CHATHAM -- THE TOWN AT CAPE COD'S ELBOW

The Boston Globe | July 14, 1990| | Copyright

CHATHAM - Residents of this quiet, seacoast town have always prided themselves on holding taut the reins of tourism and development.

During the 1980s, residential zoning laws were tightened to prevent overbuilding and more than 400 acres of beach, marsh and wetlands are preserved by a town conservation commission.

And, while tourism is encouraged, town boards and planning committees have taken many steps to protect this resort community from becoming another motel stop off Routes 6 and 28.

"What you won't see in Chatham is anything on the order of the commercial changes going on in ...

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