Opinion: Planning Needed Before Rezoning “CVS Lot” For Parking Garage
The following comments and analysis were sent to the Amherst Planning Board, Planning Department, Town...
historic preservation
Jones Trustees Punt On Signing Historic Preservation Restriction Agreement
At their online meeting on Tuesday, June 29, the Jones Library Trustees punted on both...
Should The Setback Requirement For Archipelago’s Next Project Be Cut By 50 Percent?
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Historical Commission, June 23, 2021 The meeting was...
Historic Commissions Form Ad Hoc Committee To Preserve Historic Houses On West Side Of North Pleasant Street
Report On The Meeting Of The Local Historic District Commission (June 14, 2021) The meeting...
Letter: Historic Structures Report Needed Before Jones Library Expansion Project Can Move Forward
Save Our Library, a grassroots group advocating for a financially prudent renovation of the Jones...
Issues & Analyses: How To Protect The Historic Resources Of North Pleasant Street
It is impossible not to see how Amherst’s downtown is changing, with the construction of...
Permission To Demolish Several Historic Homes Approved, Proposal To Amend Zoning In Business Limited District Explained, And Discussion Of Jones Library Preservation Agreement Postponed
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Historic Commission. May 19, 2021 The meeting was...
Historic Commission Mulls Criteria For Mandating Preservation
Report on the Meeting Of The Amherst Historical Commission (2/10/21) The meeting was held via...
Historical Commission Approves Adaptive Reuse Of 197 South Pleasant Street As Academic Center
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Historical Commission (1/27/21) The meeting was held as...
Letter: The Civil War & Juneteenth Memorial Project
The Civil War & Juneteenth Memorial Project is a group of Amherst residents, some of...
Letter: Call For Community Collaboration To Restore And Display Civil War Tablets
On January 6th, 2021, I watched a confederate flag being paraded through the United States...
Letter: Master Plan Mandates Preserving and Protecting The Character of Amherst’s Neighborhoods
As we are all looking to the Master Plan to guide how we want Amherst...