RESOURCES & CONTACTS
RESOURCES & CONTACTS
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ZONING-RELATED DOCUMENTS
ZONING-RELATED DOCUMENTS
Zoning_Bylaws_2019_phase_1.pdfHousingProductionPlanadopt.pdfZoning_Bylaws_2017.pdfArlingtonDesignStandards_B.pdfArlingtonMasterPlan_Final.pdfArlingtonHeightsActionPlan.pdfLeft: The Phase I revision of our Zoning Bylaw
Left: The Phase I revision of our Zoning Bylaw
Center: The original Zoning Bylaw, amended to 2017
Center: The original Zoning Bylaw, amended to 2017
Right: The Master Plan
Right: The Master Plan
Left: The Housing Production Plan
Left: The Housing Production Plan
Center: The 2015 Design Standards
Center: The 2015 Design Standards
Right: The Arlington Heights Neighborhood Action Plan, from MAPC
Right: The Arlington Heights Neighborhood Action Plan, from MAPC
ARLINGTON MEDIA
ARLINGTON MEDIA
~ Visit Arlington Community Media to live-stream government meetings, watch past events, find interviews with citizens, and more:
~ Visit Arlington Community Media to live-stream government meetings, watch past events, find interviews with citizens, and more:
~ Here's a sample of what Arlington residents are saying:
~ Here's a sample of what Arlington residents are saying:
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER TOWNS?
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER TOWNS?
Nearby communities, such as Cambridge and Medford, face similar issues: MAPC- imposed objectives, and a lack of government transparency.
Nearby communities, such as Cambridge and Medford, face similar issues: MAPC- imposed objectives, and a lack of government transparency.
OTHER LINKS
OTHER LINKS
~ Testimony of Charles D. Baker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources February 6, 2019
~ Testimony of Charles D. Baker, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Natural Resources February 6, 2019
Town Hall has chosen to cherry pick "more housing" from the panoply of Commonwealth needs included in this testimony, while ignoring and imperiling the Town's and Commonwealth's environmental and climate resiliency needs, and other stated objectives.
Town Hall has chosen to cherry pick "more housing" from the panoply of Commonwealth needs included in this testimony, while ignoring and imperiling the Town's and Commonwealth's environmental and climate resiliency needs, and other stated objectives.
~ American Society of Landscape Architects
~ American Society of Landscape Architects
LOCAL GROUPS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS
LOCAL GROUPS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS
CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridge Citizens Coalition
Cambridge Residents Alliance
http://www.cambridgeresidentsalliance.org/
Fresh Pond Residents Alliance
https://freshpondresidents.org/
Liveable Cambridge
https://www.facebook.com/Livable-Cambridge-1013348082194282/
North Cambridge Stabilization Committee
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/NCSC-mail/info?guccounter=1
JAMAICA PLAIN
JAMAICA PLAIN
City Life/Vida Urbana
MEDFORD
MEDFORD
Housing in Medford Coalition
Here’s an article about some of their recent work:
NEEDHAM
NEEDHAM
Restore Needham
https://www.needhamma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/13486
NEWTON
NEWTON
RightSize Newton
SOMERVILLE
SOMERVILLE
Davis Now
Union United
https://unionunitedsomerville.com
WELLESLEY
WELLESLEY
College Heights Association
They don't have a website, but here’s an article about some of their recent work:
https://wellesley.wickedlocal.com/news/20190503/letters-to-editor
Our Affordable Wellesley
WOBURN
WOBURN
Woburn Neighborhood Association, Inc.
ARLINGTON CONTACTS
ARLINGTON CONTACTS
Select Board (elected to 3-year terms, they appoint the Town Manager, and administer the daily operations of the Town):
Select Board (elected to 3-year terms, they appoint the Town Manager, and administer the daily operations of the Town):
Joseph A. Curro (2021)
(781) 962-8562
Stephen W. DeCourcey (2022 )
(781) 643-7291
SDeCourcey@town.arlington.ma.us
Daniel J. Dunn, vice chair (2020)
(617) 710-4081
John V. Hurd (2021)
Diane M. Mahon, chair (2020)
(781) 646-9038
Link to Select Board page:
www.arlingtonma.gov/town-governance/all-boards-and-committees/board-of-selectmen
Town Meeting Members (the Town's legislative body, elected from their home precincts):
Town Meeting Members (the Town's legislative body, elected from their home precincts):
Contact your Town Meeting Member (for your precinct) via this list
Arlington Redevelopment Board (4 Town-appointed volunteers and 1 state-appointed volunteer who act as the Town's Planning Board, and serve as the Town's special permit granting authority for certain projects):
Arlington Redevelopment Board (4 Town-appointed volunteers and 1 state-appointed volunteer who act as the Town's Planning Board, and serve as the Town's special permit granting authority for certain projects):
Members
Members
Andrew Bunnell, Chair (1/31/2020)
Eugene Benson (1/31/2020)
Kin Lau (1/31/2019)
David Watson (9/22/2023)
Rachel Zsembury (6/30/2020)
rzsembery@town.arlington.ma.us
Link to ARB page:
www.arlingtonma.gov/town-governance/all-boards-and-committees/redevelopment-board
Town Manager (responsible for the adminstration and operation of the Town and its departments, including hiring department heads, and for preparing the Annual Report, Financial Plan, and Budget):
Town Manager (responsible for the adminstration and operation of the Town and its departments, including hiring department heads, and for preparing the Annual Report, Financial Plan, and Budget):
Adam Chapdelaine
Town Hall Annex
(781) 316-3010
achapdelaine@town.arlington.ma.us
Link to Town Manager page:
https://www.arlingtonma.gov/departments/town-manager
Department of Planning and Community Development (charged with developing and implementing Town planning):
Department of Planning and Community Development (charged with developing and implementing Town planning):
Jennifer Raitt, director
Town Hall Annex
(781) 316-3092
Link to DPCD page:
www.arlingtonma.gov/departments/planning-community-development
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