Since 1972, my family has owned a house on the Vineyard and the beaches of Chappy became my home. A home was never about the physical structure but about the place we love, doing what we love and being with the people we love.

After participating in the latest Edgartown Conservation Commission meeting and hearing one of the private landowners state that they would file an appeal if the conservation commission approved the Trustee’s applications, I was completely disheartened. I knew that the appeal process could last up to two years before reaching a resolution.