Concerned citizens are urged to attend this special meeting of the City Council: See also: Videos: City Council Meeting of 7/9/09 – Landfill Ballot Questions, Local Meals and Hotel Taxes, Conservation Water Not Waste Launches to Save Barnes Aquifer Gazette: “A duel of votes, voices: On landfill future, two possible paths to city’s fall ballot” […]
Continue reading July 30: Northampton City Council Special Meeting on Landfill Ballot Question
The Northampton Design Forum announces the following event. Download the full-size flyer (PDF, 27KB) and the excerpt from Envisioning Sustainable Northampton (PDF, 1.5MB): See also: Video: Pubic Forum on Planning and Sustainability, 3/11/09 Here are the “10 Principles of Good Neighborhood Design”, also available as a PDF (30 KB): Northampton Design Forum Form-Based Codes Institute […]
Continue reading July 27: Northampton Design Forum – Leeds, Baystate and Florence
We welcome a new citizens’ group and blog to the Pioneer Valley political scene: Water Not Waste.“Water Not Waste is a new citizens’ group committed to preserving the quality of the Barnes Aquifer in Western Massachusetts. We oppose the expansion of the Northampton Landfill over this aquifer. Our current priority is passage of the Proposed Initiative […]
Continue reading Water Not Waste Launches to Save Barnes Aquifer
Ward 4 City Councilor David Narkewicz is circulating the following announcement today: Community Forum on Meadows Agricultural Land behind South Street Neighborhood Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:30 PM Media Education Foundation (MEF) Community Room 60 Masonic Street (behind Woodstar Cafe), Northampton Through the generosity of Rita & Bruce Bleiman, and with the help of CPA […]
This week Kohl Construction submitted a revised condo proposal to the Office of Planning and Development. Compared to the previous proposal shown to the Planning Board on May 14, the new proposal reduces total units from 23 to 20 and breaks up the larger masses into duplexes. Several members of the Planning Board had asked […]
Continue reading Latest Kohl Condo Proposal for North Street: 20 Units as Duplexes
Here is a blip.tv video of the first 2 hours and 12 minutes of the 6/11/09 meeting of Northampton’s Planning Board. The board approved a proposal by Kollmorgen Electro-Optical to build a new facility at Hospital Hill/Village Hill. This video was recorded by Jesus Leyva and Benjamin Spencer. Here are the agenda items covered in […]
Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development is circulating the following announcement: Dear Citizens of Northampton,Your Zoning Revisions Committee is up and running, and busy exploring ways to make the Sustainable Northampton Plan [link] a reality. It is exciting work.To be successful, thoughtful public input and involvement is necessary. We strongly encourage citizens to attend our […]
Continue reading Zoning Revisions Committee Seeks Input from Citizens
Northampton’s Office of Planning and Development is circulating the following announcement: Community Forum Northampton invites the public to a Community Forum to envision the potential agricultural use/s of a 5-acre field in the Meadows that the City is purchasing with CPA funds. A volunteer working group to research the feasibility of the envisioned uses will […]
Continue reading June 24: Community Forum on Potential Agricultural Use of Field in the Meadows
The Ward 3 Neighborhood Association is circulating the following announcement: Go visit the Saturday Markets event hosted by the Three-County Fairground [link] each Saturday throughout the summer! The market has attracted farmers, artisans, antique dealers and other vendors and is sure to grow as word spreads. The market will be at the Fair Street Parking […]
Continue reading Saturday Farmers’ Markets at the Fairground – Flea Market – Alternative Market
The Planning Board will take up again Kollmorgen’s proposal for its site on Hospital Hill on June 11. Here is information about the hearing from Ward 4 City Councilor David Narkewicz: Northampton Planning Board Thursday, June 11, 2009 7:00 PM (Kollmorgen hearing scheduled for 7:20 PM) City Council Chambers, Puchalski Municipal Building 212 Main Street, […]