Sandra Levine: Building on success to contain sprawl

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Sandra Levine, who is a senior attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation in Montpelier.At a time when political malaise, overwork and ever-expanding reliance on electronics threatens positive community life, celebrating and building on successes becomes more important than ever. The recent protection of land at Exit 4 in Randolph is just such a local success.
Two years ago, a massive, sprawling big box commercial development was proposed to overtake