BLOG POLL: How much weight should we give to online polls, surveys and even dots?
In her latest op-ed column in the TAB, Austin Street development opponent Kathleen Kouril Grieser announced that the (still mysterious) anti-development citizens group Newton Villages Alliance has just created an on-line poll “to clarify how Newtonville...Austin Street meeting tonight
Note: This tread was originally posted one week ago and has been moved up as a reminder. The second input session for the Austin Street project will be held at the Newton North High School cafeteria is tonight Monday, July 28 from 7-9 p.m. This session will include a...Quigley wants to put land sale and 40B on ballot
Sarah Quigley, one of the opponents of the Austin Street development is hoping to put two non-binding questions on the ballot this fall, Jenna Fisher from the Newton TAB reports. But why wait until November? Here’s your chance to vote here. Question 1 Shall the...More than one way to green the Austin Street parking lot
The group Newton Villages Alliance has posted an open call for ideas for the Austin Street parking lot, all of which, so far, call for planting majestic trees and turning part of the lot in Newtonville into a park. (None of the proposals explain how the work will be...Development-apolozza
Between Turtle Lane, Rowe Street , the medical marijuana dispensary and a discussion last night about tear-downs, this has already been a big month for meetings, debates and teeth grinding about development projects in Newton. But wait, there’s more this week!...
Share your vision for the Austin Street Parking lot
What would you like to see at the Austin Street Municipal Parking lot? As promised, the city is organizing the first of many meetings to share ideas about the Austin Street Lot, now that a developer has been chosen and as work begins on coming up with the right...Austin Street foe to supporters: Tell aldermen we support Norton’s resolution, even though we don’t
Kathleen Kouril Grieser sent a rather lengthy email to opponents of the Austin Street project today via the Newtonville Trust list serve covering a variety a number of topics, including a resolution by Alderman Emily Norton that’s before the Board of Aldermen this...Two Newtonville activists air views on Austin Street
Although I suspect only one of the authors may have read this book, Newtonville activists Marc Kaufman and Kathleen Kouril Grieser weighed in on Mayor Setti Warren’s selection of Austin Street Partners to develop the Austin Street parking lot in the week’s...Warren selects developer for Austin Street
Newton Mayor Setti Warren released this statement this morning It is with great optimism and excitement for the future of Newton that I announce the selection of Austin Street Partners development team to design and build a mixed-use project on the Austin Street...Leader on the history of Newtonville and the Austin Street project
Newtonville resident Jack Leader provides a historical perspective on Wicked Local Newton about Newtonville and the Austin Street project and explains how a committee of residents working with businesses came to the conclusion that the parking could be put to better...OPEN THREAD: Austin Street developement
There’s a public meeting at the Newton Senior Center in Newtonville this Thursday June 27 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed development at Austin Street. Kathleen Kouril Grieser shares some mighty strong views about this in a letter on Wicked Local. But then...
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