Ambler Making Hay Despite Cloudy Funding
Ambler Farm receives approval to go ahead with its second phase of construction and renovations on the Raymond-Ambler House.
Ambler Farm is still planning on making hay in the coming year, even if the shining sun is being blotted out by a cloudy economic forecast. The farm and the town began a large bonding initiative in 2007 to restore the Raymond-Ambler House and make various improvements around the property. The $1 million project was to be split into two payments, both of $500,000, with one coming that year and another set for 2011. Unfortunately, the second $500,000 installment is being delayed due to the tight constraints of Wilton's FY 2011 budget. Luckily for the Friends of Ambler Farm's board, they have been biding their funding carefully. "We've been trying to backtrack and make the project fit into the town's budget process," said Ann Bell, the board'…
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Christian Camerota
11:54 am on Thursday, April 29, 2010
It's a slightly archaic use, and it's almost always paired with time, but I believe you can well bide your funding...the word can be used to mean "to endure" or "to bear," which was supposed to be the tacit implication here. more ›