Word: neighborhood
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...overseeing the entire City of Boston’s planning and development projects—in order for them to be implemented. Community members and the BRA did successfully negotiate a cooperation agreement with Harvard last spring requiring the University to provide $25 million worth of benefits to the neighborhood while proceeding with the construction of the Science Complex. The agreement is one of the instances where the BRA has drawn praise from Allston residents for skillfully balancing community concerns with institutional interests, but it has not been enough to allay questions about the group’s ability...
...Corner and the Holton Street Corridor. “We need to be proactive for ourselves, not just sitting and waiting while Harvard decides if [it is] slowing down its expansion and planning,” Mattison said. “That doesn’t mean the neighborhood doesn’t exist. There’s still plenty of issues, opportunities to make the neighborhood better.” BRA officials have recently committed to a revitalization of community-wide planning efforts that had been sidelined in recent months due to concern over the Science Complex slowdown. Affordable...
...interested and do want to come to meetings and feel comfortable participating, yeah, I think we’ve gotten a really good turnout and heard from whole range of people,” Autler said. In an attempt to address community planning concerns more inclusively, various neighborhood groups have been created to examine issues ranging from vacant property holdings to zoning laws and transportation to affordable housing and working-class interests. Task Force member Harry Mattison, who serves as a member of the Allston Brighton North Neighbors Forum, said that “the advantage [of our group...
...with the University planning to temporarily house the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in its existing Cambridge campus, residents have come to question the University’s commitment to developing the neighborhood, saying they feel jilted by Harvard’s change of focus...
...said it will wait to re-examine the Science Complex’s construction pace until year’s end when its fiscal situation is more clear. Some residents see the intervening months as an opportunity to be proactive and encourage the University to address other long-standing neighborhood concerns. But there is no indication that the larger riddle—ensuring that a powerful University’s quest to remake a city does not drown out the voices of its residents—will come any closer to a resolution...