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Commissioners describe planning‑board items: congregate living appeal, 190 Elm shelter, and a developer gap‑funding request
Summary
Planning and zoning items discussed included a controversial congregate‑living proposal at 22 Hazel Street, the announced site for a mayoral homeless shelter at 190 Elm Street, and a developer seeking gap funding for a Willow Street affordable project; commissioners had limited information to act on the funding request.
The commission heard updates on several planning and zoning matters: a contested congregate‑living proposal at 22 Hazel Street, the city’s announced location for a homeless shelter at 190 Elm Street, and a developer’s request for housing trust or gap funding for a planned Willow Street affordable project.
Commissioners recounted that a recent planning‑board hearing on a proposed congregate‑living conversion at 22 Hazel Street drew strong neighborhood opposition. Neighbors and attorneys…
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