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Kasner asks committee to back commission to inventory built environment, ease reuse for next‑economy uses

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Representative Kristen Kasner told the joint committee June 5 that H490 would create a special commission to inventory buildings and infrastructure, identify permitting and regulatory barriers and recommend ways to repurpose vacant commercial space for housing, green tech and other next‑economy uses.

BOSTON — Representative Kristen Kasner told the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies on June 5 that H490, "An Act Preparing Massachusetts for the Next Economy," would create a special commission to inventory the Commonwealth’s built environment, diagnose barriers in permitting and local land‑use regulation, and recommend steps to repurpose vacant commercial…

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