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. […]
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 […]
Video: July 28 Rezoning Subcommittee; Comments from Alex Ghiselin and Ward 3 Association
Northampton’s Rezoning Subcommittee held its third meeting at Forbes Library on July 28. Its goal is to determine the optimal size and composition of a city-wide Rezoning Committee and submit a proposal to the planning board and city council. The Rezoning Committee’s decisions could have far-ranging impacts in how it chooses to implement the Sustainable […]
Tonight’s Police Station Discussion Canceled
We have just received word that the new police station has been taken off the agenda of tonight’s meeting of the Central Business Architecture Committee. We’ll let you know when it’s rescheduled. For more information, please contact Peg Keller, Office of Planning and Development, pkeller@northamptonma.gov, 587-1288.
Meeting Tonight: Proposed New Police Station and Parking Garage
Citizens are encouraged to attend tonight’s meeting of the Central Business Architecture Committee. A major new building for downtown Northampton, the police station, will be discussed. Here is the meeting notice: CENTRAL BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEERevised Meeting Notice(Item added) DATE: July 30, 2008TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.PLACE: City Council Chambers, 212 Main Street, Northampton AGENDA […]
Springfield Republican: “Nearly 20 percent drop in home sales reported across Massachusetts”
The July 28 Republican reported: Nearly 20 percent drop in home sales reported across Massachusetts Single family home sales across the state fell 19 percent in the first half of the year compared with January through June in 2007, according to figures released today by The Warren Group. The median price also fell during 9.2 […]
Video: Presentation of Three County Fairgrounds Master Plan
Attendees packed a small meeting room on July 23 to see the master plan for the Three County Fairgrounds. Yesterday’s Gazette reports: Bruce Shallcross, general manager of the Three-County Fairgrounds, said the board of directors liked what they saw Tuesday night from Curtis Catron of Knoxville,Tenn.-based Bullock Smith & Partners. Catron presented the master plan […]
CNNMoney: “Home sales at 10 year low”
CNNMoney reports on sales of existing homes in June (July 24): The National Association of Realtors reported that sales by homeowners dipped in June to an annual pace of 4.86 million… That’s the lowest rate on record since the first quarter of 1998… The existing home sales rate – including single-family, town homes, condominiums and […]
Springfield Flooding: Rain Overwhelms Detention Pond
Recent rains have once again underscored the limits of artificial stormwater management systems. The July 24 Springfield Republican reports that recent rains overwhelmed the detention pond at the Jewish Community Center: Some cities and towns have seen a mind-boggling 5 to 7 inches of rain over the last 36 hours, [abc40 meteorologist Eric] Fisher said… […]