Garrett Daigle
Staff Liaison (non-voting) — Assistant Town Planner — Farmington Green Efforts Committee
Roles
- Government Official — Farmington Green Efforts Committee
Coverage (13 articles)
Three Unionville Preservation Projects Clear Review in 14 Minutes
A century-old church name is returning to School Street after three Unionville preservation projects cleared historic review in about 14 minutes.
Farmington's Green Efforts Committee Has More Ideas Than It Can Finish. So It Picked Four.
Farmington's Green Efforts Committee spent its July meeting not dreaming up new initiatives but narrowing the ones it already has, settling on four goals it might actually complete: waste reduction, climate resilience, dark skies, and habitat. The flagship is town-wide composting. The complication, from the school district's own facilities director, is that composting has been costing Farmington money, not saving it.
Hartford Just Rewrote Farmington's Zoning. The Town's Planners Showed the Commission How Little Say It Has Left.
A new Connecticut law, Public Act 25-1, forces Farmington to approve two-to-nine-unit housing in its commercial and industrial zones with no public hearing. On June 22, the town's planners introduced the zoning rewrite it requires and showed the Plan and Zoning Commission how little discretion it has left. The public hearing is in September, but by law there will not be much of a hearing.
Unionville's Historic District Approves Solar Panels, Then Goes Looking for More Old Houses
The Unionville Historic District and Properties Commission approved a rooftop solar array and two EV chargers at 796 Plainville Avenue on June 11, with no objection to how the panels would look from the road. The same night, the commission restarted a property-recruitment push it had let lapse since 2018 and lined up a fall training session for its members.
Unionville Historic Commission Sets Five Priorities for 2026, Welcomes New Liaison Bill Beckert
Nine months after a wave of departures left the Unionville Historic District and Properties Commission with three empty seats, two alternate seats remain vacant. The Commission held its first official 2026 meeting on Thursday, May 7 — five months after its last session — and welcomed Town Council member Bill Beckert as its new town liaison. Chair Lisa Johnson set five priorities for the year ahead: recruitment of new property owners (the Vibberts at 126 Main Street are first), public education sessions, commissioner training, new-member onboarding, and a fall walking tour timed to the Cobblestone Church's 100th anniversary.
Farmington's April 25 Town-Wide Cleanup Logged 89 Volunteers and 2,200 Pounds of Trash
Eighty-nine volunteers turned out for Farmington's town-wide cleanup on Saturday, April 25, weighing in 1,339 pounds of trash and filling trucks that tipped at about 2,200 pounds. Top groups: Miss Porter's, the seven-person NHS subset "Bubby Tube," the broader National Honor Society contingent, and the Farmington Land Trust. The committee is weighing whether to relocate the Irving-Alling Recreation station next year after a baseball game running during the cleanup produced no engagement.
Farmington Green Efforts Committee Funds Full $4,500 for Union School Compost Table
The Farmington Green Efforts Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to cover the full $4,500 cost of a custom compost-sorting table for Union Elementary School — more than doubling the $2,000 the school's Student Council had asked for and freeing the Union PTO from the contribution it had pledged. Three Student Council members presented the school's three-stream cafeteria sorting program before the vote.
Farmington Eyes Solar Farm at Old Tilcon Quarry
A solar developer eyes the former Tilcon quarry on Route 6 for a solar farm. If the project tops one megawatt, it bypasses Farmington zoning entirely.
Farmington Green Efforts Committee Sets April 25, 2026 Clean-Up; Textile Recycling Reaches 5,500 Pounds
Farmington’s Green Efforts Committee set April 25, 2026 for Town-Wide Clean-Up, reported 5,500 pounds of textiles recycled, and discussed expanding school composting.
Parking, Pastries, and Property Lines: Farmington TPZ Gets Busy
Farmington TPZ greenlights a café expansion, approves a major home addition, resolves blasting concerns, and debates a dense housing text change in a packed April 28 meeting.
Two Old Houses, One New Line: Farmington HDC Expands Preservation Map
Farmington’s Historic District Commission votes to expand the historic district, but not before tackling a conflict of interest and a quiet reminder that old houses come with new rules.
Camp Current’s Fate on Hold, Farmington Approves Food Trucks, Church Signage & More 🏛️
Farmington’s zoning commission approves new church signs, delays a Camp Current decision, and greenlights food trucks. Packed meeting, packed agenda, packed opinions. 🏙️🚚🎤
Farmington’s Homebuilding, Housing Conversions & Local Signs: A Cheerfully Zoning-Filled Night 🎉
Former nursing homes to new apartments, bigger houses, and sweet local business signs—Farmington’s got zoning magic brewing! 🏠✨