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Brockton council committee questions scope, purchases and blight designation in Love Brook urban renewal plan
Summary
Planners presented the Love Brook urban renewal plan and two buildout scenarios; councilors pressed on blight rulings, potential property acquisitions and relocation costs, and whether the Redevelopment Authority has resources to implement the plan. The finance committee returned the order "recommended unfavorably" but asked for amended MEPA language to be posted for public review.
Planners from the city and consultant Inis Land Strategies Group introduced the Love Brook urban renewal plan — a framework intended to unlock redevelopment along Oak Street and North Pearl and to provide a regulatory and financing path for either life‑sciences or alternative mixed‑use development.
The presentation by Evan Sears of the Planning Department and Emily Keys Inis outlined three implementation pieces: the urban renewal plan, a form‑based zoning code to follow, and a district improvement financing (DIF) mechanism to recover infrastructure costs. Inis said the plan is intended to give the city "flexibility to move forward" amid changing market conditions and emphasized the plan would not obligate city operating funds: "What…
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