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City and town clerks, managers say municipal address management and staffing key to accurate 2030 count
Summary
Officials from Watertown, Worcester, Cambridge, Belmont and small rural towns told the Senate committee that local permitting, single authoritative address lists, staffing, and training are critical to avoid misses in the 2030 Census — especially for ADUs, under‑roof conversions and group quarters.
Local officials testifying Sept. 22 told the Senate Committee on the Census that municipal operational practices — who assigns an address, how permitting data flows, and whether a single authoritative address list exists — materially affect the state's ability to produce a complete address list for LUCA and the 2030 Census. "We have a lot of 2 family zoning districts with single family houses, so it's very easy to convert a single to a 2 family," City Manager George Proakis of Watertown said. "Those are the next category of things that can often easily get missed." City and town clerks repeatedly urged more training and repeated outreach to municipal…
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