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The Campaign to Preserve Farm Creek                        
An Urban Land Trust Beauty

In the Summer of 2006 we began. The challenge: Buy a prime water-front property at 34 Sammis Street in Rowayton for $4.5 million. Add it to three other parcels and create a 16.2 acre space on the Farm Creek tidal estuary emptying into Long Island Sound.

Tidal estuaries are a vital part of a healthy Long Island Sound ecosystem. Development along Connecticut shores has destroyed more than 60 percent of Connecticut's coastal marshes since 1914. Tidal estuaries and salt marshes are the feeding grounds, nurseries, and safe havens for hundreds of species, the second most productive ecosystem on our planet after a rain forest.

The $4.5 million price tag is the biggest challenge the Norwalk Land Trust has ever faced. Today, we have $320,000 left to raise. 

To help us finish, there is a Challenge Grant in effect for 2010. The Tombros Foundation will match 50%  of the next  $500,000 raised.

The deteriorating 1983 house was torn down in June, 2008, and the entire 'vista' area was re-contoured and seeded.

It is now a lovely, quiet area enjoyed by people, animals and birds. Some vital repairs will soon take place on the 1907 stone barn; and funding permitting, a small protected nature classroom will assist school groups and others visiting the Preserve.

Donations have come in all sizes-from kids selling lemonade to some very generous individuals. More than 800 households and foundations and businesses have helped us get this far.

Please join the Campaign for Farm Creek. Use the pledge form on this site and make your check payable to the Norwalk Land Trust; and earmark your donation to "Norwalk Land Trust, Farm Creek Campaign".

To learn more about this project, please read our brochures.

Contact Us Now
Please contact Pete Scull email pinepoint18@aol.com, or Mike Barbis, mike@mikebarbis.com for more information on how you can help.

We welcome gifts of cash or marketable securities. The Norwalk Land Trust is a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt organization.  All contributions are fully tax-deductible. Contact Midge Kennedy with questions, Midge17@optonline.net.

The Campaign for Farm Creek Preserve
Pete Scull, Co-Chair; Cherie Burton, Co-Chair; Seeley Hubbard, Co-Chair

Miki Alicastro - Mike Barbis - Peggy Holton - John Igneri - Midge Kennedy - Tammy Langalis - Connie Bennett
Chuck Schoendorf - Linda Scull - Kathy Siever - Marny Smith - Susie Salomon