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Planning board approves Stevens Buswell School conversion to community center with waivers and conditions

Bedford Planning Board · April 29, 2024
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Summary

The board granted final site plan approval and associated waivers to convert the former Stevens Buswell School into a community center, subject to conditions including a more detailed parking agreement, coordination for larger events, and a sprinkler/fire‑suppression requirement.

The Bedford Planning Board voted April 29 to grant final site plan approval to convert the former Stevens Buswell School at 18 North Amherst Road into a community center under a long‑term lease to the Bedford Historical Society.

Jason Lopez of Keach Nordstrom Associates and Richard Moore, member of the Stevens Buswell Committee, presented the proposal and described utilities and capacity: a newly designed septic system sized for 237 people, recent connection to municipal water to serve domestic use and fire suppression, and a fire suppression (sprinkler) system required to be operational before…

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