Up-zoning Newton’s village centers will dramatically impact the future of our Garden City. Residents need visualizations of the up-zoning ZAP plans to ask the City Council to approve in May. The Planning & Development Department has not provided this basic information to the community, instead spending time and resources on…
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City Council The Full City Council will meet TONIGHT, Monday, February 6 (see New Docket). Items the Council will vote on include: Zoning and Planning Committee will meet prior to the start of the Full Council meeting on Monday at 7PM to discuss the proposed ordinance to make outdoor dining…
Planning and Development Board will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, February 6 at 7:45PM. The agenda includes the following: Packet has not been posted. Auburndale Historic District Commission will conduct two Lasell Village site visits at 24 Robin Dell and 120 Seminary Avenue to review the staked-out areas for…
At the January 23 Zoning and Planning (ZAP) Committee meeting (watch video on NewTV), Jenn Caira, Deputy Director of Planning, briefed the committee on the current status of the Planning Department’s work on Village Center Zoning. Ms. Caira’s presentation included a recap of the seven information sessions that were held…
A Virtual Town Hall on the Override is scheduled for Thursday, January 26 from 7-8PM (Zoom link). City Council Meetings The City Council received this petition in support of outdoor dining for this spring and permanently. School Committee Meetings Board and Commission Meetings This week’s road construction schedule can now…
Newton Cultural Council will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 23 at 5:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Free Library Board of Trustees Finance Committee will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 23 at 4PM. The agenda includes the following: Newton Parks and Recreation Commission will meet…
For nearly nineteen years, Artitudes Gallery, on Washington Street in West Newton, has been an attraction, a place to find original jewelry, crafts, and accessories. The gallery, three doors from the West Newton Cinema, has been a magnet for the long lines of movie-goers waiting for their show to start.…
The development projects 28 Austin Street and Trio, which opened a few years ago, provide critical case studies by which to evaluate other, forthcoming large developments. One of the presumed benefits of both projects has been that large numbers of their residents would use public transit. That is why the City Council…
“We are a community and we’ve helped each other. We take care of each other,” says Raina Tessler, Events Coordinator at Newton Center’s Union Street Restaurant. Local Newton Center restaurants and businesses have been working together — since March of 2020, when Governor Baker issued an order closing all indoor…
In 1970, the committee work on the Board of Aldermen was often conducted in private. The public and Aldermen were, at the whim of the chair, prohibited from attending committee meetings. With the decision to prohibit the public from using graphics at Zoning Redesign meetings, is ZAP returning to those…
At the Zoning and Planning Committee meeting (in-person: Room 204; virtual: Zoom link) TONIGHT, January 9 at 7PM, resident input on Village Center Zoning will be limited to community groups, not individuals. At the various Village Center Map meetings over the last six weeks, Chair Deb Crossley had indicated that…
Commission on Disability will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Monday, January 9 at 6PM. The agenda includes the following: Designer Selection Committee will meet virtually twice this week: Economic Development Commission will meet virtually (Zoom link) on Tuesday, January 10 at 6:30PM. The agenda includes the following: Auburndale Historic District…
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