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Committee backs two Housing Choice planning grants for Gateway and McGovern‑Merrimack corridor
Summary
The committee voted to forward two planning grant authorizations — a Riviendo/Gateway planning grant and a McGovern Transportation Center/Merrimack Street Corridor planning grant — intended to produce design guidelines, test-fit development scenarios and public‑space concepts for key redevelopment areas.
The Budget & Finance Committee voted March 12 to send two Housing Choice planning grants to the full council with favorable recommendations. The grants — planning awards to the city through EOHLC’s Housing Choice planning program — will fund consultant-led planning and engagement work for: (1) the Riviendo/Gateway district (land around Canal/Prospect/Union and a large municipal parking lot between the hospital and the North Canal) and (2) a McGovern Transportation Center / Merrimack Street corridor planning district.
Why it matters: Both planning projects are designed to create design standards, test‑fit potential…
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