New Open Space off Buck Hill Road

The Board of Aldermen just approved the purchase of two acres of land in the Shelton Lakes Greenway located between Buck Hill Road, Doe Place, and Wesley Drive. The Rec Path and the Paugussett Trail are nearby. The map below shows the location of the property in relation to the trails. 

The property was offered for sale by the owners Theodore and Nina Shevzov, who are splitting their four-acre property in order to sell the back two acres as open space.  The sale price of $75,000 was based on the per-acre price of the abutting Dikovsky open space purchased a few years ago. The new open space is surrounded by pre-existing open space on three sides. 

This is the third strategic open space purchase along this part of the greenway belt in the past few years. The first was the Dikovsky acquisition, which included a broad valley overlooked by the Rec Path.  Last year the City purchased the Kassheimer property, known for a set of impressive cliffs just north of the Rec Path.