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...Jake Carman, a founder of the Allston Brighton Neighborhood Assembly, who has been far more critical of the current planning structure than Mattison, said that “you have to question where exactly the power lies” in the BRA’s development process, which he criticized as “incredibly unfair” because the community is unable to vote on the BRA’s decisions...
...goals aren’t necessarily to take the most crumbs we can from Harvard,” Carman said. “Our goal is to make sure Allston Brighton remains affordable for the working class population...
...Regardless of their neighborhood group affiliation, Allston residents are unified by one common complaint—the lack of transparency in Harvard’s decision-making process, especially when it comes to the University’s leasing of its vacant Allston properties...
...communicated to the community from day one, they would have met with a lot less resistance [from the community],” said Aaron MacDaniel, who has been co-writing a new blog that started last month with the purpose of analyzing Harvard’s impact on the Allston neighborhood...
...Matthew De Remer, who co-authors the blog, said that while he and MacDaniel both look forward to the benefits of Harvard’s presence in the neighborhood, many residents felt “hurt” when they discovered Harvard had been buying many properties in Allston under other company names without community knowledge or input...