A Mormon Tycoon Wants to Build Joseph Smith's Mega-Utopia in Vermont

A Mormon Tycoon Wants to Build Joseph Smith's Mega-Utopia in Vermont

David Hall is snapping up farmland to bring his vision of a sustainable high-density community to life. The neighbors are horrified. From Nicole Antal, a 30-year-old librarian in Sharon, Vermont, was putting together a town report in late January when she stumbled upon a series of odd land purchases: In just three months, a Utah-based foundation had quietly bought more than 900 acres of nearby farmland, an area larger than Central Park.

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