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Josh Schoemann: “When we started this process five years ago, there was not…”

Featuring: Josh Schoemann, Washington County Executive, Wisconsin, candidate 2024

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… in, built in the forties or the fifties, probably a thousand square feet on a quarter acre lot, probably a detached garage, maybe one car. Eventually got expanded to two. When we started this process five years ago, there was not one municipality in Washington county where you could create a new development that allowed for lots that small or homes that small. Right, right. We're now operating in a mindset of the 1990s and early 2000s where development was gangbusters and we really had to regulate to try to manage the growth? (25:12–25:26)

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Asserts that five years ago, no municipality in Washington County allowed for small lots or homes.

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