Trinity talks business at Devens Roundtable
21.05.12
DEVENS -Trinity Financial Assistant Project Manager Dan Drazen continued to make rounds in support of the proposal to rezone the vacant Vicksburg Square to permit it's reuse as a 246 unit apartment complex. Drazen talked with a dozen attendees at Wednesday's Devens Business Roundtable meeting.
A show of hands revealed that seven of the twelve audience members live in Ayer, Harvard or Shirley - making them eligible to vote on the zoning issue that appears poised for a March 28 "Super Town Meeting" vote between the towns. .
Four out of five units would be set aside for "affordable" or "workforce" housing for low income households. Roughly a third of the units would be set aside for senior housing. There'd also be a rental preference within the affordable housing stock for active military soldiers and veterans.
In addition to adding a multifamily zoning use to the stalled Innovation and Technology campus, voters will also be asked to roughly double the present 282 unit Devens
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