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Manchester planning board sees shift toward more affordable units as city advances zoning rewrite
Summary
Planning and housing commissioners discussed several large projects, including a reduced-but-all-affordable Pearl Street proposal, the Hallsville school repurpose, and a citywide zoning rewrite that would change parking and ADU rules.
Commissioners reviewed recent planning-board activity and an on‑going zoning rewrite aimed at easing development constraints and increasing affordable housing production.
Members said NeighborWorks and Lincoln Avenue Capital adjusted an earlier proposal for city-owned Pearl and Hartnett street lots: the overall number of units was reduced but the developer will deliver all units as affordable, a change commissioners said increases the net count of affordable apartments in that block. The revised Pearl Street plan was described as roughly 125 units in a single building; previously the larger proposal had been…
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