Downtown Plainville

[Shawmut]

Some major development news for Plainville as Jeff Kinney has purchased a major portion of the downtown in plans to redevelop the area. More can be found at: https://plainvillesquare.com/

I am curious to see how this comes out. It's great that Plainville has someone like Jeff who is willing to put so much towards the community.

 

[palindrome]

I was hopeful when I read the sun yesterday, but a little underwhelmed after seeing the result. Still—credit to Jeff for an unlikely story and building off that vision.

 

[New England Born & Raised]

Given where this is located about halfway between the Emerald Square and Wrentham Outlets shopping areas, I do not think a big scale development was likely. This seems to fit in well with what Wimpy Kid series author Kinney has already done with his Unlikley Story bookstore. I can remember when that was for a long time the former Falk's sitting there empty in a deteriorating state. Plainville has done well to create a town center along this stretch of Rte 1A with its library/town hall/police fire complex.

 

[Shawmut]

Nice little write up on Boston.com https://www.boston.com/news/local-n...ys-plainville-revitalization/?p1=hp_secondary

 

[Shawmut]

Some photos before all the demo begins in the next week or 2

 

[palindrome]

Not downtown but Plainville. New Marketbasket coming to rt1.

Market Basket planned off Route 1 in Plainville

PLAINVILLE -- It's been long talked about a Market Basket would be opening in town, and that is coming closer to fruition.

www.thesunchronicle.com

 

[New England Born & Raised]

I am old enough to have eaten here back when it was a restaurant before becoming a dance studio:

Phote courtesy of Shawmut from previous post.

 

[Shawmut]

Cool event to kick off the project this morning, hardhats for the kids, and Jeff signed a bunch

 

[mass88]

Again, this is a really great project for the town. Perhaps asking a bit too much, but it would have been even better if they could have found a way to buyout a couple of houses in the red circle and open the whole area up to have a nice town green that flows through to Telford Park, the town pool and the small pond here.