Newton’s new multi-family zoning obligation
Where in Newton would you put 8,330 multi-family homes? That’s the question that the City Council has to figure out.Vet zoning
Interesting issue arose in the last Zoning and Planning meeting. Apparently, the folks who run The Street in Chestnut Hill want to add a vet’s office to the mix. But, the property is in a BU4 district, and a vet’s office is not listed as an allowed use,...Updated — Proposed development loses affordable units over guest parking concerns
Concerns about parking at a proposed development appear to have eliminated an opportunity to provide two permanently affordable homes and have made the homes that will be built larger and, therefore, almost certainly more expensive. Who would have guessed?Village Center Zoning Community Engagement Takeaways
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...Nathan Phillips: pedestrianize Storrow Drive
In Commonwealth Magazine, our friend Nathan Phillips makes the case for pedestrianizing Storrow Drive. It’s a terrific piece, go read it. This being a local blog, however, we need a hook. Here it is: eliminating cars and trucks from Storrow Drive will limit...Newton’s parking catch-22
in Newton, the discussion about parking in new developments is going in circles*. There’s a way out: stop worrying about on-street parking capacity. Here’s how it goes. A developer files for a special permit to build more housing near transit. City...
Updated: Balancing climate change and neighborhood concerns at Grove St.
Updated with more transcription. See the bottom of the post, — More than a little drama at the Newton City Council’s Land Use Committee meeting on Tuesday night. It looked like it would be a fairly routine approval of a special permit petition for the...Reshaping MA-4
boston.com is reporting about a proposed re-drawing of Massachusetts’ US Congressional districts, and it could have a big impact on the political fortunes of first-term Congresser Jake Auchincloss. The proposed redistricting would fold all of Fall River into...
Hammond Pond Parkway bike/ped improvements
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is holding a public meeting Wednesday to present 75% design plans for a significant “pedestrian- and bike-friendly redesign of Hammond Pond Parkway” between Boylston St. (Rte. 9) and Beacon St. (Image...
Albright/Lipof statement on Ward 3 incidents
Yesterday, City Council President Susan Albright and Council Vice President Rick Lipof issued the following statement on Facebook. The text: Vice President Lipof and I are in agreement with Mayor Fuller’s recent statement condemning the tactics used in the Ward 3...Susan Albright on Julia Malakie’s LGBTQ comment
In her comment on Village 14 about the email attacking Jim Cote, City Councilor Julia Malakie accused Council President Susan Albright of misquoting Councilor Pam Wright and her on a West Newton Google Group thread. At issue is a question that Councilor Wright asked...
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