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Greetings, everyone. Mid-October seems to mark the peak fall season for gathering citizens’ opinions on many Town issues, and we hope you will find a chance to make your own voice heard. So let’s look at some. Events of interest this week: For the true fans of increasing housing supply, our statewide ally AHMA (Abundant Housing Massachusetts) is holding a…

Greetings, Happy October. As we ramp up toward November Town Meeting, this week brings two public hearings on Warrant Article 7, the most important housing issue on the warrant this fall. WA 7 would rezone a former part of the Maimonides School (and former BEEP location) at 2 Clark Road so the building can be renovated to allow approximately 33…

With last Monday’s autumnal equinox marking the 1st official day of fall the leaves begin to change and public hearings ahead of Fall Town Meeting ramp up. To follow those public hearings, Dennis Doughty, chair of the Advisory Committee and Town Meeting Member from Precinct 3, set up a great resource to track  activity on all Warrant Articles. The tool…

The week ahead is a quiet one with regard to Brookline land use meetings and actions. With this in mind, it’s a great week to sign up for the 1st session of the Brookline for Everyone’s Book Club (October 15 at 7pm at United Parish Brookline, sign up here) and dive into the inaugural book, Jeff Speck’s Walkable City.  …

Greetings, everyone. We hope you have been enjoying this wonderful New England fall weather as much as we have. Brookline Day is a Success!  Thank you to the B4E Outreach Committee, especially Margot Molloy, and everyone who helped organize and staff the Brookline for Everyone Booth at Brookline Day. The weather was great, we met lots of new folks and…

Greetings, everyone. This weekend we mark the customary transition into autumn, along with the closing of the Warrant for the Fall Town Meeting, and we’ll look ahead a bit.   Volunteer with Brookline for Everyone at Brookline Day! Brookline Day is coming up on September 14th at 11am in Coolidge Corner. We’re looking for volunteers to help us engage with…

Greetings, everyone. Decisions have been made about two issues we have highlighted in recent weeks. 16 Williams Street single-room occupancy property: on Tuesday the Select Board voted unanimously to assign the Town’s Right of First Refusal to Victory Programs, Inc., a mission-driven provider of supportive housing for families recovering from substance use disorders (Brookline.News covered it). The right of first…

Greetings, everyone. It may feel like the news this week isn’t much different than last week, but with several ongoing issues before the Select Board this Tuesday, we want to keep you updated. News Updates and This Week’s Meetings The 16 Williams Street debate has continued, and even heated up, with opponents continuing to stir up fear that use of…

Greetings, everyone. Summer continues to deprive us of the meetings we all love, but important things are in motion nonetheless. News Update In last week’s newsletter, we reported that the Town had received two strong responses from nonprofit developers to its Request for Information (RFI) for the acquisition and preservation of 16 Williams Street, a 10-12 bedroom single-room occupancy property.…

Greetings, everyone. It’s another quiet summer week with only a few meetings, but we do have news on several significant items we’ve been following, some good and some not-so-good. The Town received two very good responses from nonprofit developers to its formal Request for Information to acquire and preserve the single room occupancy property at 16 Williams Street and has,…