May
2
2016
WORCESTER --- The downtown revitalization plan designed to guide the Worcester's development efforts over the next 20 years has been released by the Worcester Redevelopment Authority, covering over 118 acres of land including some that can be taken from owners by eminent domain.
April
26
2016
SUDBURY – In a letter to the Zoning Board of Appeals, the lawyer for Sudbury Station says town opposition to the planned affordable housing development is based on prejudice, alleging that one town official said the Ch. 40B proposal would bring "riff-raff" to town and that residents at a hearing called supporters of the project "white trash." Sudbury Station is one of two Ch. 40B proposals currently before the town and thus far the town has indicated initial support for the other one, a mixed-use project proposed by Avalon Bay and National Development for the Raytheon site.
April
19
2016
BOSTON --- The Boston Globe's Tim Logan takes a look at development proposals currently on track for three Hub train stations - North Station, South Station and Back Bay Station - and what it means for the cash-strapped MBTA and the developers seeking to capitalize on housing and amenities near public transportation. (Boston Globe)
April
19
2016
MEDWAY --- The town has applied for and won a $15,000 grant from the Massachusetts Housing Partnership's 40B Technical Assistance Program. The grant will be used by the Zoning Board of Appeals to pay for consulting services to help it review Timber Crest Estates, a proposed 192-unit housing development. (Milford Daily News)
April
19
2016
SUDBURY --- Town Meeting will take up an overlay zoning proposal for the Raytheon site on Rte. 20 which will make way for some of the components of the mixed-use housing and commercial proposal put forth by Avalon Bay and National Development. The changes would address National Development's plan to build a grocery store and senior housing while Avalon Bay is applying to the town for a Ch. 40B permit so it can build 250 apartments. (MetroWest Daily News)
April
15
2016
BEDFORD --- By just seven votes, 141-134, residents at Bedford Town Meeting rejected a zoning bylaw that would've allowed the town to convert public school buildings not in use into housing.