In considering amendments to zoning, officials should evaluate impacts on displacement and opportunities for existing middle-class residents to secure stable housing.
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You should care more about elevators
As we replace, renovate and rebuild Massachusetts' aging housing stock, changing the way we think about elevators is a big step in that direction.
Cambridge meetings, Sept. 21-28: A land swap in Kendall Square
Take part in a meet-your-neighbors gathering and meetings on trading development for affordable homes in Kendall Square and rebuilding Gold Star Mothers park.
Somerville meetings, Sept. 21-28: Public officials come to Ward 4 for a ‘Neighborhood Connect’
Take part in a Ward 4 gathering and meetings on Armory arts leases, aid for immigrants and police and a plan to stop waste overflows into public waterways.
Gentle changes can fix Cambridge’s multifamily zoning and keep the construction coming, staff says
Changes to multifamily zoning don’t need to stop the flow of homes being built or take away its status as the most permissive in the state, staff told city councillors.
Massive Healthpeak plan and its bridge get the green light, with an MBTA ‘urban rail’ stop decision three years away
A full commitment by the MBTA for a long-wanted pedestrian and bike bridge was only part of the excitement over a new 42-acre neighborhood in the Cambridge Highlands.
Davis Square’s former Starbucks space will host an art gallery
A pop-up art gallery will fill the space of a Starbucks coffee shop that closed a year ago in Somerville’s Davis Square with the help of Susan Berstler of the Nave Gallery.
Cambridge meetings, Sept. 14-21: A half-million dollars to make up for federal cuts to food aid (corrected)
Take part in meetings on handling growing hunger, the Healthpeak neighborhood project and changes to the city's multifamily zoning ordinance.
Somerville meetings, Sept. 14-21: Squires Bridge and an all-day Dunkin’
Take part in meetings on the Squires Bridge replacement, school district finances and a Davis Square Neighborhood Council (and take the Davis Square plan survey).
Condominium project designed with AI stays stalled at commission
Not enough changed in the plans for condos near Davis Square to allow demolition of the current empty building, a turreted structure built in 1892.