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Neighbors push back on Green Street clinic plan; commission signals intent to disapprove and continues item
Summary
Neighbors objected to a proposed radiology‑focused medical clinic at 580 Green Street, arguing small accessory retail bays won’t activate the corner and that the clinic will dominate a pedestrian retail block. The commission registered an intent to disapprove and continued the item for further outreach; the matter was continued to Sept. 28 for redesign and neighborhood engagement (intent to disapprove vote 4–2).
The Planning Commission on Aug. 24 took a rare step of adopting a motion of intent to disapprove a discretionary conditional‑use request for a proposed relocation of Northeast Medical Services’ radiology clinic to 580 Green Street and continued the matter for further neighborhood outreach.
NEMS presented plans to convert a vacant former bank into a medical clinic with a radiology suite; the sponsor described needed clinical space for CT scanners, mammography and ultrasound and offered two small ground‑floor retail bays to increase street activation.…
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