Select Board backs housing, renames Community Development Department and charts economic development committee path
The board approved renaming the Community Development Department to the Department of Housing, Community and Economic Development, heard a plan to support more than 300 downtown housing units in development and directed staff to return with committee procedures before formalizing a permanent subcommittee.
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Shannon Barsotti, presenting the Economic Development Committee’s work, said the town is pursuing housing, downtown vibrancy and quality-of-life projects and reported that “all of these housing developments are gonna be over 300 new housing units.” Her presentation listed major projects (Ben High — 39 units and community space; Everett Estate; Monument Place at the former Energizer; Putnam Block phases; Bradford Mill) and funding tools including CHIP and a town revolving loan fund.
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