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Westwood creates Environmental Committee, considers Community Preservation Act
I attended last night's Board of Selectmen meeting and blog here at http://westwoodblog.org/node/37 about the creation of a committee to promote energy efficiency in the town and to move forward with consideration of the Community Preservation Act adoption at May town meeting...
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When a sleepy town becomes an Edge City
Dave Atkins ponders the implications of the giant Westwood Station project (massive housing/office complex next to the 128 train station) on the small town:
... I think the alternative to growth is stagnation, so I am supportive of the project. I do wish there was more discussion of the vision behind it and some way in the community to think about this as more than just a tax revenue source or traffic magnet. Time will tell the fate of our growth.
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Route of doom
Worried about ceiling tiles? Better add Rte. 128 catchbasin grates to your list.
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Edge city? Edge town, maybe
Dave Atkins covers a meeting in Westwood on a proposal for a new residential and commercial development next to the Amtrak/commuter-rail station.
Small-town government in action
Dave Atkins wanted to see how his town government worked, so he attended a meeting of Westwood's Economic Development Advisory Board last night. He learned quite a bit about the Westwood Station project (big retail/residential proposal for the land next to the Rte. 128 Amtrak station) and a proposal by Clair Mercedes and Porsche to use some land for getting cars ready for customers. He writes:
... The meeting was far from high drama; I think you have to be kind of a poli sci geek to be this interested. But it was amazing to watch the deliberative political process really work and to watch a group that had no official power exercise what influence it did have in a way that preserved its integrity and made an impact. ...


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