Groton Open Space Association

GOSA Signs Pact To Buy Newly Named Merritt Family Forest

GROTON–F.L. Merritt,Inc. and the Groton Open Space Association signed April 14, 2003, a contract for GOSA to buy the 75-acre Merritt Property on Fort Hill.

Nelson Merritt, president of the family corporation, and Priscilla Pratt, president of GOSA, signed the contract in a Greenwich law office. Formal closing on the property is scheduled for this summer.

At Mr. Merritt’s suggestion, the land–previously referred to as “The Merritt Property”–will be called The Merritt Family Forest. The signing came six days after GOSA was awarded a state grant to cover 65% of the acquisition cost of $1 million.