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Nantucket planning workshop spotlights housing, conservation and infrastructure in master-plan update

3199156 · May 5, 2025
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At a Planning Board-sponsored public workshop, consultants and residents discussed priorities for Nantucket’s 2025 master plan update — focusing on housing affordability, conservation and transportation — and planned a follow-up session to refine a shared vision.

NANTUCKET, Mass. — Residents and consultants gathered at a Planning Board public engagement workshop on Saturday to help shape Nantucket’s master plan update, with much of the discussion centering on housing affordability, conservation of natural resources and infrastructure needs.

"This is our second public engagement event for the master plan," said Leslie Snell, director of planning, opening the session. Consultants led by Peter Flinker outlined the plan’s purpose and solicited public priorities for a 10-year time horizon.

"The plan itself as you know is a document that's really meant to be a policy guide that's the basis of town decision making and action going forward," Flinker said, describing the update process and the team’s intent to move from inventory…

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