ALT ANNOUNCES MIDDLETOWN FARM CONSERVATION

Middletown, RI. – April 20, 2022 – Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) has announced the conservation of 8.64 acres of farmland in Middletown. The property has frontage on East Main Road and is also visible looking north from Oliphant Lane, making it part of a scenic view corridor from East Main Road. It has USDA prime farmland soil and is within the drinking supply watershed.

The land trust purchased the land from the Berry Family, who had previously leased it to Rhode Island Nurseries for farming. It has lain fallow for several years but ALT plans to resume leasing it as farmland in the future. The farm abuts other agricultural land on its southwest side, with residential areas to its north and west.

“We are very grateful to the Berry family for working with ALT to permanently conserve this important property,” said Chuck Allott, Executive Director of ALT. “Like most land on Aquidneck Island, this property is zoned for residential development. Thanks to the Barry family’s commitment to conservation, it is now protected in perpetuity and will remain open space and farmland.”

ALT ANNOUNCES THREE NEW BOARD MEMBERS

Middletown, RI. – April 14, 2022 – Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) has announced that three new board members have been appointed to its board of trustees. Two of the trustees, Stephen B. Huttler and Liz Taber Kobylak, were appointed at the organization’s annual meeting, held February 3, 2022. The third trustee, Sandra Craig, was appointed in March 2022.

Stephen Huttler is a senior partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Washington, D.C. He is a native of Middletown and lives there with his wife, Jennie. Huttler is a member of the board of trustees of The Preservation Society of Newport County and the Touro Synagogue Foundation. He is vice chairman of the board of Newport Classical.

Liz Taber Kobylak, a licensed real estate broker and a native Newporter, is a technology consultant and partner with Envision Business Consultants LLC. She is a member of the Newport Garden Club and lives in Middletown with her husband, Joe Kobylak.

Sandra Craig is a retired attorney who is active in conservation, education, and the arts. She is a native New Yorker and lives seasonally in Middletown with her husband, Grenville. Sandra is a trustee of the American University in Paris, the Photography Collection Preservation Project, and St. Stephen’s School in Rome. She was past board chair of the Newport Art Museum.