Brookline Residents Speak Out Against Hancock Village Development
Residents spoke out against the proposed development at Hancock Village at the Selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday evening.
Residents spoke out against the proposition from Chestnut Hill Realty to develop a 40B project at Hancock Village. The development would consist of 271 rental units with 55 units for low-income residents with a driveway at the end of Ashville Road and access from Independence Drive. A repeated concern from the large crowd was the issue of school capacity. “We have been adding classrooms at a rate of 30 per year,” Chairwoman Betsy Dewitt said. “We have zero capacity in our schools.” “We don’t have open land, farms or fields or old industrial complexes where we could put new schools and we are already trying to cope with the explosion of school aged children today,” Selectman Nancy Daly said. “Doubling the student population would be a …
Bill Davidson
6:12 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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