Gardner MA Planning Board Engages with Proponents of Concord Crossing at Meeting of July 18, 2023
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Chairman Mark Shafron was running the meeting remotely as he was recovering from knee surgery and thanked his Vice Chair Robert Swartz. Planning Board heard from Trevor Beauregard regarding the Open Space Plan. The Planning Board voted to endorse the Open Space Plan. The Gardner City Council will now vote whether or not to adopt it.
For most of the meeting, the Planning Board then took up the Concord Crossing Open Space Residential Development. There would be 76 lots of new homes according to the latest proposal to the Board. Chairman says the Planning Board would like to see larger lots and fewer units and a discussion ensued on the subject. It appears the Planning Board would like about 30 fewer homes. The question is whether that would be economically feasible to the developer. Listen to the meeting to understand the details.