Barrington affordable housing project draws criticism at public hearing
About 60 residents turned out for the first of two planning board public hearings on the proposed Palmer Pointe affordable housing development on Monday night. The East Bay Community Development Corporation is proposing the 48-rental unit development for a 10-acre parcel on Sowams Road, filling part of the property that currently houses Sowams Nursery. (EBCDC [...]
Read More →Plenty of questions about Palmer Pointe
Barrington residents still have a lot of questions about Palmer Pointe and on Tuesday, a few dozen people packed into Barrington Public Library looking for answers. The Barrington Planning Board, Technical Review Committee and Housing Board of Trustees hosted a pre-application meeting with representatives of the East Bay Community Development Corporation. While the EBCDC has [...]
Read More →Palmer Pointe meeting is tonight
The Barrington Planning Board will meet with East Bay Community Development Corporation representatives for a pre-application meeting on Palmer Pointe tonight. The meeting will be held in Barrington Public Library beginning at 7 p.m. Palmer Pointe is a 48-unit affordable housing development slated for land currently occupied by Sowams Nursery. Pre-application meetings do not typically [...]
Read More →Barrington residents opposed to ‘Palmer Pointe’ gather under name
A group of residents opposed to an affordable housing development on Sowams Road have banded together under a name. Community Opposed to Development (COD) 02806 issued a statement last week outlining a number of concerns with “Palmer Pointe,” including the need to preserve open space, environmental concerns and potentially over-crowded roads, among other issues. Bill [...]
Read More →Council ‘sold us down the river’
To the editor: Last week the East Bay Community Development Corporation held a meeting for the public to inform and answer questions concerning the newly proposed Palmer Pointe housing project. I was shocked to learn that this land sits on accessible waterfront. I always believed the land on the waterfront was owned by the land [...]
Read More →Barrington residents pose Palmer Pointe questions
Barrington residents have a lot of questions about Palmer Pointe. Roughly 40 people from around town attended an informational session on the proposed affordable housing development at Barrington Public Library Tuesday night, and many of those folks had questions or concerns about the project. Sean Andrews lives adjacent to the property. He wanted to [...]
Read More →Palmer Pointe informational meeting is Tuesday
East Bay Community Development Corporation officials will host an informational meeting on a proposed Sowams Road development Tuesday night. The meeting will run from 7:30 to 9 p.m. It will be held inside the Barrington Public Library auditorium. The proposal includes the construction of 50 affordable housing units on land formerly used for Sowams Nursery. [...]
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