“People can work together. No need to ruffle the town’s people’s feathers unnecessarily.”
If the people do not want their feathers ruffled, then buy the land and keep it undeveloped.
The nephew (out of state) was approached by the developer before the town had any clue what was going on. During lockdowns. Under cover of darkness. You should see the rat hole housing this developer has built in other communities. We are trying to make things not so horrible here.
Go bark up another tree.