The longtime law firm representing City Council and Redevelopment Agency is out this year, replaced at the annual organization meetings and continuing a series of changes by the administration in recent months.
Category Archives: Redevelopment Agency
New redevelopment commissioner appointed
City Council at its first meeting of the year filled a vacancy on the Redevelopment Agency, bringing the fifth new commissioner to the seven-member board since September.
Closing looms for Elizabethtown Gas site
Closing on the acquisition of the Elizabethtown Gas building on Central Avenue could come this month, with an application to the Planning Board possible later this year that would bring affordable housing for artists to the site.
Revised plan presented for Center Circle site
A new concept plan for a residential development at the Center Circle site on Main Street would see roughly the same number of units but one building as opposed to three separate structures.
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Another redevelopment commissioner resigns
Another Redevelopment Agency commissioner resigned this month, leaving just two commissioners who have served on the seven-member board for longer than three months.
New flood zone map may alter downtown project
A downtown mixed-used project proposed near the corner of East Milton Avenue and Fulton Street is now in limbo since flood zone maps of the area were revised by the state.
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Brownstones set to go before Planning Board
The Redevelopment Agency last week endorsed a plan for a 487-unit rental development at the former Wheatena property . The proposal is next expected to go before the Planning Board on Dec. 16 Nov. 25. (UPDATED, 11/21: The Nov. 25 Planning Board meeting has been canceled.)
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New redevelopment director appointed
The Redevelopment Agency unanimously (Resolution 49-14) appointed Leonard T. Bier as its new executive director last night but one commissioner — despite voting in favor — was disappointed in the search process.