[Winona Online Democracy]
The gist of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press article, if anyone
didn't read it, was that a team of award winning designers had gone to great
effort to make their upscale, "all the pleasures of rural life with the
convenience of a nearby city" fit in harmoniously with the surrounding
countryside. But their vision for the houses and the numerous restrictive
covenants were likely to be too 'artsy' for a conservative market
segment that would be more interested in typical
large-lot McMansions.
While the pending Winona expansion is said to meet a need
for upscale housing in Winona, I'd be surprised if we have a market for a
Mayo Woodlands type of project. I'm offering this link more in the
spirit seeing how the other half (other 1/2 of 1%?) lives.
About the Wilson township development: From articles in
the Winona Post, it looks like regulations dealing with trout stream water
quality might severely restrict the scope of the project. Or is that wishful
thinking? Building site temporary plastic barrier fences for runoff control
don't always work. A developer would certainly claim that his crews
would be careful. But although he would probably be sincere, how
could he supervise every tradesman and deliveryman that would be visiting the
sites? At the risk of offending construction workers (as well as the engineers
in a previous posting) they tend to favor big-wheel 4WD trucks
and like to show off their mud bogging capability.
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