As is the norm now, rich people who oppose any change and care about no form of diversity accept as a token statement on email autosignatures and gesture votes will refuse development that could bring the town tax dollars. Then they will also oppose tax hikes that are necessary, but ultimately more palatable than dealing with physical change. And in the end? The population who can afford to live here dwindles to a narrower and narrower slice. This is exactly what has happened and continues to happen across every democratic metro area across the country.
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Developer of key Chestnut Hill site weighs residential 40B if commercial project talks falter - Brookline.News
The developer planning a major commercial redevelopment on Route 9 has floated the possibility of turning the project into a residential development, if the town fails to make progress on a study aimed at rezoning a stretch of the thoroughfare. City Realty, which owns a mostly-vacant office park...
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Hey, this is Sam from Brookline.News. Long-time lurker. I keep a close eye on where our reader clicks are coming from (social media sites, etc) and I notice our stories get posted here or other threads on AB pretty much any time we write about development or zoning or transportation. Wanted to say thanks for sharing our work and for the very interesting threads!
You may have noticed I've been covering this Route 9 project quite closely, despite having a tiny team and a million other newsworthy things happening in town -- I think it's a great stand-in for a lot of the bigger questions Brookline is facing around development (commercial and residential), town governance goals vs neighbor/abutter interests, opaque zoning processes, etc.
Always happy to answer questions (within reason as a journalist) and glad to be part of the conversation.
You may have noticed I've been covering this Route 9 project quite closely, despite having a tiny team and a million other newsworthy things happening in town -- I think it's a great stand-in for a lot of the bigger questions Brookline is facing around development (commercial and residential), town governance goals vs neighbor/abutter interests, opaque zoning processes, etc.
Always happy to answer questions (within reason as a journalist) and glad to be part of the conversation.
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Build the 40B project! The neighbors will never be satisfied with whatever the developer puts forward! Residential is in short supply, and 40B makes it easier for City Reality to build! Time is money!Developer of key Chestnut Hill site weighs residential 40B if commercial project talks falter - Brookline.News
The developer planning a major commercial redevelopment on Route 9 has floated the possibility of turning the project into a residential development, if the town fails to make progress on a study aimed at rezoning a stretch of the thoroughfare. City Realty, which owns a mostly-vacant office park...