Findings

The Town Council, Planning Board and staff have found:

• A. The special management district to be consistent with the West Greenwich Comprehensive Plan, as amended;
• B. The Centre of New England development project, located at Exit 7, serves a regional purpose and consists of over 480 acres of land located in the Towns of Coventry, East Greenwich and West Greenwich;
• C. The Centre of New England is one of the few undeveloped sites in the Town of West Greenwich serviced by public water, public sewers and natural gas; and
• D. That portion of the Centre of New England located in West Greenwich, nearly 70 acres of a former gravel operation, is blighted.