Longtime Needham resident Anita Rolnick was honored with a plaque placed at the site.
The garden at the Avery Crossings Assisted Living Residence was dedicated on Friday, April 27 to longtime Needham and Avery Crossings resident Anita Rolnick.
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Local attorney discussed the purpose, benefits and concerns surrounding Massachusetts affordable housing legislation at a gathering of the Needham Heights Neighborhood Association on Monday, Feb. 6.
Planning Board member Jeanne McKnight provided a brief history of affordable housing Chapter 40B legislation for the Needham Heights Neighborhood Association on Monday evening, highlighting some of the past 40B projects in Needham and discussing recent changes to the legislation that had taken control out of the hands of the local Zoning Board of Appeals. Enacted in 1969, the Chapter 40B legislation made it easier for affordable housing projects to come to fruition, bypassing some of the usual barriers at both the state and local levels and enabling developers meeting certain criteria to receive a comprehensive permit from the local zoning board if at least 25 percent of the development would have long-term affordable housing restrictions—…
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