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Letter to the Editor: The Preserve pushes back on rezoning

by | Aug 14, 2024 | Letter to Editor

I noticed the Planning Board is circling back to The Preserve and across the street as the parcels to be rezoned for the state’s high-density housing [as part of the MBTA Communities Act]. Why? Because the Planning Board members know these properties won’t be developed for a number of years due to lack of town water and sewer. They believe kicking this can down the road will save the town money to service an influx of 700 apartments.

Our question is twofold:

1. Will rezoning The Preserve depress our property values?

2. How do we know what the state will do when it realizes the town is trying to push the housing out into the future?

I asked the Planning Board these questions. Guess what? The members don’t know. This is the “Planning” Board.

I think using The Preserve and the 40 homeowners here to be the sacrificial lamb for the state’s crazy housing law is shameful and unjust to us, their neighbors.

— Eric Wieland, Hopkinton

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