George Plumb: NewVistas development would ruin communities

Editor’s note: This commentary is by George Plumb, who is a member of the board of Better (not bigger) Vermont. He lives in Washington, Vermont, which is only a few miles from the proposed NewVistas development.
The NewVistas Foundation, a Utah nonprofit corporation, and its founder, David Hall, have proposed a long-term plan to construct a 2.88-square-mile, up to 20,000 residents, mixed-use industrial, commercial and residential development in rural areas of the towns of Royalton, Sharon,