Business View Civil & Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 8

56 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 and neighborhoods going in. Two Planned Unit Development Districts (PUDDs) are in progress: Timber Creek Preserve and Stonebridge Enclave. There’s also the Estates at Kelley Farms being built out.” All but eight homes in town have access to broadband internet through Charter Communications. Connolly expects there won’t be a housing shortage much longer, but the strategy now is to slow down and consider how it will impact the future. For example, the town is redoing its zoning and comprehensive plans. It’s also performing traffic and Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) studies. According to Reynolds, “The community needs the proper amount of housing for people wanting to live here. With the revisions Mr. Connolly discussed, we’re on track for that now.” At the heart of Ballston are its small and medium sized businesses; local companies