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...providing a 25-year picture of its development plans in Agassiz, Harvard responded to the common complaint from neighborhood residents that the University proposes building projects one at a time, without offering any insight into its long-term vision...
Stone says the University “modified slightly our modus operandi” in Agassiz by having representatives from the law school and FAS together at the table to present a more unified picture of the development plans—something that has been difficult to do in the past at this notoriously decentralized institution where each school has pursued its own projects...
...Agassiz, Harvard officials met with four representatives who negotiated on behalf of the neighborhood, and at several community meetings throughout the process, other residents raised concerns about their lack of direct involvement...
...Agassiz residents were aware of the problems in the Mid-Cambridge negotiations, and stipulated that Harvard had to afford the community sufficient time to mull over the agreement before taking a vote. Some still complained that there was not enough time for their suggestions to be taken into account...
...felt very strongly and stated it often throughout the process that we needed to go back to the neighborhood,” says Agassiz resident Miriam Goldberg, one of the members of the ACID negotiating team. “My understanding is that we did that in as many ways as we could...When you work with the community there will always be some individuals who feel they were not heard enough...