Editor’s note: The Minco Building, the image, as of June 19, 2015, is now in the public domain. I cannot put an image up of the proposed Minco building because of copyright issues, but you can see it if you press here. (Editor’s note, it is now included in the post because the image, as […]
This is what distresses me about the Smart Growth 40R Process. By sinabeet on Flickr, “Hand say Hand Listen,” Creative Commons License The problem is with the citizens of Newburyport who are not paying attention, not with the elected officials and folks on volunteer boards who made the Smart Growth 40R District happen. 1) This […]
When Newburyport’s 40R Smart Growth District passed on the second reading by the Newburyport City Council on Monday night, I had sort of a sinking feeling, a slight feeling of foreboding. Not necessarily because I think it might not work, and that really smart people, who care a great deal about our city, did their […]
Yesterday when I looked on Zillow, I counted 23 properties above a million dollars for sale in Newburyport, most of them significantly above a million dollars and one for 3.2 million dollars. I think that it is safe to say that Newburyport is now in full-blown gentrification and is going beyond “high end” to what […]
Here is a link to the application that the City of Newburyport made for the proposed 40R Smart Growth District (It has all kinds of links and information on it), it can be found here. Here is a photo of the proposed Minco building (it is now in the public domain), which is the cornerstone […]
I’ve been trying to pinpoint what it is about Newburyport that I love so much. What keeps me longing to stay here despite a winter like the one we’ve just had. Jerry Mullins in his blog post uses the word “romance” in connection to Newburyport, and it is an adjective that describes this small New […]
I’ve seen the first draft of the new 40R Smart Growth District around the train station. The proposed 40R District (see previous post) would allow for mixed use buildings near the train station, traffic circle, parts of Rt 1 and the area on lower State Street between Lunt and Kelly and the edge of the […]
Newburyport is beginning the process of thinking about rezoning the area around the train station, so that there can be a mix of residential units and businesses. This is called a 40R Smart Growth District. This is nothing new, the city has been talking about this since 2004. “Chapter 40R, encourages communities to create dense […]