August 21, 2020Green Acton supports the Town’s proposed purchase of the Piper Lane parcels,* slated by the Acton Board of Selectmen for consideration at the upcoming Special Town Meeting on September 8, 2020. [Article 1 on the Warrant]
Green Acton Principles on Housing Policy:
Guidance in Educating and Advocating for Sustainable, Environmentally Just Municipal and State Policy In the pursuit of a safe, healthful, and livable environment for all, and to address the climate emergency, Green Acton (GA) proposes the principles below for housing policy in the town of Acton.
Housing Production Plan Reform
In April 2020, the Green Acton Land Use Committee generated, and the GA Board of directors approved and submitted, suggested principles by which they encourage Acton’s Housing Production Plan (HPP) to abide. Many of Green Acton’s principles helped reform the HPP to support more-sustainable policies.
Green Acton Public Statement re: Proposed Piper Lane Building Project, 7/9/2019
[Sent on 7/15/19 to the Board of Selectmen and the Zoning Board of Appeals, from Debra Simes (President) and Jim Snyder-Grant (Co-President), along with a request that this be taken into account in any future deliberations on this project.] This statement asserts Green Acton’s opposition to the proposed application currently under review for the Piper… Continue reading →
2019 Warrant Article #29: Amend Town Charter: Planning Board Membership
Oppose
2019 Warrant Articles #30 & 31: Accessory Units
Recommend
2019 Warrant Articles #33, 34, & 36: Building Moratorium, Development Rate Limitation Bylaw, Limit Size of New Single Family Houses
Neither recommend nor oppose
Housing
After World War II, and in the past couple of decades, particularly, Acton has undergone a shift to being a bedroom community for more-or-less affluent people seeking excellent schools, single-family housing (and increasingly, luxury housing), car access for jobs in the greater Boston area, and a materially wealthy lifestyle. (Of course, not everyone who has… Continue reading →