
A Backlash in Barnstable
Zoning changes designed to revitalize downtown Hyannis got immediate traction from developers proposing multifamily housing. But a leadership change on the Barnstable Town Council is driving fears of a rollback.
Zoning changes designed to revitalize downtown Hyannis got immediate traction from developers proposing multifamily housing. But a leadership change on the Barnstable Town Council is driving fears of a rollback.
It is essential that this new source of revenue be used to strengthen transportation infrastructure, and RTAs are key in realizing a robust transit system that delivers for all residents.
As they grapple with one of the worst housing shortages in the country, one of Cape Cod’s top housing advocates is looking for help from a seemingly unusual source.
Cape Cod’s housing woes run much deeper, literally, than the problems facing other communities across the state.
An online marketplace for impact investors looking to put money into “smart growth” opportunity zones has launched featuring seven Massachusetts communities, including Boston and Salem.
Vineyard Wind, the $2.8 billion, 800 megawatt wind power project planned for the waters off Martha’s Vineyard, has been delayed and will not move forward on the timeline it has been anticipating due to a federal agency’s decision to undertake a broad study of the potential impacts of offshore wind projects planned up and down the coast.
Short-term housing units rented through websites like Airbnb could be taxed at almost 17.5 percent in cities like Boston and Massachusetts would become the first state in the country to maintain a central registry under compromise legislation agreed to Sunday night by House and Senate negotiators.
MassDevelopment will provide up to $287,000 in funding for nine projects through its real estate services program. The funds will support a range of projects, from feasibility studies to master planning efforts.
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank purchased the former bank branch building located at 1582 Iyannough Road in Barnstable.