Developer Considering 60 Units of Affordable Housing for North Main Street, near Mattera Cabin
Residents Object.
A developer is interested in putting 60 units of affordable housing on north Main Street in Reading, just north of the town-owned Mattera Cabin and a group of residents told the Board of Selectmen Tuesday how they feel about the idea. They don’t want it. This area is an aquifer for the Ipswich River, with vernal pools, Richard Svirsky, a director of the Reading Open Land Trust, told the selectmen, and ties in to Bare Meadow and the use of the cabin. No application has been filed for the “Residences at Bare Meadow,” proposed for 1503 Main St., but a Development Review Team of town department heads, including planning, building, police, fire, engineering and health has reviewed a preliminary, conceptual plan and offered three and a half …
martha
10:11 am on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Yes, M I agree; less density can still accomplish goal of our town, but of course not of the developers more ›