The Newton Planning Department is holding a meeting tonight at 6:00 PM to present the takeaways from the first phase of Village Center Zoning Redesign community engagement. This will be the same presentation that was presented to the Zoning and Planning Committee on October 25. There will be a question and answer period.
I was at the October 25 meeting. It’s really interesting stuff. It was a really thorough outreach.
Presentation to ZAP:
The outreach may have been good but the rate of response was very low. For the past 5 years there have been multiple surveys and outreaches. The results are very consistent. Everyone wants more trees and green space with outdoor seating and plazas.