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Needham business owners urge pause on Envision Needham Center pilot; board narrows eligibility for working-group seats
Summary
Local business owners urged a pause to the Envision Needham Center pilot over concerns that lane reductions and lost parking on Great Plain Avenue would hurt downtown businesses.
Dozens of Needham business and property owners oppose the Envision Needham Center project as currently presented and asked the Select Board to pause plans for a pilot that would reduce travel lanes and remove parking on Great Plain Avenue.
Eileen Baker, owner of Proud Mary at 1024 Great Plain Avenue, told the board at the April 22 meeting she was speaking on behalf of dozens of local business and property owners who had formed an ad hoc group since learning of the Envision Needham Center plans. Baker said the proposed changes — described in the meeting materials as including lane reductions, medians and bike lanes on Great Plain Avenue — would remove…
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