better than those happy, rumbly purrs. What a sweet boy. I miss mine still and it has been almost six years.
March 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Nothing better than those happy, rumbly purrs. What a sweet boy. I miss mine still and it has been almost six years.
My YIMBY moment has come and I am Ready 👏 For 👏 It 👏 Came home to this little number tucked next to my mailbox. Already composing my comments.
I have asks! Let’s see this as an opportunity to make the neighborhood better! Everyone deserves housing and we have to build more of it somewhere.
I have asks! Let’s see this as an opportunity to make the neighborhood better! Everyone deserves housing and we have to build more of it somewhere.
![A photo of a neighborhood group flyer notifying us of a proposed low-income housing development. The flyer includes a redacted image of the neighborhood layout and handwritten notes emphasizing the meeting details and pointing to a Facebook page. The text reads:
Attention residents of the [redacted] neighborhood important notification!
The 4-acre property located at [redacted] (where the large house is next to the [redacted] former school) has been sold to a developer, [redacted], who plans on *building six buildings intended for low-income housing. This would include 60 apartments along with a 70-90 car parking lot.* The project would stretch back behind the houses on Hillside Drive, down toward the playground.
The township has started to plan out how to change the topography of this green space and obtain the necessary permits needed to move forward with the construction of what is being considered a *Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC).
Some questions to consider as a [redacted] resident:
- how will this impact the value of our homes?
- how will this impact the wildlife and vegetation that live in that lot and in our neighborhood?
- how will the impact traffic, the sewer system, storm water retention, and air quality in our neighborhood?
The next planning review is scheduled for [redacted]. Public comment will be part of this meeting and we are encouraging residents of the [redacted] neighborhood to attend. Additional important meetings regarding this project will be held on March 11 and April 8. Each of these meetings will work to move this project forward - we MUST get involved with this!
Please attend these meetings and voice your concerns. Please help save our neighborhood from further development!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hg67l4nouk7jxj3ogbjuoqr/bafkreicvdg54wa7bp6jqivefmfz6qcymbascqdfckqyd7ukftti7otdlpy@jpeg)
March 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My YIMBY moment has come and I am Ready 👏 For 👏 It 👏 Came home to this little number tucked next to my mailbox. Already composing my comments.
I have asks! Let’s see this as an opportunity to make the neighborhood better! Everyone deserves housing and we have to build more of it somewhere.
I have asks! Let’s see this as an opportunity to make the neighborhood better! Everyone deserves housing and we have to build more of it somewhere.
This is what I see when I finish eating my lunch in the dining room and turn around. The stare is palpable. She gets a walk every day after lunch.
February 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is what I see when I finish eating my lunch in the dining room and turn around. The stare is palpable. She gets a walk every day after lunch.
She just couldn’t keep her little eyes open.
December 6, 2024 at 12:47 PM
She just couldn’t keep her little eyes open.
For my first real post in this new blue place, it only feels fitting to share the first annual report published by Groundwire Strategies. We used a systems thinking approach to examine key trends that will influence renewable energy in 2024. Enjoy!
www.groundwirestrategies.com/publications/
www.groundwirestrategies.com/publications/
February 20, 2024 at 7:54 PM
For my first real post in this new blue place, it only feels fitting to share the first annual report published by Groundwire Strategies. We used a systems thinking approach to examine key trends that will influence renewable energy in 2024. Enjoy!
www.groundwirestrategies.com/publications/
www.groundwirestrategies.com/publications/
This episode has my brain firing on all cylinders today. It's challenging and provocative and I love that. @tadziomueller.bsky.social makes arguments about the guilt we feel about climate collapse that remind me of my all-time favorite TV series, #TheLeftovers. Guilty Remnant vibes.
February 20, 2024 at 4:23 PM
This episode has my brain firing on all cylinders today. It's challenging and provocative and I love that. @tadziomueller.bsky.social makes arguments about the guilt we feel about climate collapse that remind me of my all-time favorite TV series, #TheLeftovers. Guilty Remnant vibes.