Improvements coming to Needham Street
Construction is about to begin on the $30 million dollar renovation of the Needham Street corridor: starting at the junction of Winchester Street and Route 9 in Newton and extending down Needham Street, across the Charles River onto the Fire Station on Highland Avenue in Needham. Here’s the guest column I wrote about it this week for the TAB.
My favorite addition will be the new …
The Process for Referendums is Different from that of Ballot Questions – Mayor’s Update
Mayor Fuller released this via her email newsletter on Monday. Mayor’s Update A Possible Referendum on Northland Two weeks ago, the Newton City Council approved by a 17 to 7 vote a special permit and zoning to allow housing, restaurants, shops and offices to...
Great news: Northland project aligns with environmentalists’ goals
fIn an opinion piece in Commonwealth Magazine, “Bringing Nature Back into our Environment”, co-authored by Emily Norton, Newton City Councilor and Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association, and Reverend Vernon K. Walker, Program Manager of...The Slippery Slope of Size
To listen to the Right Size argument in Newton is to hear a lot about the heights of buildings. Right Sizers living near the Northland property think it has too many apartments, while those over near Riverside fretted (until recently) that it had too few housing units...
Farmacy open in Four Corners, and other restaurant happenings
Newton is seeing a bit of movement on the restaurant front. The most recent entry is the Farmacy, which opened in Newton Four Corners. It’s in the same small strip mall as The Dumpling House (a personal favorite). It’s interesting since Four Corners is...Update: Needham Street reopens to traffic, traffic delays expected
From Ellen Ishkanian in Mayor Fuller’s office: “Good news. DPW crews worked overnight and made significant progress in repairing the broken water main under Needham Street in front of the Nexus complex (165 Needham Street). The new section of pipe is in...
RightSize Newton mobilizes for Tuesday’s City Council meeting on Northland project
On Tuesday, April 9th, at 7:00 PM, the City Council’s Land Use Committee will hold a public meeting to discuss critical traffic and parking impacts that would emanate from the proposed 800-unit Northland development project on Needham Street. Over the past...VIDEO: Watch Northland’s updated project proposal to Land Use
Here’s the video of Northland’s presentation to the City Council’s Land Use Committee showing its proposed changes to its Needham Street mixed use project, followed by public comment.
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Northland to scale back and modify Needham St. project
Northland will present several modifications to the Land Use committee next week that would reduce its proposed Needham Street project, according to documents just posted on the city’s website.
The refinements include
Globe columnist: Northland shuttles could be an ‘intriguing model for other developers’
Boston Globe business columnist John Chesto is intrigued by Northland’s proposed shuttle bus system:
…Northland would pay for shuttle buses to bring residents of the complex to nearby train stations, and even to Boston and Cambridge. The big twist: The public, not just tenants, would be able to hop on board.
and this…
Northland traffic demand management — parking is the lever
As they ought, Northland, the good folks who want to develop a sizable chunk of land at the end of Needham St, have proposed a seemingly solid transportation demand management (TDM) plan, which includes shuttle bus service to Needham Heights (commuter rail), Newton...
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