Letter: Proposed Archipelago Development is Inappropriate for Atkins Corner
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Planning Board on March 18, 2024. A...
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Planning Board Recommends Increased Lot Size for Added Units in RG Zone
Amity Street Mixed-use Development Nears Approval Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board,...
Ask Perplexity AI: What Are the Risks to the Town of Continued Development of Five Story Private Dorms Downtown?
This is a new occasional column from Ira Bryck entitled “Ask Perplexity AI”. The columns...
Leverett, Amherst Neighbors Oppose Massive Development
This column appeared previously in the Amherst Current on January 16, 2025 and is reposted here with...
UMass Seeks Proposals to Modernize and Expand Campus Housing
Source: UMass News and Media The University of Massachusetts Amherst, in partnership with the University...
Panel Explores Challenges of Building Affordable Housing in Amherst
Report on the Town of Amherst, League of Women Voters and Amherst Municipal Housing Trust’s ...
New Design for Mixed-Use Building at Amity and University Drive
Report on the Meeting of the Planning Board, January 22, 2025 This meeting was held...
Letter: Create Space for People and Trees
by The Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee The Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee would like...
More Density for Amherst’s Apartment Complexes?
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, January 8, 2025 This meeting was...
Housing Production Event Draws Enthusiastic Crowd
As part of its development of an updated Housing Production Plan (HPP), Barrett Planning Group...
Introduction to the History of Housing in New England, Part 2: Early Privately Funded Housing Developments
Amherst History Month by Month This is the second in a series of five articles....
Amity Street at University Drive Development Will Be Smaller Due to Rising Cost of Steel. Planning Board Nears Agreement on Overlay District
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, December 18, 2024 This meeting was...