December 19, 2020 By Jason Starr, Observer staff Essex Alliance Church is abandoning plans to build a new church campus on 52 undeveloped acres it owns along Route 2A in Williston, but the town is moving forward with a recreation path connection on the property. The town’s public work’s department is working with Stantec engineering and the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission to develop the best options for connecting Beaudry Lane with the sidewalks of Route 2A — a connection that would complete a dedicated bike/pedestrian link between Williston and Essex. The town invested about $1 million in 2016 in a bridge over the Allen Brook to facilitate the connection.