by Greg Reibman | Sep 28, 2018 | Affordable housing, City Council, development, economic development, medical marijuana, N-Squared Innovation District, Needham Street, Northland |
Tuesday’s Land Use Committee meeting had two interesting agenda items on its agenda – the presentation of the Northland project and the final committee vote on Cypress Tree, the proposed medical marijuana clinic on Route 9 — and, thankfully, NewTV recorded it all!
- The Cypress Tree debate and vote starts at the 27:45 mark
- The Northland presentation begins at the 72:55 mark
by Chuck Tanowitz | May 27, 2018 | Affordable housing, economic development, zoning |
Councilor Gentile is putting up a proposal to hit the pause button on development. On Tuesday at Zoning & Planning Committee and the Planning Development Board, there will be a public hearing on few proposals designed to slow development, but the one that gets the... by Greg Reibman | Apr 13, 2018 | Affordable housing, development, economic development, Higher education, Oak Hill |
As anyone who has been following the news knows, UMass Amherst deal to acquire the Mount Ida College campus in Newton is drawing intense political heat. As I wrote in a statement for the Newton-Needham Chamber, lost in all the noise is the fact that this proposal...
by Andy Levin | Mar 20, 2018 | economic development, Newton, Washington Street Corridor |
A decision on whether to approve Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s request for $500,000 to study redevelopment of the Washington Street Corridor will have to wait a couple weeks. The City Council appeared poised to overwhelmingly approve the funding Monday night, after an...