Leverett, Amherst Neighbors Oppose Massive Development
This column appeared previously in the Amherst Current on January 16, 2025 and is reposted here with...
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More Density for Amherst’s Apartment Complexes?
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, January 8, 2025 This meeting was...
Housing Production Event Draws Enthusiastic Crowd
As part of its development of an updated Housing Production Plan (HPP), Barrett Planning Group...
Introduction to the History of Housing in New England, Part 2: Early Privately Funded Housing Developments
Amherst History Month by Month This is the second in a series of five articles....
Amity Street at University Drive Development Will Be Smaller Due to Rising Cost of Steel. Planning Board Nears Agreement on Overlay District
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, December 18, 2024 This meeting was...
Town Issues Requests for Proposals for Community Development Block Grants
The Town of Amherst is eligible to apply to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing...
Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw Updated. Lack of Clarity on Downtown Dorm Persists
Report on the Meeting of the Planning Board, November 6, 2024 This meeting was held...
Fate of Big Y Plaza Uncertain Following Hearing on University Drive Overlay District
Report on the Meeting of the Planning Board, October 30, 2024, Part 2 This meeting...
New Downtown Housing Development to Become an Amherst College Dorm
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, October 16, 2024 This meeting was...
North Whitney Street Duplex a No-go for Now
Application for Non-owner Occupied Duplex Withdrawn Report on the Meeting of the Zoning Board of...
Opinion: Solving Humanity’s Shared Climate Crisis
Love Justice and Climate Change A great many of us care about the climate crisis....
ZBA Grants Variances for Mixed-use Project at University Drive and Amity Street
Report on the Meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals, February 22, 2024 This meeting...