A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
JAN 2008- GIVE THEM SANCTUARY FILED WITH THE STATE CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS AND APPLIED FOR 501(c)3 CERTIFICATION FROM THE IRS.
SUMMER 2008 TO NOW- ONGOING HABITAT CREATION AND RESTORATION. BAT HOUSES PLACED. STONE WALL HABITATS RESORED. BRUSH PILES CREATED. RUBBISH REMOVED. INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVED. NATIVE OVERGROWTH THINNED AND TRAILS CLEARED. NATIVES PLANTED. WILLOWS PLACED ALONG RIVER BANK FOR EROSION CONTROL.
JAN 2008 THRU APRIL 2009- ONGOING AND EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENCE WITH IRS TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION THAT WAS FINALLY GRANTED.
APRIL 2009- 16 ACRE PARCEL DONATED BY MANOMENDET INC. TO GIVE THEM SANCTUARY.
NOVEMBER 2009- 4 ACRE PARCEL ON BOSTON ROAD DONATED TO GIVE THEM SANCTUARY BY JEFF AND LAURA ALLARD.
FEBRUARY 2010- BOARD OF ASSESSORS IN MONSON DENIES TAX EXEMPTION FOR CONSERVATION LAND.
DECEMBER 2010-BOARD OF ASSESSORS IN MONSON AGAIN DENIES TAX EXEMPTION.
FEBRUARY 2011- GIVE THEM SANCTUARY APPEALS DECISION BY THE TOWN OF MONSON.
