What would you do with town-owned land on George Street? That's the question residents and officials mulled over during a workshop last Wednesday night at the town hall, and it appears there may be a push to split up the parcel. The residents group Friends of Nockum Hill offered a proposal calling for town officials to sell off a one-acre lot that contains a house on the property, and lease the remaining portion of the land to Four Town Farm. The group also wants re-zone all of the land to agriculture. "I have already spoken to Chris Clegg, owner of Four Town Farms," wrote Jason Lawrence, a member of the Friends of Nockum Hill, in the proposal. "The farm is willing to lease the remaining 1.8 acres, under the current terms of their existing lease agreement with the town." Council president June Speakman said the board will discuss the proposal when it meets in December. In the meantime, the proposal will be forwarded to other town boards and commissions for review. (Ms. Speakman said the council is trying to keep the November meeting agenda, in light of the fact that the meeting falls just after election day and the town clerk will be very busy with that work.) Back in 2010, the town and the cemetery commission paired up to purchase the property at 139 George St. Officials planned to divvy up the land — some of it would be used for a new cemetery while the remainder had been eyed for an affordable housing development. That remained the case until recently when residents raised concerns about Nockum Hill and another development that had been planned. Called Residences at the Preserve, the project was denied approvals by the planning board but received a green light from the State Housing Appeals Board. Most recently the town filed a challenge in court to stop the development. With the town fighting against one affordable housing project on George Street, officials and residents began questioning the appropriateness of a second development — one that would be town-sponsored. In early June, the council followed the recommendation of the housing board and the sentiment of residents and voted unanimously to remove the land at 139 George St. from consideration for future affordable housing developments. (A portion of land is still owned by the cemetery commission.) At the workshop on Wednesday night, Oct. 8, Mr. Lawrence addressed the council and offered his group's proposal. The Friends of Nockum Hill also called on the council to pay back the money it had taken from the Spencer Trust account to purchase the land. "Money from the sale of this single family home on the one acre lot will be used to pay back the Spencer Trust Fund," stated the proposal. Ms. Speakman said the council will, during its December meeting, make a decision on reimbursing the Spencer Trust account. She estimated the reimbursement figure at $275,000. As far as the zoning switch, the Friends of Nockum Hill are calling for a different designation for the property. "We would like George Street to become a Farm Conservation district, similar to the plan that the town of Warren has adopted," stated the proposal.