Video: August 11 Rezoning Subcommittee

Northampton’s Rezoning Subcommittee held its fifth meeting at Forbes Library on August 11. The two members of the City Council (Michael Bardsley, David Murphy) and one member of the Planning Board (Kenneth Jodrie) discussed a draft ordinance on the mission and composition of a Zoning Revisions Committee, also known as the Rezoning Committee. Subcommittee member […]

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August 20: New Northampton Police Station to be Presented

Today’s Gazette announces that a presentation of the new Northampton police station will take place at JFK Middle School on August 20. (A discussion of the station was originally scheduled for July 30 but that discussion was canceled.) New Northampton police station up for viewing The Police Station Building Committee and the team of experts […]

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CommonWealth Magazine: “Urban greenery can bring better health, more attractive neighborhoods, and even safer streets”

Urban greenery gets some love in the Summer 2008 issue of CommonWealth Magazine… Seeing the forest and the trees …Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and the Urban Forest Coalition announced last year that they intended to plant 100,000 new trees by 2020, increasing the city’s tree canopy to 35 percent [from 29 percent currently]… [A survey […]

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Support Design Northampton Week, September 7-13

It is our pleasure to publish this announcement from the Northampton Design Forum… “Design Northampton Week,” the Notre Dame Urban Design Studio project, is rapidly approaching! It begins four weeks from today, on September 7, 2008. The Northampton Design Forum has been hard at work this summer organizing the event and raising the money needed […]

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August 25: Best Practices Forum to Study Meadows Success

We are pleased to relay this press release from Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2008 Northampton – It took two years and eight major public forums to create a Land Use Plan for the 4,000 acres, mostly flood plain, called the Meadows that borders the Connecticut River in Northampton. […]

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Video: August 4 Rezoning Subcommittee

Northampton’s Rezoning Subcommittee held its fourth meeting at Forbes Library on August 4. The two members of the city council (Michael Bardsley, David Murphy) and two members of the planning board (George Kohout, Kenneth Jodrie) worked to nail down the optimal size and composition of the prospective Rezoning Committee. Planning director Wayne Feiden attended the […]

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