The John Adams Courthouse, seat of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is shown from Pemberton Square in downtown Boston in 2021. Photo by Sam Doran | State House News Service
As the MBTA Communities law expands its reach over 100 more Massachusetts cities and towns in 2024, Gov. Maura Healey appealed to business leaders to step into the fray and lobby their hometowns to expand multifamily zoning.
“I hope everyone in this room is wiling to engage, if you’re not engaged already, by talking to your neighbors, talking to your colleagues,” Healey said during her annual address to the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce at the Westin Copley Place Hotel Tuesday morning. “I hope everyone understands that the future of our state depends on new homes: not somewhere else, but in our own communities, OK?”
What else is on tap today?
- Milton Sued Over Transit Zoning: Attorney General Andrea Campbell wants the SJC to order Milton to comply with the MBTA Communities law. If Milton doesn’t comply, she wants the court to invalidate parts of the town zoning bylaw.
- Shawmut’s Key Hire: As part of a strategy to expand its growth in New England, Shawmut Design and Construction has hired the Boston Planning & Development Agency’s former top development review official.
- What Recession? This year looks to be a much better one for the U.S. economy than business economists were forecasting just a few months ago.
- Merger Delayed: Eastern Bank now says its tie-up with Cambridge Trust won’t close until April after shareholder challenges.
- Macy’s to Shutter 1 in 3 Stores: Macy’s will close 150 stores over the next three years and 50 by the end of 2024, while opening 45 more luxury-focused Bloomingdale’s stores and Blue Mercury cosmetics locations.
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- Time is money in design and development. Is artificial intelligence the wonder drug for commercial projects in a costly market like Massachusetts?
- Two model homes being showcased at this week’s International Builders’ Show try to offer solutions to some of today’s biggest challenges: sustainability and the difficulty of “trading up” as your family changes.
- By design, MBTA Communities was supposed to immunize local elected officials from local resistance to new housing. But that’s not happening. Greg Reibman lays out what should happen next.
