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Commissioners and residents point to underused town parcels as possible housing sites
Summary
Commissioners identified several town-owned lots that could be repurposed for housing (dogleg near park, Goldie's lots, Johnson Lot), and suggested low-resource actions like density bonuses and small-site development to create units without large up-front town expenditures.
Commissioner Evan and others flagged specific town-owned parcels as potential sites for housing development or rezoning. Evan noted a "dogleg" near the town park and a small Wilkes Street parcel that are currently maintained by the town but not producing revenue, and said these were logical places to focus on for modest infill or mixed-use development.
"We have a piece of that kind of public park near Wilkes that is cut off from the rest of that area," Evan said, and other commissioners pointed to lots north of Goldie's and the Johnson Lot by Haller as candidate parcels. Commissioners described these as opportunities that might require less dependence on external grants or nonprofit partners and could be used for mixed-use or live-work units.
Joshua said the town maintains an inventory of town-owned properties and staff would bring up parcel viewer data and acreages for the commission to review.
