Recently a Newton teacher who “wants to give to her students all of the love and everything she received as a Newton student” tried to live here — to be in her students’ town of Newton. The rents she found were from $ 3,000 to $3,700. Impossible for her to…
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Have you ever driven by the site off the old Turtle Lane Playhouse in Auburndale and wondered why development there has stalled? I was curious, talked with several city officials and found out that nothing is going on. Until it closed in 2013, Turtle Lane was the site of live…
I participated in the last two community engagement efforts regarding Zoning Redesign, and my worst fears for the City’s plans for Newton Centre have been realized with the delayed sharing of the maps. My vision, submitted as a part of last year’s Vision Kit exercise, advocated for a plan that…
I am writing to give feedback on the village zoning project. I have been watching development in Newton for 48 years and am very upset at the damage that is being done to the city. The unrestrained demolitions of smaller houses that are replaced with gigantic and expensive duplexes have…
I am writing to thank the City Council for passing the revisions to the zoning ordinance regulating accessory apartments. I believe these changes are consistent with the goals of the zoning redesign, helps the City comply with the MBTA Communities Act and will allow greater density within our community while…
I agree the Zoning survey was poorly done. It was highlighted when it tried to explain the differences among villages by comparing Auburndale with Waban. Neither are large, and I consider both to be small. A better comparison would have included Newton Corner or Newton Center as large and Waban…
Like most people in Newton, I never planned to follow zoning redesign efforts, but now that I do, I’m hooked. At last night’s Zoning and Planning (ZAP) meeting, the planning team presented draft maps for the village center rezoning effort. (Zoning is the process by which rules are made that…
On October 7 a group of Newton’s clean energy advocates sent a proposal to the Public Facilities Committee suggesting changes to the permitting procedure for National Grid’s new high pressure plastic gas pipelines. The proposal asks the Committee to first develop a city-wide plan for pipelines instead of automatically approving…
I agree that the City village rezoning “survey” in play is inadequate. More needs to be done to inform residents about the nitty-gritty building height proposals. Detailed maps for the areas under consideration must be supplied for any result to be meaningful. But the larger question, not broached, is the…
There is still time to give your input on the zoning for village centers. The feedback tool will be online for only a few more days. It’s been online since Sept. 1st but you still have time. It doesn’t take long to complete. To me one of the important aspects…