In envisioning how Massachusetts Avenue changes between now and 2040, the city’s Massachusetts Avenue Planning Study study is taking into account a less-heard-from group in Cambridge: pedestrians.
It will take a long time and a lot of money to build the 200,000 units officials believe Massachusetts needs. Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed Affordable Homes Act will cost $4 billion and expects to produce 40,000 homes over the next five years.
Another potential rezoning of Somerville’s fabrication – or “fab” – district was met with intense opposition during a meeting of the City Council’s Land Use Committee.
Public meetings this week look at making more housing and making it more affordable, a decision on a plan to reclaim the fenced-off Jerry’s Pond, room for small tech at Porter Square and planning for the Massachusetts Avenue of 2040.
Cambridge is getting ready to implement a plan for Central Square … from 13 years ago. It’s also preparing to act on one from 11 years ago. And six years ago.
Public meetings this week look at making a better Central Square, how to make City Hall contracting more equitable, the economic toll of vacant spaces and the use of “micromobility” devices on city streets.
Public meetings this week look at local compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, job creation and retention and displacement and gentrification, zoning changes and a potential regulation restricting the sale of tobacco products.
In a compromise to address a proposed a $3.3 billion redevelopment and expansion at the Somernova tech and business campus, Somerville’s mayor said she is considering adding an “innovation” category to commercial zoning.