Opinion: When Amherst Voted Down the Future: Revisiting Form- Based Zoning
Social Inequality Goes Global In Amherst, around 2010, the Planning Department tried to introduce form-based zoning a...
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North Amherst Residents Share Thoughts on High Density Overlay District
Report on the Planning Board’s Listening Session at the North Amherst Library, October 29, 2025...
Town Council Candidates Weigh in on Legislative Priorities, Housing, Zoning, Schools, and Jones Library Borrowing
As we have done in previous elections, the Indy has offered candidates for the offices of Town...
Councilors Raise Concerns About Conservation Commission Appointment Process
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October 20, 2025 This was a...
Opinion: In Amherst Town Elections It’s Progressives vs. Neoliberals
The 2025 Council Candidates The Progressives (on Housing and Zoning) At Large: Ellisha Walker, Allegra...
Citizens’ Zoning Petitions Referred to Planning Board
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October 6, 2025, Part 1 This...
Public Comment: Amherst Can No Longer Sustain a Year-round Population
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October...
Public Comment: There Are Proven Ways to Stabilize Amherst’s Neighborhoods
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Amherst Town Council on...
Residents File Zoning Bylaw Changes for Balanced, Liveable Neighborhoods and Downtown
Source: Contact Kitty Axelson-Berry A group of Amherst residents has filed two zoning bylaw proposals...
Opinion: Mitchell Farm -The Wrong Site for the Right Goal
I’ve lived in North Amherst for nearly thirty years, on land that abuts the Mitchell...
Mixed-use Building at Amity and University To Be Bigger and Higher
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, July 16, 202 This meeting was...
Portland’s Quiet Housing Revolution Is Starting to Pay Off
The following article appeared originally in Strong Towns on June 11, 2025. It is reposted...