News Archive

Greetings. We hope everyone has survived (or even enjoyed!) this rainy Sunday. Before we get to the week’s events, we want to make an editorial comment on a recent vote by Brookline’s 30-member Advisory Committee (AC), which is appointed by Town Meeting Moderator Kate Poverman and is charged, among other things, with reviewing and advising Town Meeting on the Town's…

Greetings everyone, and Happy Patriots Day and Marathon Day! Congratulations and good luck for anyone who is running, and for the rest of us, let’s take advantage of Brookline’s prime location to enjoy the party as we cheer the runners on. Now, on to the week. Action Item Number 1: There is still plenty of time to help B4E elect…

We hope all who celebrate have had a happy Easter and Passover, and a blessed Ramadan. Spring is always a busy time of year in Brookline, between the May election and Annual Town Meeting, and this year is no different. Let’s dive right in. Action Item Number 1: We need your help to elect pro-housing candidates in Brookline. On May…

We are extremely excited to announce our endorsements of great pro-housing candidates, across Brookline, who will be on the ballot on May 2. For Select Board, we believe Arden Reamer is the best candidate and deserves your vote. Arden understands the current reality of astronomical housing costs in Brookline, and the centrality of our restrictive zoning regulations in getting us…

Greetings everyone, It’s a busy week, so let’s get right to our two key Action/Learning Items: Action/Learning Item No. 1: Join us in person at Brookline Booksmith at 6:00 pm on Monday, March 27th for a conversation with Katherine Einstein & Maxwell Palmer, authors of Neighborhood Defenders: Participatory Politics and America’s Housing Crisis. Einstein & Palmer, political science professors at…

We extend a special thank you to everyone who attended the HAB meeting last Wednesday, where the draft Housing Production Plan (HPP) was rolled out, and to those who the later that evening attended the Planning Department’s kick-off for their Harvard Street Zoning Proposal to comply with the MBTA Communities Act (MBTA-CA). It was a full evening, with lots to…

Greetings everyone, and don’t forget to set your clocks ahead if you haven’t already. After some quieter weeks, this one is a blockbuster, with three important events clustered together on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, so let’s get right to it. With so much going on, this newsletter will be a little longer than usual, so please bear with us.…

Greetings everyone. First, a hearty thank you to all of you who attended our 2023 MBTA Communities Act (MBTACA) Kickoff co-sponsored with Abundant Housing MA at Hops N Scotch this past Tuesday night. Despite the dreary weather, the room was packed with over 100 of you (!), and a good time was had by all as we learned important details…

Greetings. We have two important actions this week, both in support of Brookline’s implementation of the MBTA Communities Act (MBTACA). Really Easy Action Item No. 1: This Tuesday, February 28, the Select Board will vote to engage Opticos Design to flush out the details of the Planning Department’s proposal to rezone the Harvard Street Corridor to increase our capacity for…