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Somerville land-use hearing draws mixed public reaction to MR3→MR4 rezoning proposal for Gilman Square lot
Summary
The Somerville City Council Land Use Committee and the Planning Board opened a joint public hearing March 10 on a request to rezone 295–297 Medford Street and 93 Walnut Street from Mid Rise 3 (MR3) to Mid Rise 4 (MR4), a change the Somerville Community Land Trust and its partners say is needed to make a 100% affordable housing project feasible.
The Somerville City Council Land Use Committee and the Planning Board opened a joint public hearing March 10 on a request to rezone 295–297 Medford Street and 93 Walnut Street from Mid Rise 3 (MR3) to Mid Rise 4 (MR4), a change the Somerville Community Land Trust (SCLT) and its partners say is needed to make a 100% affordable housing project feasible.
The proposal, submitted as a zoning map amendment (Public Communication ID 25‑0269) by trustees John Fragioni and Agostino Fiola of the Grama Realty Trust and presented by the Somerville Community Land Trust, would allow a taller building on a currently vacant lot near Gilman Square to accommodate what project proponents described as about 50 affordable units under the city’s Affordable Housing Overlay.
Nut graf: Supporters said the MR3 to MR4 change is required to reach the scale needed to deliver permanently affordable housing at the site; opponents called the proposed…
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