Yarmouth CEDC outlines three-step public process for 70-acre redevelopment site; consultants expected

The Community and Economic Development Committee (CEDC) on Dec. 10 set a three-meeting public process and expanded team structure to study redevelopment options for the roughly 70-acre town-owned site that committee members repeatedly called the most consequential item on this winter’s work plan. The committee agreed to hold initial brainstorming, priority-setting and program-selection meetings in January, February and March and to coordinate liaisons from the Municipal Use Committee (MUC).

Why it matters: The town’s process will determine the scope of potential development and public investment on a large parcel that includes wetlands, a pond and existing solar panels — constraints committee members said will shape what can be built. Committee members emphasized broad outreach and said they want ideas “thrown up” in a first meeting rather than starting from an assumed outcome.

Committee members described the work as a team-based effort with…